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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2013 14:53:00 GMT -5
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Post by Ravenchamp on Nov 10, 2013 15:44:48 GMT -5
A European satellite at the end of its mission is expected to fall out of space tonight. The only question is where its charred and twisted remains may fall. According to European Space Agency predictions, the falling GOCE satellite could to Earth sometime Sunday night (Nov. 10) or early Monday. The gravity-mapping spacecraft ran out of fuel in mid-October and has been falling back to Earth ever since. "The satellite is at an altitude of 147 km (91 miles), dropping at a rate of more than 1 km (0.6 miles) an hour," ESA's GOCE spacecraft operations manager Christoph Steiger wrote in a status update today, adding that the atmospheric drag on the satellite is too high to measure. "Given the fast altitude drop and change of environmental conditions, the end of flight operations is getting close. The GOCE spacecraft is about 17 feet (5.3 meters) long and 3.2 feet (1 m) wide. It weighs about 2,425 pounds (1,100 kilograms). ESA scientists expect 25 to 45 fragments of the satellite to survive the fiery re-entry through Earth's atmosphere. The largest could weigh up to 200 pounds (90 kg) www.space.com/23541-doomed-falling-satellite-goce-spacecraft.html
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Post by freddfish on Nov 11, 2013 17:19:10 GMT -5
So where did it wind up landing?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2013 17:20:50 GMT -5
Southern Atlanic apparently.
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Post by drjohnnyfever on Nov 11, 2013 17:47:04 GMT -5
So where did it wind up landing? dundalk but nobody noticed. |
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Post by douger on Nov 11, 2013 17:51:56 GMT -5
Nanu, nanu.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2013 17:52:00 GMT -5
So where did it wind up landing? dundalk but nobody noticed. Dundalk?? There'd be a flock of junkies with a beat up shopping cart running out of St. Helena in less than a second shanking each other for the scrap.... |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2013 17:57:07 GMT -5
So where did it wind up landing? dundalk but nobody noticed. It landed in Veteran's Square however no one was there to witness it.  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2013 18:22:28 GMT -5
dundalk but nobody noticed. It landed in Veteran's Square however no one was there to witness it. Not true!! Nobody SOBER was there!!! |
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