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See China's Falling Space Station in These Radar Images
Space.com ^
| March 26, 2018 04:42pm ET
| By Elizabeth Howell,
Posted on 03/26/2018 9:01:33 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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The shape of China's falling space station Tiangong-1 can be seen in this radar image from the Fraunhofer Institute for High Frequency Physics and Radar Techniques near Bonn, Germany. Launched in 2011, Tiangong-1 is about the size of a school bus. Its solar arrays are clearly visible.
Credit: Fraunhofer FHR
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posted on
03/26/2018 9:01:33 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
03/26/2018 9:14:17 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
("It's Slappin' Time !")
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
03/26/2018 9:34:25 PM PDT
by
TXnMA
("Allah": Satan's current alias; "0bama": Allah's stooge; "Moderate Muslims": Allah's useful idiots.)
To: TXnMA
the imaging technology, or the thing falling out of the sky?
To: BenLurkin
Wonder if you can sue China if it lands on your house or maybe send them a box of cookies if it lands on the senate.
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posted on
03/26/2018 10:00:00 PM PDT
by
Equine1952
(keep your eyes on the skies)
To: BenLurkin
168 miles isn’t that low. Is it in a very elliptical orbit?
To: JohnBrowdie
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posted on
03/26/2018 10:08:31 PM PDT
by
Ingtar
To: Vince Ferrer
Doesn't seem to be. We've been watching it periodically online at Satview and it seems to be mostly at 211 KM. Right now at 208. If it elliptical, very minor.
Here: http://www.satview.org/?sat_id=37820U
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posted on
03/26/2018 10:08:58 PM PDT
by
Reno89519
(If Trump can't deliver and folds like a typical Republican, maybe he should be impeached.)
To: fieldmarshaldj; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Thanks fieldmarshaldj. As soon as it crashes, all the doors will fly open, a bunch of Taikonauts will rush out aimlessly, jabbering something, with their arms up over their heads, then they'll run back in the same doors they used to exit, and the whole station will just bounce right back up into orbit.
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03/26/2018 10:09:10 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
To: BenLurkin
Watch the skies. Everywhere. Keep watching the skies!
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posted on
03/26/2018 10:11:17 PM PDT
by
Ken H
(Best election ever!)
To: BenLurkin
I saw a satellite fall from the sky once. It was night, and it looked like an orange ball going from west to east. I thought it was a UFO, then the newspaper said the next morning that it was a Russian satellite that crashed in Montana. It was only about the size of a suitcase. Imagine what this one will look like. It will probably be over the ocean, however.
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
03/26/2018 10:23:42 PM PDT
by
Theoria
(I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
To: Theoria
That map has it going directly above my house. Operative word: above.
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posted on
03/26/2018 10:33:53 PM PDT
by
Jemian
(Americans are dreamers, too.)
To: Vince Ferrer
From the german radar in the article, I can see why there is a predicting problem. The radar shows it tumbling erratically, not on any particular axis. You should go to the article, ignore the signup, and click spaceflight in the list across the top. Article links go vertically on the side and click the Taidong1 icon. It will be the first or second image in the article, the one with the play arrow to click on. Short video but shows the erratic tumble in radar, with some kind of image beside it to help you see what the orange radar is showing,
To: BenLurkin
For those about to be obliterated, we salute you!
To: SunkenCiv
Yes, but it were a Japanese space station, they’d come running out with camera’s in hand. With a single leader in front, waving a flag before escorting them back into the school bus (er, spacecraft. ) 8<)
To: Robert A Cook PE
If it was Japenese and they would jumped out of the satellite with cameras, it would land in Yellowstone National Park. Then they would take pictures get bumped by buffalo. Invade the gift shop, get moose bumped then take off for Disney land. Singing I got my weekend on.
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03/26/2018 11:48:35 PM PDT
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Equine1952
(keep your eyes on the skies - one selfy is worth a hundred Old Faithfuls)
To: JohnBrowdie
The imaging. Think about the challenge of doing that with an optical telescope on the ground...
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posted on
03/27/2018 12:10:45 AM PDT
by
TXnMA
("Allah": Satan's current alias; "0bama": Allah's stooge; "Moderate Muslims": Allah's useful idiots.)
To: Jemian
The Chinese crashed a satellite into my house once.
Once.
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posted on
03/27/2018 3:09:35 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(What America needs is more Hogg control.)
To: BenLurkin
Wow, it’s already burning up!
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posted on
03/27/2018 3:22:38 AM PDT
by
BobL
(I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald's...I just don't tell anyone)
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