Who cares if you can see it. What sort of meteor burn will we get off it? Should ionize the E layer for several minutes.
73s John AA5JG
----- Original Message ----- From: "Clint Bradford" clintbradford@mac.com To: "AMSAT BB" amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2011 5:06 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Falling Sat
... Are we going to be able to see it or what? Where's Clint when you need him?
NASA just Twitted ...
Re-entry is expected between 11:45 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23, and 12:45 a.m., Sept. 24, Eastern Daylight Time (3:45 a.m. to 4:45 a.m. GMT). The satellite should be passing over Canada and Africa, as well as vast areas of the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans.
NASA will be updating this shortly ...
Clint Bradford clintbradford@mac.com
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