[meteorite-list] UARS (re: Fireball Alert)

From: Marco Langbroek <marco.langbroek_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 11:23:34 +0200
Message-ID: <4E79AD16.6080904_at_wanadoo.nl>

> With that said, there is a website called Heavens Above (if you do not know
> about it you can Google it.)
>
> You can sign in and input your coordinates and it will give you times and
> the path of UARS.

Be advised that in these last final stages of its orbit, the orbit starts to
evolve so fast that predictions on an orbit even a few hours old will not
provide correct times. Differences between predicted and real pass times can be
many, many minutes, increasingly so closer to re-entry.

Therefore, keep a watch for an extended period around the nominal predicted time.

- Marco

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Dr Marco Langbroek - SatTrackCam Leiden, the Netherlands.

Station (b)log: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com
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Received on Wed 21 Sep 2011 05:23:34 AM PDT