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An ammonia-filled piece of International Space Station (ISS) junk has fallen back to Earth without mishap, as far as is known. The Early Ammonia Servicer (EAS) most likely fell into the Indian Ocean slightly south of Tasmania overnight last night.

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Predicted  Time:    3rd November 2008 @  04:51 GMT  ±1 minute

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Inclination:    51.6°
Revolution Number:    7456
Predicted Location:    48° S, 151° E

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Don't mind the foul-smelling metal debris falling from space.
Parts of the largest piece of trash ever jettisoned from the International Space Station are expected to crash to earth sometime later today, NASA officials said.

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"NASA expects up to 15 pieces of the tank to survive the searing hot temperatures of re-entry, ranging in size from about 1.4 ounces to nearly 40 lbs. The largest pieces could slam into the Earth's surface at about 100mph."

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TLE Data
EAS
1 31928U 98067BA  08306.51104005  .01799899  12310-4  19850-3 0  5395
2 31928 051.6218 335.0534 0003806 055.0318 305.0004 16.36421366 74292
1 31928U 98067BA  08306.32787211  .02124995  12297-4  24958-3 0  5388
2 31928 051.6223 336.0891 0002707 026.0293 334.3666 16.35861337 74265
1 31928U 98067BA  08306.14455219  .01593049  12267-4  20842-3 0  5371
2 31928 051.6223 337.1188 0002865 025.2626 334.9610 16.34864992 74233
1 31928U 98067BA  08305.59417958  .01632459  12218-4  25750-3 0  5364
2 31928 051.6223 340.2052 0003368 022.9662 337.3859 16.33063224 74141
1 31928U 98067BA  08305.53304556  .01367529  12204-4  22554-3 0  5353
2 31928 051.6218 340.5192 0005478 064.5600 296.0199 16.32593380 74138


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A piece of space station trash the size of a refrigerator is poised to plunge through the Earth's atmosphere late Sunday, more than a year after an astronaut tossed it overboard.

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The 635-kilogram Early Ammonia Servicer (EAS) that was jettisoned from the ISS by Expedition 15 crewmember Clayton Anderson on the 23 July, 2007, is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on the 2nd November, 2008 @ 20:40 GMT  ± 24 hours.

Inclination    51.6°
Revolution Number    7450
Predicted Location    44.2° N, 25.8° E

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