Posted on 04/01/2018 5:04:20 PM PDT by BBell
I have been following the TIANGONG 1 on satview and it just started flashing. It went from time to reenter to re-entry window. Could change though but this is the first time I have watched it go into a re-entry window.
Tin foil covered hard hats on!!
South Pacific, just short of South America:
http://www.aerospace.org/CORDSuploads/TiangongStoryboard.png
Hmmm.... I’ve been watching the SATVIEW screen off and on all day and it seems that the Altitude has been continuously shown as 148.91 km. What’s with that? Isn’t this thing supposed to be getting closer to earth.....
I get “internal server error” at link, but the point is well taken. This is it!
Space Junk Cgas crashing right now over and out
1.06am: The Tiangong-1 is nearing the end of its first orbit during its re-entry window
The Chinese space station that is set to hit Earth within hours is nearing the end of its first orbit during the re-entry period, Mr McDowell claimed.
He said: Approaching the end of Orbit 1 of the reentry window. Aerospace Corp seems to have an updated 132 x 140 km orbit, no updated Space-Track TLE yet.
refresh
Crap. Too many visitors.
reentry window 2:30 minutes as of now
"1.06am: The Tiangong-1 is nearing the end of its first orbit during its re-entry window. The Chinese space station that is set to hit Earth within hours is nearing the end of its first orbit during the re-entry period, Mr McDowell claimed. He said: Approaching the end of Orbit 1 of the reentry window. Aerospace Corp seems to have an updated 132 x 140 km orbit, no updated Space-Track TLE yet." From a somewhat liveblog: https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/940114/Chinese-Tiangong-1-Space-Station-tracker-LIVE-expected-to-crash-midnight-tonight-latest
From Satflare, it is still 146 KM, which means a while to go. http://www.satflare.com/track.asp?q=37820#TOP
Satview still has it at 149 KM and going over 28 KPH.
Aerospace.org and n2yo.com both busted. Somebody needs more bandwidth.
Nope... that doesn't change it. Tried that a few times but the number doesn't change.
BURNING NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Same here.
http://www.aerospace.org/CORDSuploads/TiangongStoryboard.png
That seems to be the best info. Keep hitting refresh.
Showing a current time-to-reentry of less than a minute.
Whew... Looks like Michigan dodged a bullet.
Closest land mass to the splashdown site was, get this, Easter Island!
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