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Update #13 NASA
Fri, 23 Sep 2011 09:55:17 PM PDT
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 was 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 was passing over Canada and Africa, as well as vast areas of the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans. The risk to public safety was very remote. NASA is working to confirm the re-entry location and time and will provide an update shortly.
Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by Deplume
There is not a lot of radar in the middle of the Pacific. It is a very big ocean. The radar that is there is mostly designed to look for airplanes, not satellites.
Originally posted by Deplume
reply to post by Phage
But there's radar all over the place... how else do we stop planes from hitting each other?
Call me a berk, but I thought that was the point of radar, to detect objects.. Surely another country could confirm with their radar, if it's not close enough to the ones used in the U.S.?
Originally posted by Deplume
Apparently taken over Africa...
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