NASA's UARS satellite

[thaumaturge]

Okay, it's down.... somewhere between Canada and Africa.... Last update post from UARS site:

Update #14
Sat, 24 Sep 2011 01:16:50 AM MDT

NASA’s decommissioned Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite fell back to Earth between 11:23 p.m. EDT Friday, Sept. 23 and 1:09 a.m. EDT Sept. 24. The satellite was passing eastward over Canada and Africa as well as vast portions of the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans during that period. The precise re-entry time and location are not yet known with certainty.

 

[thaumaturge]

Last Gasp report: JSOC put it over the Pacific... go figure.

The Joint Space Operations Center at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California said the satellite penetrated the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, the agency said in an announcement on its website. The precise reentry time and location are not yet known with certainty, NASA said.

 

[AndrewT]

I am still here.

 

[woodturner-fran]

heh heh , me too!

 

[sofaspud]

The precise reentry time and location are not yet known with certainty, NASA said.

+1 laughing at this statement. It's a good thing this wasn't a manned reentry isn't it?

 

[thaumaturge]

Seems nobody actually saw it fall.... Thought we could track a basketball size by radar....
Anyway, NASA released the following map of probability... somewhere on earth.
http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/591662main_UARS Map.pdf
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