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Topic: Tiangong-1: Viewing, comments, questions
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denali414
Member Posts: 593
From: Raleigh, NC
Registered: Aug 2017
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posted 03-31-2018 08:32 AM
   
Pretty cool video of Tiangong-1 going across the night sky last night. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 03-31-2018 07:59 PM
Aerospace Corp.'s latest prediction (0200 UTC Monday is 10 p.m. EDT Sunday): Tiangong-1 is currently predicted to reenter the Earth’s atmosphere around April 2nd, 2018 02:00 UTC +/- 7 hours. |
SpaceAholic
Member Posts: 4437
From: Sierra Vista, Arizona
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 04-01-2018 10:57 AM
Latest update: Tiangong-1 is currently predicted to reenter the Earth’s atmosphere around April 2nd, 2018 00:10 UTC ± 2.5 hours. |
SpaceAholic
Member Posts: 4437
From: Sierra Vista, Arizona
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 04-01-2018 11:04 AM
"Live" track of its location. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 04-01-2018 12:27 PM
From ESA (0107 UTC is 9:07 p.m. EDT April 1): In just a few hours, we’ll be well within the uncertainty window associated with this reentry, and we don't expect any more forecast updates with any higher accuracy. In other words, we’re at the limit of what we can forecast.Just over an hour ago, ESA's space debris team provided their final estimate for reentry, forecasting a window of about four hours and centered on 01:07 UTC (03:07 CEST) on 2 April. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 04-01-2018 08:25 PM
U.S. Strategic Command's Joint Force Space Component Command, through its Joint Space Operations Center, confirmed Tiangong-1 reentered Earth's atmosphere over the southern Pacific Ocean at approximately 8:16 p.m. EDT April 1 (0016 GMT April 2). |
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