ALERT!!! Nasa Satellite 'To Hit Earth Within Hours'

114 mi

so what should we expect it to do in 10 minutes? i mean besides "drop"..does that mean it will start impacting then?

There is something weird in the night sky here in the UK.
In the East sky about 45 degrees lower left of Jupiter its like a cluster of 4 stars around an object like its wobbling but hard to focus on as too many clouds but its not anything I have seen before & I see Jupiter every night at this time after midnight & never noticed this before, whatever it is then its just floating there hardly any movement except for the flickering of the clusters around it I will try get a capture on it if the clouds clear!

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This link shows the satellite's current location AND the trajectory of the next orbit:

[link to www.heavens-above.com]

That too, the earth isn't perfectly symmetrical, more like a squashed tennis ball.

Headed back for US flyover now

Still at 122mi altittude

4.74 mi/sec

Will post when US flyovers occur.

Last Edited by Pangn on 09/22/2011 10:10 PM

That means it goes up.

Thanks, was just about to post this :D

Its going to come down in the next few minutes, dropping like a stone now. I think they used what little maneuverability it had left to prevent it from falling on Europe or Asia.

Yeah, I thought it wasn't going over the US again any time soon???

I am out back freezing my balls off with a 6pack of bud looking into the nightsky for any doom. Have my wood burner lit with loads of peat so enjoying it.

dropping like a stone , this is it, next few minutes, it's gong down in the ocean

From my understanding, it orbits the entire earth every 90 minutes.

It is currently over the ocean and headed for the US

No it isn't.

Where are you getting this nonsense?

Reckon it's going to ditch on Tyneside . .

alt 191km

With this current projected orbit, it doesn't even fly over the continental united states.

[link to www.heavens-above.com]

And thats not going towards DC? It looks like its gonna cut it really fine.
Also solar activity is making it drop faster than it should be.

So where is it headed, where will it crash?

If i follow that curve , could it be hitting Denver ? :P

Yesterday they were predicting Ireland.
Then today they were predicting Indonesia.

I don't think they will know until it lands.

Denver is in the middle of the US, so no :p

Europe.

[link to www.infosatellites.com]

ireland or scotland maybe :p