German satellite expected to hit Earth on weekend

[Tulessa]

I'm seeing it over antarctica... why am I so far off?

And I'm seeing it in the Indian Ocean. :waitasec:

 

[Tulessa]

http://www.satview.org/decay.php GOCE, correct?

That's what I'm showing.

 

[Peachy]

I've been tracking with these two links:

http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/GOCE/Track_GOCE

http://www.satflare.com/track.asp?q=34602#TOP

 

[Tulessa]

GOCE


Norad: 34602U
Inter. ID: 09013A
Launch.: 2009 (13° from year, payload A)
Period: 87.2 min.
Revs/day: 16.5
Incl.: 96.5 degrees
Apogee: 142 km
Perigee: 130 km
Semi-major axis: 6514 km
Reentry: 2013 11 11 ~ 03h59
Orbital Element: 10/Nov/2013 17:14

 

[formerjerseygirl]

I am switching between satflare.com and satview.org. On the other link i get the international space station.

 

[formerjerseygirl]

going over africa now

 

[BeginnersLuck]

This may sound like a silly question...

Especially now that it is about to land...

But can military or ??? Shoot it down before it lands on land?

and keep it in the ocean?

:dunno:

Do you mean like this?

[video=youtube;Rmvb4Hktv7U]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rmvb4Hktv7U[/video]

 

[margarita25]

Did it hit yet...wait a minute, what is th

 

[margarita25]

Did it hit yet...wait a minute, what is th

heehee, get it? :biggrin:

 

[Tulessa]

I got to get some Zzzzz!!

 

[IHAVENOCLUE]

ESA said Friday that humans are 250,000 times more likely to win the lottery than to get hit by the debris.


Must buy a lottery ticket! :floorlaugh:

Cha -Ching! $$$$$.

 

[IHAVENOCLUE]

Heading over Alaska now. Is this tracking cool or what?!
http://www.satview.org/?sat_id=34602U

Totally! :skip:

 

[IHAVENOCLUE]

I'm seeing it over antarctica... why am I so far off?

That's Santa! :sleigh:

:floorlaugh:

 

[IHAVENOCLUE]

Do you mean like this?

Spacewar! (MIT 1962) - YouTube

:thumb: Exactly! :floorlaugh:

 

[IHAVENOCLUE]

heehee, get it? :biggrin:

I get what you did...

the satellite gotcha! :snowball:

I was kinda hoping it would get the pooping jogger... femme Fecal!

:floorlaugh:

 

[IHAVENOCLUE]

I got to get some Zzzzz!!

Night, Tulessa!

thanks for posting!

:gthanks:

 

[Tulessa]

Night, Tulessa!

thanks for posting!

:gthanks:

Long nap, NOT! M'kay will have to work anyways. :floorlaugh: Did I miss anything?

 

[Tulessa]

I get what you did...

the satellite gotcha! :snowball:

I was kinda hoping it would get the pooping jogger... femme Fecal!

:floorlaugh:

OMG!! :floorlaugh: :floorlaugh:

 

[formerjerseygirl]

spacecraft was still in good shape when last seen around 17:30 UTC at ESA's Kiruna ground station in northern Sweden.
The spacecraft has been seen again over Kiruna at 18.56 UTC, still operating well. Next contact expected at 19.50 UTC.
Contact with the spacecraft established normally again at 19:50 UTC from Antarctica’s Troll station. Next contact at 21.16 UTC.
The spacecraft was still functioning nominally in Fine Pointing Mode at 21.16 UTC. Next possibile contact at 22.42 UTC over Troll.
Contact successfully established again over Troll station at 22.42 UTC. Goce was unexpectedly still functiona

 

[formerjerseygirl]

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013...lite-to-crash-land-on-earth-sunday-afternoon/ Still there!