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UARS Satellite Groundtrack: The USA



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I am looking at it from Belgium, but it looks like without moving. Is it normal?



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UARS Satellite Groundtrack: Mexico

Orbital period: 87.82 minutes



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UARS Satellite Groundtrack: Indian ocean



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Falling satellite slows down, Earth strike delayed

A dead 6-ton satellite baffled NASA experts Friday by slowing its descent toward Earth and delaying its ultimate crash until the early part of the weekend.
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The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, or UARS, will be the biggest NASA spacecraft to crash back to Earth, but it's now baffling scientists as its descent toward Earth slows - delaying its ultimate crash until the early part of the weekend.
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I just saw it fly over :) I had my laptop with me, so I could track it's path and know where to look. 

It moved quite fast, faster than an airplane. It flashed red/wite lights, but very fast and irregularly.

 

Pretty cool! Too bad I wont be able to see the explosion :( 



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hi there, i think i just saw it from Bologna (Italy), at around 01:06 GMT, looking North. I saw two lights proceeding towards east. is it because it has now divided in two pieces?

p.s. great stuff with this forum, thanks



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UARS Satellite Groundtrack: Europe

Orbital Period:       87.82 minutes



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The UARS satellite predicted re-entry location for 04:49 GMT  ± 4 hours.

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