Huge Tumbling Satellite Could Fall to Earth Over US Tonight or Saturday, NASA Says (UPDATED)

Space.com ^ | 9/23/11 | Tariq Malik

[blueunicorn6]

“Huge Tumbling Satellite” - stinkin’ gymnast satellite of death. “I give it a 9.7. It didn’t quite stick the finish and I thought the Russian satellite was better.”

[Night Hides Not]

So whats the pay out if I bet $1000 that it won't hit me???

LOL! I'll bet the payout's similar to a push at a blackjack table at Winstar Casino in OK: you don't win, but you still lose, because you have to pay the dealer $1 per hand (or so I've heard).

[southernnorthcarolina]

Gravity. It's not just a good idea. It's the law.

[M_Man]

There’s a twitter feed for the UARS now. They say four more orbits,so look up San Diego or offshore Oregon!

http://twitter.com/#!/UARS_Reentry

[dragnet2]

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[Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!]

The impact is suppose to effect 500 miles.What 500 miles will this be? Is it still off CA coast barely?

[flaglady47]

One could always hope it lands on the U.N. Lots of targets in there right now.

[Attman]

They really can’t just blow it up. The junk left in space would take out every other satellite that came along.

[RightField]

Love that pic. I'm keeping a copy.
It's perfect for one of my favorite sayings,
"Gravity is a law, not a suggestion."

[txhurl]

What’s the estimated impact speed, anybody know?

[SaraJohnson]

They could have done it as it was coming down. They did not want to spend the money on it. Life is cheap.

[Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!]

watch the video here. It may still be unclear speed of broken pieces at impact.

http://www.space.com/13062-falling-nasa-satellite-reentry-united-states.html

[Stonewall Jackson]

Meteor shower?

[Lazamataz]

I dunno, to ME, it seems like a TARGET for one of our ASAT weapons....

[Paradox]

This one seems to have a more up to date feed: https://sites.google.com/site/uarsreentry/

[Talisker]

[M_Man]

The big 330lb chunk about 130MPH,the small bits up to 240MPH. It looks to be headed for the Pacific off the Oregon coast.

7:55PM-8:25PM PDT should be a light show over Oregon. Hard Hats suggested

[M_Man]

They’ve removed the Re-entry clock gadget from that site now.

[djf]

Do you have any verification of that or is it just something you heard?

[M_Man]

@UARS_Reentry says Washington State, not Oregon. Still in the Pacific, thankfully!