NASA UARS Satellite Reentry
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Check out this YouTube video from Analytical Graphics, Inc. AGI’s animation shows UARS in its current orbit, along with its potential debris area, breakup model and the estimated debris region.
The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) will deorbit sometime during the afternoon of Friday, Sept. 23, Eastern Daylight Time. NASA has reported that the satellite will not be passing over North America during atmospheric re-entry.
If you’d like to learn more about AGI, visit: http://blogs.agi.com/
You can read more about NASA’s Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite mission at: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/uars/index.html
Source: YouTube/AGI , NASA UARS mission page
Ray Sanders is a Sci-Fi geek, astronomer and blogger. Currently researching variable stars at Arizona State University, he writes for Universe Today, The Planetary Society blog, and his own blog, Dear Astronomer
2012-12-04 08:06:41
Source: http://www.dearastronomer.com/2011/09/23/nasa-uars-satellite-reentry/
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