NASA say defunct satellite due to plunge to earth

gbee · 23-09-2011 11:33pm

Missed missed missed, that's it folk's all over ~

Captain Chaos · 23-09-2011 11:33pm

Current alt is 163 km, speed is 8 km per second. Go on ya good thing.:D

gbee · 23-09-2011 11:38pm

This is brilliant, no titanium for us it seems, so how long, if it stays in orbit, will this potential occur again?

rolion · 23-09-2011 11:40pm

i cannot see the moon...what about a tennis ball size sat !!
good bye !

let's switch to Euronews / CNN / Sky News...

maquiladora · 23-09-2011 11:40pm

I think the next orbit is the one that will pass right over Ireland. If its not coming down on that one then I don't think there is any chance it will land here unless it comes down a lot later than expected.

Captain Chaos · 23-09-2011 11:42pm

gbee wrote: »

This is brilliant, no titanium for us it seems, so how long, if it stays in orbit, will this potential occur again?

It orbits roughly every 90mins. Next close pass is around 1am, it will be to the north again, another at around 2:30am I think and that's it. But still it will not be over us much if at all directly at those times.

rainyrun · 23-09-2011 11:42pm

latest update on possible reentry
http://reentrynews.aero.org/1991063b.html

hangon · 23-09-2011 11:48pm

I wear this all the time just in case:

Captain Chaos · 23-09-2011 11:54pm

Still at around 160km up, it has to drop to around 100km before things start getting interesting, it will only be minutes left for it then.

gbee · 23-09-2011 11:58pm

I'm still here, but am probably nodding off soon.

zenno · 24-09-2011 12:00am

UARS 3d tracking live... http://www.ustream.tv/channel/theweatherspace-news#utm_campaign=synclickback&source=http://www.theweatherspace.com/news/TWS-092311_nasa-satellite-tracking.html/&medium=5336250

hangon · 24-09-2011 12:00am

Captain Chaos wrote: »

Still at around 160km up, it has to drop to around 100km before things start getting interesting, it will only be minutes left for it then.

when is it safe to go asleep?

regards

Freddie Kruger

gbee · 24-09-2011 12:02am

hangon wrote: »

when is it safe to go asleep? r

Now.

hangon · 24-09-2011 12:13am

gbee wrote: »

Now.

Think i will wait until after 2AM which was the last time i heard from RTE.
the odds of a piece hitting a person is in the thousands even though the odds of a piece of it hitting me are in the trillions.but i won the euromillions so lord knows what luck i might have next?

gbee · 24-09-2011 12:19am

hangon wrote: »

.but i won the euromillions so lord knows what luck i might have next?

Then pay for the live feeds.

hangon · 24-09-2011 12:26am

gbee wrote: »

Then pay for the live feeds.

have you seen the price of them?
Naw i want all my money to spend on things that will not kill me,or at least kill me slowly while i spend my loadsamoney.

Tragamin2k2 · 24-09-2011 12:31am

gbee wrote: »

Post reported.

u jelly

hangon · 24-09-2011 12:37am

Tragamin2k2 wrote: »

u jelly

he proably reported it to a mod on *the peoples republic of Cork* website given his location and the fact that he lacks humor

24-09-2011 12:42am

Lucky sods in Miami will get to say they seen it.

hangon · 24-09-2011 12:47am

Jake1 wrote: »

Lucky sods in Miami will get to say they seen it.

They would be the lucky sods that it did not land on, right?:D

argosy2006 · 24-09-2011 12:55am

So what going on now, ? i think no one here know anything about it lol

Captain Chaos · 24-09-2011 12:56am

An update 20 mins ago from NASA: Re-entry expected between (3 a.m. to 7 a.m. GMT). During that time period, the satellite will be passing over Canada, Africa and Australia, as well as vast areas of the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans.

24-09-2011 12:56am

its by Nova Scotia now

LOCAL TIME:
0:54:10
UTC:
23:54:10
LATITUDE:
36.8
LONGITUDE:
-69.31
ALTITUDE [km]:
153.41
ALTITUDE [mi]:
95.32
SPEED [km/s]:
7.58
SPEED [mi/s]:
4.71
AZIMUTH:
275.4
W
ELEVATION:
-21.3
RA:

Captain Chaos · 24-09-2011 1:01am

It will be over Scotland shortly.

24-09-2011 1:01am

Dublin next according to Ustream

( maybe they meant Dublin Scotland

mauser77 · 24-09-2011 1:02am

should be over the north in a few mins

Captain Chaos · 24-09-2011 1:03am

Jake1 wrote: »

Dublin next according to Ustream

It will not overfly any part of us this time.

