02-19-2024, 10:45 PM
This post was last modified 02-23-2024, 08:28 PM by Maxmars.
Edit Reason: event happened
Yeah, I hate the 'jounalistic' way of making these kinds of OPs... I like to say what I would want to hear, and not...
From FOX weather:
School bus-sized satellite to crash into Earth's atmosphere this week
(even the URL for this story was more informative than the title... www.foxweather.com/earth-space/european-satellite-burn-up-over-earth-atmosphere-february)
The article says that this big satellite will likely not survive the atmospheric re-entry on Wednesday morning, this week.
![[Image: ERS-2_reentering_the_atmosphere_23_49_UT...illars.png]](https://images.foxweather.com/static.foxweather.com/www.foxweather.com/content/uploads/2024/02/668/376/ERS-2_reentering_the_atmosphere_23_49_UTC_29_January_2024_pillars.png)
ESA’s ERS-2 satellite was spotted on January 29, 2024, tumbling as it descends through the atmosphere.
... captured by cameras on board other satellites by Australian company HEO on behalf of the UK Space Agency.
...
Since the spacecraft took a "natural descent" path, ESA could not predict precisely when or where the satellite would come down on Earth but estimated it would happen in February 2024. As the satellite's demise approaches, ESA has been issuing updates.PT
ESA's Space Debris Office released its latest re-entry prediction on Monday, saying the satellite will likely burn up over Earth's atmosphere on Wednesday morning, plus or minus a margin of about 12 hours. The landing and re-entry location uncertainty will decrease as the spacecraft's end nears.
ESA said that at about 50 miles above Earth, the large satellite will break up into small pieces. Any risks from the satellite reentry are very low, according to the space agency.
So, good luck, and maybe you'll actually see the event live in-real-time.
From FOX weather:
School bus-sized satellite to crash into Earth's atmosphere this week
(even the URL for this story was more informative than the title... www.foxweather.com/earth-space/european-satellite-burn-up-over-earth-atmosphere-february)
The article says that this big satellite will likely not survive the atmospheric re-entry on Wednesday morning, this week.
ESA’s ERS-2 satellite was spotted on January 29, 2024, tumbling as it descends through the atmosphere.
... captured by cameras on board other satellites by Australian company HEO on behalf of the UK Space Agency.
...
Since the spacecraft took a "natural descent" path, ESA could not predict precisely when or where the satellite would come down on Earth but estimated it would happen in February 2024. As the satellite's demise approaches, ESA has been issuing updates.PT
ESA's Space Debris Office released its latest re-entry prediction on Monday, saying the satellite will likely burn up over Earth's atmosphere on Wednesday morning, plus or minus a margin of about 12 hours. The landing and re-entry location uncertainty will decrease as the spacecraft's end nears.
ESA said that at about 50 miles above Earth, the large satellite will break up into small pieces. Any risks from the satellite reentry are very low, according to the space agency.
So, good luck, and maybe you'll actually see the event live in-real-time.
