Posted on 09/23/2011 9:45:40 AM PDT by hoagy62
Well FRiends...the UARS, according to NASA this morning, is now supposed to come down between 0000 and 0400 UTC, or between 5pm and 9pm Pacific time.
According to 'Orbitron', during that time frame UARS will cross the US three times, once over the Eastern Seaboard (Entering near the Louisiana/Mississippi border, up over the Appalachians, and exiting along the US/Canada border near upstate New York) , once across the Midwest (on a line from AZ/NM border up to the ND/MN border), and finally crossing the Pacific Northwest (entering off the Oregon coast, crossing between Portland and Seattle, and exiting the US around northern Idaho).
They also did say there's a possibility it could stay aloft a little longer past the current re-entry time frame. If it does, then no US territory will be in danger.
This will tell you what time it’s visible from your house this evening.
At Configuration - click on “from data base”
Click on United States
Type in your city
Choose from selected
At Statellite - click on UARS
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