The EAS is reported to have re-entered over the Indian ocean (south of Tasmania) today morning at 04:51 UTC/GMT. I guess no one saw the fireball.....
Monday, 3 November 2008
Sunday, 2 November 2008
Space Junk to "fall" on Monday
This brings back memories of Skylab re-entry on 11 July 1979.
The Early Ammonia Servicer (EAS), which was International Space Station's 1400-lb never-used cooling system (size of a double refrigerator) and was jettisoned by Clay Anderson on 23 July 2007, is going to fall to Earth tomorrow.
There appears to be lack of clarity regarding where and when (uncertainty of +/- 15 hours from 0300 UTC) it is going to fall. Whenever and where-ever it does, it will change from its current brightness of a second or third magnitude star to burn with a rather bright blaze shining like the moon.
The Space Weather website, which also monitors the Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs) for Planet Earth, will publish updates. One can also check flybys over one's local areas.
The Early Ammonia Servicer (EAS), which was International Space Station's 1400-lb never-used cooling system (size of a double refrigerator) and was jettisoned by Clay Anderson on 23 July 2007, is going to fall to Earth tomorrow.
There appears to be lack of clarity regarding where and when (uncertainty of +/- 15 hours from 0300 UTC) it is going to fall. Whenever and where-ever it does, it will change from its current brightness of a second or third magnitude star to burn with a rather bright blaze shining like the moon.The Space Weather website, which also monitors the Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs) for Planet Earth, will publish updates. One can also check flybys over one's local areas.
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