Posted on 04/01/2018 5:04:20 PM PDT by BBell
1.36am: Tiangong-1 is set to pass over Uruguay within minutes.
The space station is set to pass over the Uruguay capital of Montevideo and the capital of Argentina, Buenos Aires.
Mr McDowell said: “In 10 minutes plus or minus a few, should get a pass near Montevideo and Buenos Aires.”
1.32am: Chinese space station is set to cross the Chile’s coast
The Tiangong-1 is set to pass over the coast of Chile at 1.32am, according to astronomer McDowell.
However, he admitted that the orbit of the station has probably changed, meaning forecast are most likely “off by several minutes”.
He tweeted: “Based on the now old orbit data, prediction is that Tiangong will cross the Chilean coast at 0032 UTC (1.32GMT).
“But the predictions are probably off by several minutes now as the orbit will have greatly changed.”
Looks like it must have come down directly on the Satview web server to which you link. It doesn’t seem to be working.
We will find
sooner or later
if Achmed’ll pray
to a glowing crater
you have to copy and paste for some reason. http://www.satview.org/?sat_id=37820U
“Internal Server Error”
Aerospace awaiting confirmation of re-entry:
http://www.aerospace.org/CORDSuploads/TiangongStoryboard.png
1.47am: Tiangong-1 is set to cross the Ivory Coast and Ghana next
The Chinese space station is set to cross Africa in minutes, according to Mr McDowell.
However, the astronomer noted that the prediction is based on “unreliable” data.
He said: “Based on the unreliable orbit extrapolation, next landfall is 00.52am UTC (1.52 GMT) over Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana.”
1.42am: No reports have emerged of the Chinese space station crossing South America yet - has it already crashed?
No reports have yet emerged of the Tiangong-1 station passing over South America, according to astronomer McDowell.
He added that it is still unclear whether the station is still in orbit.
Mr McDowell explained: “Didn’t get any reports yet of people seeing Tiangong over S America.
“No decay notice on Space-Track yet. Unclear if Tiangong is still in orbit or not.
“That’s normal, I’m afraid! We just have to wait…”
I get that message, but if I hit refresh again, the site comes up.
Try ‘Will Robinson?’
Well, as we know in Texas, they don’t come down where they re-entered the atmosphere, but rather several thousand miles downrange.
And they're blaming you for it...
"Please contact the server administrator, webmaster@satview.org and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error."
1 km = .6 mile 1 kph= .6 mph
km is kilometer
copy and paste. don’t hit paste and go. I don’t know why. I have never had trouble like this before.
Could the Tiangong-1 have already crash landed on Earth? Mr McDowell speculated that the Chinese space station may have already crash landed on Earth. It is understood that if the Tiangong-1 landed in a remote area the plunge could take time to be confirmed. In his latest tweet, he said: “I have a feeling the next 3 hours are going to be me explaining that: yes, it might have come down by now, but no, we don't actually know.”
Ain't metrification wonderful?
Most Americans don't have the foggiest clue what those measurements mean.
Including me.
Skylab has left the building.
LOL.
Wow, +/-120 minutes. Wonder if they have same accuracy for tracking a missile or other attack?
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