24-09-2011 1:06am

its like waiting for a pot to boil

Captain Chaos · 24-09-2011 1:08am

Jake1 wrote: »

its like waiting for a pot to boil

Sure is, NASA are saying at least another 2hrs and within 6hrs. I can see this thing still flying when I'm getting up for work in the morning.

24-09-2011 1:11am

Captain Chaos wrote: »

Sure is, NASA are saying at least another 2hrs and within 6hrs. I can see this think still flying when I'm getting up for work in the morning.

yeah, thats what Im thinking, everytime it seems to start coming down, up it bounces again.

Might just have to settle for video in the morning .zzzzzzzzzzzz:o:)

eskimocat · 24-09-2011 1:31am

Been out observing for the past while... agree with the statement above about it bouncing back up again, that's exactly what it looked like to me too.

I did see several shooting stars this evening... nice

spookwoman · 24-09-2011 2:32am

Typical its raining here

zenno · 24-09-2011 2:42am

yep same here in swords co. dublin a lot of cloud and a bit of rain. that went right over us that time.

ectoraige · 24-09-2011 2:44am

Sligo was teasing me with fast moving cloud providing patches of clear sky, but to not avail

Jackobyte · 24-09-2011 2:47am

Is there the possibility of it crossing Irish skies again?

zenno · 24-09-2011 2:48am

not sure as i think it's after breaking up a bit

zenno · 24-09-2011 3:02am

well it's still going like a bat out of hell so who knows how much longer it can stay up there. might be lucky again to have a pass but unless the weather gets better i can't see anyone getting a good view of it.

oi softlad · 24-09-2011 3:33am

scattered cloud in galway, maybe a chance of a sighting

raveni · 24-09-2011 4:18am

Looks like it's getting very close to re-entry now. Update from Nasa:

As of 10:30 p.m. EDT on Sept. 23, 2011, the orbit of UARS was 85 miles by 90 miles (135 km by 140 km). Re-entry is expected between 11:45 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23, and 12:45 a.m., Sept. 24, Eastern Daylight Time (3:45 a.m. to 4:45 a.m. GMT). During that time period, the satellite will be passing over Canada and Africa, as well as vast areas of the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans. The risk to public safety is very remote.

Peanut · 24-09-2011 4:40am

Heading towards New Zealand now

CaptainSkidmark · 24-09-2011 4:45am

I taught it was between 11.45 and 12.45 Miami time which would be 4,45 and 5.45 here?

Apparently this happens once a year only the unit is normally designed for a controlled re entry but this one wasn't ad it's so old??

Peanut · 24-09-2011 4:51am

CaptainSkidmark wrote: »

I taught it was between 11.45 and 12.45 Miami time which would be 4,45 and 5.45 here?

Yep, sometime within the next hour (we're on BST at the moment as opposed to GMT).

Peanut · 24-09-2011 5:14am

Getting close to Seattle and Canada with the expected re-entry window closing in the next 30 mins.

raveni · 24-09-2011 5:50am

Latest tweet from Nasa:

It's possible that #UARS is down by now. (Everybody OK out there?) We're waiting for confirmation from US Strategic Command.

If it's not down, it's currently flying over Africa according to this stream.

Peanut · 24-09-2011 5:59am

This guy saying that it's breaking up over S.Africa, not sure where he's getting that from.

raveni · 24-09-2011 6:22am

Peanut wrote: »

This guy saying that it's breaking up over S.Africa, not sure where he's getting that from.

Some mention of sightings in Canada earlier: "People north of Edmonton AB Canada saying they saw something "like fireworks" and 3 lights falling at10:20 pm" from this feed, not sure where they got that from either though.
I wonder how long it'll take them to find some wreckage- if they can.

Peanut · 24-09-2011 6:54am

raveni wrote: »

Some mention of sightings in Canada earlier: "People north of Edmonton AB Canada saying they saw something "like fireworks" and 3 lights falling at10:20 pm" from this feed, not sure where they got that from either though.
I wonder how long it'll take them to find some wreckage- if they can.

Might be something to it, according to latest Nasa tweet,

We're still waiting for #UARS Done! confirmation. If debris fell on land (and that's still a BIG if), Canada is most likely area.

John mac · 24-09-2011 8:34am

A video of something ..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OfWgu5jk5g

John mac · 24-09-2011 9:01am

Latest from Nasa

Update #15
Sat, 24 Sep 2011 08:46:42 AM GMT

NASA’s decommissioned Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite fell back to Earth between 11:23 p.m. EDT Friday, Sept. 23 and 1:09 a.m. EDT Sept. 24. The Joint Space Operations Center at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California said the satellite penetrated the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean. The precise re-entry time and location are not yet known with certainty.

gbee · 24-09-2011 9:08am

This vid is or was called a hoax by

http://twitter.com/#%21/UARS_Reentry

Thys might be talking about another vid ~~ confusing

NASA say defunct satellite due to plunge to earth

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