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To: Windflier

UARS Mission Updates

http://www.nasa.gov/rss/uars_update.xml

Update #8Thursday, September 22, 2011 4:44 AM
As of 7 a.m. EDT Sept. 22, 2011, the orbit of UARS was 115 mi by 120 mi (185 km by 195 km). Re-entry is expected sometime during the afternoon 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 to 36 hours.


13 posted on 09/22/2011 8:28:02 AM PDT by Rio
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To: Rio
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 to 36 hours.

Well, that's helpful. Isn't this thing supposed to come down tomorrow?

17 posted on 09/22/2011 8:31:26 AM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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Here's a screen shot of where the orbital track will be at about 3:30pm Eastern Time tomorrow...


18 posted on 09/22/2011 8:33:31 AM PDT by hoagy62 ("Polls are for strippers and cross-country skiers”~Sarah Louise Palin)
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Sorry...that should be about 3:10pm Eastern tomorrow.


21 posted on 09/22/2011 8:36:59 AM PDT by hoagy62 ("Polls are for strippers and cross-country skiers”~Sarah Louise Palin)
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Oh, BTW...I was off by an hour on the time. The track in the screen shot is at 4:30pm Eastern, not 3:30. The time shown in the lower right hand box is my local time, which is Pacific.

Tried to do the time conversion before coffee. Doesn’t work real well. :)


41 posted on 09/22/2011 9:48:47 AM PDT by hoagy62 ("Polls are for strippers and cross-country skiers”~Sarah Louise Palin)
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