Where will UARS land?

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Where will UARS land?

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NormalPride in Science » Space
Settled on 09/27/2011 05:55 Settled by

kruijs

Winning option:her/both/neither/unreported/unknown NASA space junk scientists believe that all - or nearly all - of the parts of their 20-year-old dead satellite safely plunged into the Pacific Ocean, likely missing land. But if their estimates are off, by only five minutes or so, fiery pieces could have fallen on parts of northwestern North America.

http://www.news.com.au/technology/sci-tech/satellite-was-as-big-as-a-bus-weighed-six-tonnes-but-nasa-may-never-know-where-it-crashed/story-fn5fsgyc-1226146723161

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Water

Soil

Other/both/neither/unreported/unknown

Background

Huge Defunct Satellite to Plunge to Earth Soon, NASA Says

The huge Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) is expected to re-enter Earth's atmosphere in an uncontrolled fall in late September or early October. Much of the spacecraft is expected to burn up during re-entry, but some pieces are expected to make it intact to the ground, NASA officials said.

The U.S. space agency will be taking measures to inform the public about the pieces of the spacecraft that are expected to survive re-entry.

"It is too early to say exactly when UARS will re-enter and what geographic area may be affected, but NASA is watching the satellite closely and will keep you informed," NASA said in a statement released today (Sept. 7)
http://www.space.com/12859-nasa-satellite-falling-space-debris-uars.html

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09/27/2011 04:14

NormalPride

Did any of you find space debris in your backyard?
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NASA still has no idea where it hit

NASA says that the satellite re-entry took it from the east coast of Africa over the Indian Ocean, then the Pacific Ocean, then across Northern Canada, the Atlantic Ocean, to a point over West Africa. The majority of the flight was over water according to NASA. NASA thinks that the parts that survived re-entry would have landed in the Ocean, but that canâ€™t be confirmed.
http://www.slashgear.com/uars-falls-back-to-earth-nasa-still-has-no-idea-where-it-hit-26182787/

09/17/2011 06:12

kruijs

@NormalPride:
Where will UARS, NASA's defunct bus-size spacecraft, drop to earth?

09/17/2011 03:53

NormalPride

http://www.space.com/12982-dead-nasa-satellite-falling-earth-sept-24.html

09/10/2011 02:43

gotmick

NASA: The chances of someone, somewhere on this planet, getting hit by a piece of NASAâ€™s UARS satellite are 1 in 3,200.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2011/09/nasa-satellite-falling-to-earth-will-you-be-hit/

09/08/2011 08:21

bernardo

This is literally trash science and I like it (:

09/08/2011 01:54

gotmick

Great question!!

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