[amsat-bb] Re: Falling Sat

[John Geiger]

Who cares if you can see it.  What sort of meteor burn will we get off it? 
Should ionize the E layer for several minutes.

73s John AA5JG

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Clint Bradford" <clintbradford at mac.com>
To: "AMSAT BB" <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2011 5:06 AM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Falling Sat


>>> ... Are we going to be able to see it or what? Where's Clint when you 
>>> need him?
>
> NASA just Twitted ...
>
> Re-entry is expected between 11:45 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23, and 12:45 a.m., 
> Sept. 24, Eastern Daylight Time (3:45 a.m. to 4:45 a.m. GMT). The 
> satellite should be passing over Canada and Africa, as well as vast areas 
> of the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans.
>
> NASA will be updating this shortly ...
>
>
> Clint Bradford
> clintbradford at mac.com
>
>
>
>
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