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OUT OF CONTROL! Europe ERS-2 Satellite Tracker
YouTube ^ | February 21, 2024 | Staff

Posted on 02/21/2024 8:07:31 AM PST by House Atreides

The end of the “reentry window” is about 12:05 pm today.


TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: ers2
Anyone guessing where this European satellite will recenter? I’m guessing Ukraine/Russia.
1 posted on 02/21/2024 8:07:31 AM PST by House Atreides
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To: House Atreides

DC would be nice..........................


2 posted on 02/21/2024 8:13:01 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: House Atreides

God could have some fun with this one.


3 posted on 02/21/2024 8:17:47 AM PST by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding")
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To: House Atreides

Australia seems to be a magnet for space junk.


4 posted on 02/21/2024 8:26:18 AM PST by Rio
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To: Red Badger

Unfortunately that doesn’t appear possible...but perhaps crashing into Houthiville could occur.


5 posted on 02/21/2024 8:34:54 AM PST by conservaDave (Everyone should be listening to Five Times August for some real clarity.)
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To: House Atreides
From the ESA website:
In 2011, ESA retired ERS-2 and began the process of deorbiting – and now it’s time for this pioneering satellite to reenter the atmosphere naturally and start to burn up.

"Naturally" lol

I guess that sounds better to the masses than "uncontrolled." It's natural! And natural is good! Masterful degree of euphemism.

Can a trucker that falls asleep at the wheel use that as a defense? Why, it wasn't that I was no longer driving the truck, it's just that the truck was driving along "naturally" before it crashed...
6 posted on 02/21/2024 9:07:08 AM PST by verum ago (I figure some people must truly be in love, for only love can be so blind.)
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To: House Atreides

Hopefully next to the visitors center like that asteroid did in Arizona


7 posted on 02/21/2024 9:25:50 AM PST by al baby (I know sarcasm )
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To: House Atreides

12:05 Greenwhich Mean Time?


8 posted on 02/21/2024 9:25:56 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

I think that was an old estimate that hasn’t been updated. And it was Eastern Time.


9 posted on 02/21/2024 9:33:16 AM PST by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA. -PRO-MAX)
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To: House Atreides

Thank you.


10 posted on 02/21/2024 9:35:40 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: House Atreides

45 minutes late. It must have stopped off for a Star-bucks.


11 posted on 02/21/2024 10:50:44 AM PST by bgill
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