Re: NASA warns of falling a large satellite to Earth - Re-entry is expected sometime during the afternoon of Sept. 23, Eastern Daylight Time
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09.22.11 | SOCIETY
The UARS satellite will fall on the coast of Chile
Reports indicate that the device, the size of a bus, will impact the local 19 hours in the South Pacific, against the Andean country. The place and exact time of the collision may be determined minutes before. Video
The private firm that follows the route of the UARS satellite, Aerospace Corporation, explained more specifically the impact would be along the coast of Chile, around 7 pm on Friday. However, the head of the company explained that determining the exact time and place is something that is not yet able to predict and know that as you get closer to the ground.
NASA had reported that the risk of damage is "extremely small", but the phenomenon creates a certain nervousness is felt in the region. The space agency took care to explain that found at an altitude of 115 miles, the atmosphere would probably reach about 17 thousand miles per hour, which to some extent simulate the fall of a rock would find enough obstacles to be stopped.
This satellite is the largest NASA has fallen to earth in an uncontrolled manner from Skylab in 1979.
The half-ton of scrap has scaring people , but thanks to a company specializing in software development for U.S. national security, Analytical Graphics (AGI), you can follow live the path of the satellite.
The video released by AGI shows the path that should have when it loses the satellite orbit.
In addition, only a couple of hours before you can know more accurately the impact site where the remains , so the U.S. space agency will provide updated information through your website and your Twitter account.
Remember that the satellite of the Upper Atmosphere Research, UARS, for its acronym in English, weighs about 6 tons and was launched into orbit in 1991 by the shuttle Discovery to explore the upper atmosphere and measurements of the ozone layer.
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Spanish to English translation
09.22.11 | SOCIETY
The UARS satellite will fall on the coast of Chile
Reports indicate that the device, the size of a bus, will impact the local 19 hours in the South Pacific, against the Andean country. The place and exact time of the collision may be determined minutes before. Video
The private firm that follows the route of the UARS satellite, Aerospace Corporation, explained more specifically the impact would be along the coast of Chile, around 7 pm on Friday. However, the head of the company explained that determining the exact time and place is something that is not yet able to predict and know that as you get closer to the ground.
NASA had reported that the risk of damage is "extremely small", but the phenomenon creates a certain nervousness is felt in the region. The space agency took care to explain that found at an altitude of 115 miles, the atmosphere would probably reach about 17 thousand miles per hour, which to some extent simulate the fall of a rock would find enough obstacles to be stopped.
This satellite is the largest NASA has fallen to earth in an uncontrolled manner from Skylab in 1979.
The half-ton of scrap has scaring people , but thanks to a company specializing in software development for U.S. national security, Analytical Graphics (AGI), you can follow live the path of the satellite.
The video released by AGI shows the path that should have when it loses the satellite orbit.
In addition, only a couple of hours before you can know more accurately the impact site where the remains , so the U.S. space agency will provide updated information through your website and your Twitter account.
Remember that the satellite of the Upper Atmosphere Research, UARS, for its acronym in English, weighs about 6 tons and was launched into orbit in 1991 by the shuttle Discovery to explore the upper atmosphere and measurements of the ozone layer.
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