(meteorobs) Best estimate for UARS initial reentry

Woodchuk woodl at telus.net
Fri Sep 23 16:58:31 EDT 2011


The only passes possibly seen from Miami would be at 20:50 today and 6:04  on the 
24th EDT. Unless I have incorrect elements.

Larry Wood

1 2:28 PM, Mike Hankey wrote:
> Based on this information I am making the conclusion that the re-entry
> could possibly be seen from south florida.
>
> Re-entry window in eastern time is: Friday, September 23, 2011 at
> 11:00:00 PM +- 5 hours
>
> UARS is set to pass south florida at 1:50 AM EST Saturday, Sept 24.
>
> http://heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=21701&lat=25.56227&lng=-80.2002&loc=Unspecified&alt=0&tz=CET
>
> Therefore folks in FL have a 'good' chance of witnessing the re-entry.
>


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