Rest In Peace Uars |
Rest In Peace Uars |
Dec 14 2005, 11:51 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 183 Joined: 22-October 05 From: Cape Canaveral, FL Member No.: 534 |
The Upper Atmospheric Research Satellite, deployed Sept. 12 1991 from the Space Shuttle Discovery, was decomissioned today. It's last good battery shorted out in August and planning to end the mission went as planned and concluded today with the shutting down of the satellite. Last week, a several-minute burn lowered the orbit of the satellite.
It is expected to make an uncontrolled reentry in 2008 or 2009. UARS opened a wealth of understanding on the upper and lower atmospheric layers including monitoring the ozone layer. -------------------- |
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Sep 22 2011, 08:18 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 808 Joined: 10-October 06 From: Maynard Mass USA Member No.: 1241 |
...from the site cited in the last post:
Reentry Prediction: Predicted Reentry Time: 23 SEP 2011 @ 22:07 UTC ± 9 hours ± 9 hours means 6 orbits where are the perigee points? They are the most likely places where UARS starts to sink into the atmosphere ( that may be why (maybe) North America has been ruled out? (by whom?) ) Personal Plea: Please make these interminable clouds go away! -------------------- CLA CLL
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