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Members of the public are not allowed to keep pieces of the satellite that may fall to Earth, or sell them on eBay, as they remain the property of the US government.
Originally posted by Chrysalis
Could someone check altitude ?
It seems it went from around 200km high to about 390 ???
a bounce ?
Originally posted by jhn7537
I dont see how its possible that they put a satelite into space and they have zero control of bringing it back down to Earth....Wherever it strikes its going to be for a specific reason.... When they planned, developed, and sent this thing into space, they knew one day it would come back down to Earth and they likely planned for how it would re-enter orbit....
Originally posted by dreamseeker
I am doing a simulation now on the path and I am into oct 4 and it appears it is still going? I saw on september 23-25 it will be above north america and even near the midwest. According to the simulation it is still in the air in october? do these simulations assume the satellite is still in outer space?edit on 22-9-2011 by dreamseeker because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by lkpuede
Originally posted by jhn7537
I dont see how its possible that they put a satelite into space and they have zero control of bringing it back down to Earth....Wherever it strikes its going to be for a specific reason.... When they planned, developed, and sent this thing into space, they knew one day it would come back down to Earth and they likely planned for how it would re-enter orbit....
maybe you haven't really been reading the news lately, but the word is it was hit by space junk, or The Galactic Federation Of Light (take your pick) and that's how it wound up out of control. and it's be video'd by quite a number of backyard astronomers who have verified that it is, indeed, tumbling.
and those backyard astronomers are to be believed...the DoD can't even launch the X-37B without the backyarders finding it within 10 minutes of launch.edit on 22-9-2011 by lkpuede because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by matrixportal
reply to post by ldyserenity
Hopefully in LA on top of the kardashians house