[meteorite-list] UARS Satellite to Re-Enter Earth's Atmosphere This Week

[Ron Baalke]

Space Weather News for Sept. 20, 2011
http://spaceweather.com

UARS, a NASA satellite the size of a small bus, will re-enter 
Earth's atmosphere later this week producing a brilliant fireball 
somewhere over our planet.  Best estimates place the re-entry time 
during the late hours of Sept. 23rd over a still-unknown region of 
Earth. Observers of the rapidly-decaying satellite say it is tumbling 
and flashing, sometimes almost as brightly as Venus.  Video images 
featured on today's edition of http://spaceweather.com show how the 
doomed satellite looks through a backyard telescope.

Readers who would like to catch a last glimpse of UARS streaking 
across the night sky should check SpaceWeather's Satellite Tracker 
for flyby times: http://spaceweather.com/flybys . You can also turn 
your smartphone into a UARS tracker by downloading our Simple Flybys 
app:  http://simpleflybys.com