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Russia's Robotic Progress Cargo Spaceship Will Fall Within Hours
NBC ^

Posted on 05/07/2015 7:06:31 PM PDT by don-o

Nine days after its launch to the International Space Station went awry, Russia's robotic Progress 59 cargo ship is due to take a fiery plunge through Earth's atmosphere within hours.

Predictions from a variety of expert analysts — at places ranging from Russia's Roscosmos space agency to the U.S. Strategic Command — call for the Progress to break up in the atmosphere around 10 p.m. to midnight (02:00 to 04:00 UTC), with a margin of uncertainty that extends a couple of hours before or after that time.

"We can exclude any time after early Friday morning," the European Space Agency's Daniel Scuka said in a blog update. "There are some first indications that the likelihood for a re-entry over North America or Europe has dropped significantly."

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: progress; progress59; russia
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Bush's fault.
1 posted on 05/07/2015 7:06:31 PM PDT by don-o
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3 posted on 05/07/2015 7:09:09 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: don-o

Technically, it’s been falling since the motors shut off.


4 posted on 05/07/2015 7:13:35 PM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: don-o

No big thang.


5 posted on 05/07/2015 7:15:47 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: Jack Hydrazine

It’s all fun and games until a robotic spaceship falls on your head.


6 posted on 05/07/2015 7:15:48 PM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
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To: don-o

Space Cargo Ship Crashing to Earth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoGuycn7Fos

http://www.n2yo.com/


7 posted on 05/07/2015 7:16:10 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: don-o

http://www.satview.org/


8 posted on 05/07/2015 7:16:38 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Vince Ferrer

That’s what they want you to think.


9 posted on 05/07/2015 7:16:41 PM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
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To: don-o

No free tacos? Or Borscht


10 posted on 05/07/2015 7:18:22 PM PDT by ThomasThomas ("YOUR BADGE! SHOW HIM YOUR BADGE!")
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To: don-o

Hey Yuri, don’t smush rocket ship! What’re you kiddinking me!?!


11 posted on 05/07/2015 7:23:00 PM PDT by jmacusa (Liberalism defined: When mom and dad go away for the weekend and the kids are in charge.)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

This site has its altitude going up very slowly !!?


12 posted on 05/07/2015 7:30:09 PM PDT by George from New England (escaped CT in 2006, now living north of Tampa)
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Yes...it’s in an elliptical orbit, so it’ll gain altitude during half of the orbit.

Eventually, it’ll come into contact with the atmosphere on thew lower side of the orbit. That will slow it down enough that it can’t regain altitude. Then...’dos vedanya’.


13 posted on 05/07/2015 7:34:11 PM PDT by hoagy62 ("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered..."-Thomas Paine. 1776)
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To: George from New England

That’s because it’s orbit isn’t perfectly circular.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apsis


14 posted on 05/07/2015 7:35:42 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: don-o

Space Cargo Sat/Ready to Re-enter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzpqIrOWhRE


15 posted on 05/07/2015 7:44:19 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: don-o

Dear Russia,

If your contraption lands on our White House, we know that it was not on purpose and we will not hold it against you.

Cheers....

xxxooo


16 posted on 05/07/2015 7:44:54 PM PDT by Gator113 (~~Cruz, OR LOSE~~ Ted Cruz the only true Conservative in this race.)
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Could we have a Happy Pooty Poot Day then?


17 posted on 05/07/2015 8:02:07 PM PDT by X-spurt (CRUZ missile - armed and ready.)
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To: don-o

it is now 3:12 UTC so any minute, +/- a few hours?


18 posted on 05/07/2015 8:10:38 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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SpaceLab crashed in 1979. Almost seems fitting this happening this year considering we have the black Carter in the WH.


19 posted on 05/07/2015 8:15:34 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: don-o

Kosmos 954?


20 posted on 05/07/2015 8:25:00 PM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind, but now I see...)
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