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

Marco Langbroek marco.langbroek at wanadoo.nl
Wed Sep 21 05:23:34 EDT 2011


> 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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