Re: R: UARS Re-Entry Determined

From: Makoto Kamada (m_kamada@nifty.com)
Date: Wed Sep 28 2011 - 14:50:39 UTC

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    Screenshot of the Satellite Tracker 3D:
    http://mada.la.coocan.jp/sat/screenshot/20110924e.png
    http://mada.la.coocan.jp/sat/index.htm?c=0&cp=0&cr=35800&es=1&fl=70&lang=en&n=1&o=4%2C-90&q=21701&s=0&ss=330&tz=UTC&y=20110924040000
    
    Makoto Kamada
    
    
    On 2011/09/28 16:08, satrack@libero.it wrote:
    > Here the link to see the ground track starting from the location where it
    > entered the atmosphere. I used the last
    > available TLE (the provided coordinates match the satellite position at
    > exactly 04.00 UTC).
    >
    > http://tinyurl.com/vsft-UARS-decayed
    >
    > Simone
    >
    >> ----Messaggio originale----
    >> Da: wbard@wb-web.org
    >> Data: 28-set-2011 1.06
    >> A: "SeeSat"<SeeSat-L@satobs.org>
    >> Ogg: UARS Re-Entry Determined
    >>
    >> The military has determined that UARS did re-enter over the south pacific.
    >> From the NASA UARS web site:
    >>
    >> NASA’s decommissioned Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite fell back to Earth
    > at 12 a.m. EDT (0400 GMT), as Friday, Sept. 23, turned to Saturday, Sept. 24 on
    > the United States east coast. The Joint Space Operations Center at Vandenberg
    > Air Force Base in California has determined the satellite entered the
    > atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean at 14.1 degrees south latitude and 189.8
    > degrees east longitude (170.2 west longitude). This location is over a broad,
    > remote ocean area in the Southern Hemisphere, far from any major land mass. The
    > debris field is located between 300 miles and 800 miles downrange, or generally
    > northeast of the re-entry point. NASA is not aware of any possible debris
    > sightings from this geographic area.
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