Bus-sized satellite to re-enter Earth's atmosphere this week

 
From: "[SOLAR_REPORTS]" <list.admin@aus-city.com>
Date: September 21st 2011

Space Weather News for Sept 20, 2011 http://spaceweather com

UARS, a NASA satellite the size of a small bus, will re-enter Earth's atmosphere later this week producing a brilliant fireball somewhere over our planet Best estimates place the re-entry time during the late hours of Sept 23rd over a still-unknown region of Earth Observers of the rapidly-decaying satellite say it is tumbling and flashing, sometimes almost as brightly as Venus Video images featured on today's edition of http://spaceweather com show how the doomed satellite looks through a backyard telescope

Readers who would like to catch a last glimpse of UARS streaking across the night sky should check SpaceWeather's Satellite Tracker for flyby times: http://spaceweather com/flybys You can also turn your smartphone into a UARS tracker by downloading our Simple Flybys app: http://simpleflybys com

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