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Falling Satellite Expected to Crash Into Earth Soon
ABC News ^ | 11 09 13

Posted on 11/10/2013 6:42:16 AM PST by BarnacleCenturion

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- A satellite about the size of a Volkswagen van is on its way back down to Earth. The over one ton satellite is expected to crash land sometime Sunday night or Monday morning. But at this point, it's not clear where.

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1 posted on 11/10/2013 6:42:16 AM PST by BarnacleCenturion
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To: BarnacleCenturion

I’ll notify Chicken Little.


2 posted on 11/10/2013 6:44:57 AM PST by Uncle Chip
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To: BarnacleCenturion
and that's why, I carry an Umbrella..to be safe....

3 posted on 11/10/2013 6:45:55 AM PST by skinkinthegrass (who'll take tomorrow,$pend it all today;who can take your income & tax it all away..0'Blowfly can :-)
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To: BarnacleCenturion
A satellite about the size of a Volkswagen van

Is that bigger or smaller than a Ford WindStar van?

4 posted on 11/10/2013 6:46:03 AM PST by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: BarnacleCenturion; brityank; All

Courtesy of Brityank:

Real Time Sattelite Tracking:
GOCE Satellite ^

http://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=34602


5 posted on 11/10/2013 6:47:11 AM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: BarnacleCenturion

I’d vote for San Francisco first and Philadelphia second.


6 posted on 11/10/2013 6:48:16 AM PST by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Travon... Felony assault and battery hate crime)
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To: bert

I’ve got an address between Maryland and Virginia in mind


7 posted on 11/10/2013 6:49:24 AM PST by muir_redwoods (Don't fire until you see the blue of their helmets)
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To: BarnacleCenturion

guess we need government satellite insurance.

just go on line.


8 posted on 11/10/2013 6:49:58 AM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: bert

iT REALLY IS HARD FOR ME TO DECIDE!!!

So many cities, so few crashing satellites!


9 posted on 11/10/2013 6:50:41 AM PST by Recovering Ex-hippie
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To: muir_redwoods

there are a couple of places in that range that fits.


10 posted on 11/10/2013 6:51:39 AM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: BarnacleCenturion
Berthault's Geology Guy on Real Science Radio
11 posted on 11/10/2013 6:54:31 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: BarnacleCenturion

I hope it hits my car, I want a new one. Oh, wait....they are insured by GEICO.


12 posted on 11/10/2013 6:55:58 AM PST by Safetgiver ( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: Izzy Dunne

VW created the van...and the mini-van


13 posted on 11/10/2013 6:59:15 AM PST by ROCKLOBSTER ("The government" is nothing but a RAT jobs program)
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To: BarnacleCenturion

We can neither deflect nor project the “touch-down point” of an object we put up, but we think we can do so with a naturally occurring object? Right!


14 posted on 11/10/2013 7:01:17 AM PST by RobinOfKingston (Democrats--the party of Evil. Republicans--the party of Stupid.)
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To: bert

“I’d vote for San Francisco first and Philadelphia second.”

Washington Gawd Dammed D.C. before either of those, please.


15 posted on 11/10/2013 7:01:24 AM PST by FAA
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To: BarnacleCenturion
Their Last Days
16 posted on 11/10/2013 7:02:00 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: FAA

I agree with DC or even Northern VA and I live there.


17 posted on 11/10/2013 7:03:50 AM PST by TBall
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To: RobinOfKingston

Two entirely different problems.


18 posted on 11/10/2013 7:06:50 AM PST by jpsb (Believe nothing until it has been officially denied)
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To: TBall
I agree with DC or even Northern
VA and I live there.
*Umbrella time* bump...
Do we even need a "Prepper" Ping?
Chicken Little is covered.

19 posted on 11/10/2013 7:09:53 AM PST by skinkinthegrass (who'll take tomorrow,$pend it all today;who can take your income & tax it all away..0'Blowfly can :-)
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To: BarnacleCenturion

Hilarious quote from the article.

“Pieces of the satellite will begin to burn up and essentially become asteroids.”

You bet your asteroids it will! LOL!

GOCE Satellite - Science Performed Before Its Destruction
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YS6g-d_SB0U


20 posted on 11/10/2013 7:09:55 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (IÂ’m not a Republican, I'm a Conservative! Pubbies haven't been conservative since before T.R.)
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