Satellite re-entry tonight

Anyone bored enough to stay up and try to catch a glimpse? Supposedly coming down between now and 3AM, waiting on news of when and where.

Reply 1

USB

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Would be pretty cool If it is visible from London :smile:

Reply 2

Moggs

10

I'll be awake anyway, so yep, looking out for it tonight too :cool:

Reply 3

Seasick Steve

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The chance of it hitting the UK, let alone one of us, is tiny. Throw a dart at a world map a few thousand times, and see how often it lands anywhere near you.

That said, it'd still be cool if it landed in my garden.

Reply 4

Phenomenological

OP

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Original post by Seasick Steve

The chance of it hitting the UK, let alone one of us, is tiny. Throw a dart at a world map a few thousand times, and see how often it lands anywhere near you.

That said, it'd still be cool if it landed in my garden.

Nobody is talking about having it land nearby. We're talking about seeing the thousand-kilometre streak of fire trailing across the sky. :tongue:

Apparently they think it might land in the pacific which means we may be able to see it.

Reply 5

Seasick Steve

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Original post by Phenomenological

Nobody is talking about having it land nearby. We're talking about seeing the thousand-kilometre streak of fire trailing across the sky. :tongue:

Apparently they think it might land in the pacific which means we may be able to see it.

Unless it's cloudy and raining :frown:

But yeah, would be nice to see.

Reply 6

Chav Princess

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Original post by Seasick Steve

The chance of it hitting the UK, let alone one of us, is tiny. Throw a dart at a world map a few thousand times, and see how often it lands anywhere near you.

That said, it'd still be cool if it landed in my garden.

Would be much, much smaller than a dart even.

Reply 7

im hard

hopefully it will land on a council state somewhere in brixton or croyden.

Reply 8

Phenomenological

OP

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I think it would be suitably ironic if the 158kg bit smashed through NASAs Vehicle Assembly Building and demolished it. Comeuppance, as it were.

Reply 9

Josh_Dey

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The satellite will burn into pieces.

Burn up altitude: 80-45km
Pieces burning: 150
Pieces reentering: 26

Only 26 pieces will return to Earth over a length of 500 miles.

(edited 12 years ago)

Reply 10

Teknik

I hope it lands on Dale Farm

Reply 11

insignificant

16

just how visible will the fireball across the sky be?

Reply 12

Phenomenological

OP

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Original post by insignificant

just how visible will the fireball across the sky be?

It's several tonnes of metal moving at 16,000 miles per hour being vapourised by friction from the atmosphere. If it came down in the middle of the day it would still be clearly visible.

Reply 13

FluxD

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Bet it lands directly onto Colonel Gadaffi.

Reply 14

455409

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Doubt i'll see it, most of my house faces north, the south being attached to the other semi detached.

Reply 15

username306617

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Original post by Teknik

I hope it lands on Dale Farm

Yes. Children dying would be really funny.
:rolleyes:

Reply 16

Teknik

Original post by Popppppy

Yes. Children dying would be really funny.
:rolleyes:

I am laughing at you. I am actually laughing at you

Reply 17

username306617

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Original post by Teknik

I am laughing at you. I am actually laughing at you

Good for you. You are easily amused.

Reply 18

Rascacielos

19

I could do with it landing on the huge party next door right now. :rant:

Reply 19

hasan4life

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Original post by Phenomenological

It's several tonnes of metal moving at 16,000 miles per hour being vapourised by friction from the atmosphere. If it came down in the middle of the day it would still be clearly visible.

so we will be able to see it from the sky tonight?

Satellite re-entry tonight

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