UARS is now officially off track! T-minus impact on earth. Make a guess where it will land!

Originally posted by borutp
And now it is raising again with the same speed/altitude ... this is nonsense

edit on 22-9-2011 by borutp because: (no reason given)

Here a few number from the last few day's miles

Lat......... Sept 19..... Sept 20.... Sept 21.... Sept 21.... Sept 21.... Sept 22
57.09.... 136.8........ 136.55......
50..... 133.73 133.47
40..... 131.6 131.04 120.69
30..... 129.49 129.25 119.19
20..... 128.42 128.17 118.08 117.64 117.53
15..... .......... ............... 117.79...... 117.41...... 117.04......107.41........ lowest point in orbit
10.... 128.16 127.92 117.82 117.44 117.06 107.89
5..... 128.08 118.03 117.67 117.28 108.16
0..... 128.78 128.56 118.46 118.07 117.71 108.53
-5..... 129.19 119.24 118.8 118.28 109.06
-10.... 130.36 130.11 120.78 119.55 119.08 109.89
-20.... 132.74 132.49 122.18
-30..... 135.84 135.58 125.03 124.69
-40.... 139.45 139.19 128.68
-50.... 143.15 143.1 132.04 131.25 109.89
-55.... 145.66 133.98 133.65 133.24 122.98
-57.09....... 147.46...... 147.33...... 135.83...... 135.07...... 134.64...... 124.19 ....... highest point in orbit
10:40 PM 20:26 21:55 23:26 20.09

Originally posted by whatsinaname
watch the altitude on those sims, anything below 140km and it should burn like a firecracker and stop orbiting thanks to atmospheric drag.

No, dont bother watching the altitude on these sims.

The TLE orbital elements in the tracking websites and sim programs merely describe an orbit, they do NOT update continuously nor take into account atmospheric drag. The TLE's are not updated more than once every day or two.

When UARS reenters, you wont find out by watching ANY of the tracking websites, nor the sim running on your computer. You'll find out by watching news websites or twitter etc...
The tracking websites and sim programs can run forever using the obital data. They wont know it has come down.

Originally posted by spaceg0at
im counting on Chuck Norris to punch it back into space....


but seriously i guess i would bet it lands in the sea somewhere


the tracker says its gonna be going over my area in a few mins

edit on 21-9-2011 by spaceg0at because: sp

Chuck Norris! Come on Man...you can do better than that Jean Claude Van Dam is gonna Kick this thing all the way to South America then Jackie Chan chimes in with his Drunken Monk style and totally demolishes this sucker sending it into the abyss of the Southern Ocean (Antarctica)

I really have no idea but that's my best guesstimate

Based on a little dip I think I see in its orbit, my best guess it it's coming down somewhere between Iran and Kazakhstan, or over the Atlantic if it waits longer.

I was reading the RSOE website and they said there was an event in space...

RSOE

Did it already land?

reply to post by KonquestAbySS


Meteor sighting by the sounds of it.

A fireball streaked across the Oregon sky Wednesday evening. Described as blue or green with a small tail, the object appeared shortly after 8 p.m. Reports of the sighting ran from Portland to Southern Oregon but seemed to be focused on the Central Willamette Valley and Central Oregon Coast. The object was also spotted streaking across the sky in Central-Eastern Oregon “From everything I’ve heard, it’s not a satellite -- short duration, moving fast, changing color and went out over the Pacific,” Dick Pugh of Portland State University’s Cascadia Meteorite Laboratory told KTVZ.

hisz.rsoe.hu...

Somewhere in the ocean! NASA cant afford anything less!

reply to post by Chadwickus

The object was also spotted streaking across the sky in Central-Eastern Oregon

This is what I've read from that article. To me, why didn't they just say off the coast of Oregon? Much easier, and then apparently someone said that they heard it was not a satellite....... So how would they expect it was a satellite if they had no idea?

“From everything I’ve heard, it’s not a satellite -- short duration, moving fast, changing color and went out over the Pacific,”

I don't know, but it seems like it was the satellite. Someone is covering it up.......

If this lands in Colorado, you will see me on Pawn Stars in a few months.

reply to post by KonquestAbySS


Well I don't see why they would be covering up the satellite coming down, since they have been constantly providing updates on it.

reply to post by Chadwickus


If it landed in Oregon on land, people probably got injured. They just say it went off into the pacific, but RSOE says Central-Eastern Oregon.

reply to post by KonquestAbySS

A satellite is typically in view for four to six minutes.

While they can vary in brightness they don't display color.

Almost invariably (and definitely in the case of UARS) satellites travel in an easterly direction (SW-NE, NW-SE, W-E, S-SE). If the object was moving toward the Pacific it was moving west.

The description bears no resemblance to a satellite and every resemblance to a meteor.

Why don't they shoot it down over the ocean? Like they did when we were trying to strut our stuff to China not long ago?
I really don't know - I'm just now starting to follow the story.

reply to post by hadriana


i think it might be moving a little too fast lol.
so where is it now denver? let it hit wall street

Originally posted by TheStonerMessiah
Afghanistan, Knowing our luck the Taliban will use the scrapped parts to give birth to Mecha-Osama Bin Laden

that was funny ?




really it was

reply to post by Phage


I understand that Phage, and I respect your knowledge. Maybe the satellite didn't do what they expected it to do. They had no control of it what so ever, inertia took over.

reply to post by KonquestAbySS

That's right they have no control over it. It is under the control of the laws of physics. The laws of physics (including inertia) say it cannot travel from east to west.

UARS did not pass over Oregon at 8:00 last night and the latest update still says it will re-enter tomorrow afternoon.

Update #9
Thu, 22 Sep 2011 04:01:35 PM GMT-1000

As of 9:30 p.m. EDT Sept. 22, 2011, the orbit of UARS was 110 mi by 115 mi (175 km by 185 km). Re-entry is possible sometime during the afternoon or early evening of Sept. 23, Eastern Daylight Time. The satellite will not be passing over North America during that time period. It is still too early to predict the time and location of re-entry with any more certainty, but predictions will become more refined in the next 24 hours.

www.nasa.gov...

reply to post by Phage


Like I said before Phage thank you for your thoughts, and constructive criticism.

Originally posted by KonquestAbySS
reply to post by Phage

 

I understand that Phage, and I respect your knowledge. Maybe the satellite didn't do what they expected it to do. They had no control of it what so ever, inertia took over.

How exactly would 'inertia' cause the satellite to not only change direction but also location

reply to post by Versa


Simple the outer parts of the satellite would break apart first, and it would look like they are going in different directions. The solid object in the middle which is probably the weight in the craft will continue toward the direction its going. Basically invisible shrapnel.