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ROSAT Reentry

@ROSAT_Reentry

Tracking the orbital decay of ROSAT. Providing & collating information on getting a visual of its atmospheric re-entry.

 In Andaman Sea or thereabouts
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Joined September 2011
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UARS Reentry@UARS_Reentry12 Mar 2014
Hypothetical : what would happen if an accidental collision (eg UAV etc) destroyed cockpit - no transponders - engines remain powered #MH370
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Orbit Ops@OrbitOps10 Nov 2013
#GOCE Visibility and Re-entry guide 2013-11-10,11 UTC (19:00-04:00) re-entry tracks highlighted Re-entry window now
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Orbit Ops@OrbitOps10 Nov 2013
Anyone live on or close* to one of the yellow #GOCE re-entry tracks on this map? *within 'orange circle' distance
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Orbit Ops@OrbitOps10 Nov 2013
#GOCE Visibility & Re-entry guide 2013-11-10 UTC (remaining) re-entry tracks highlighted Re-entry within 12 hours
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Orbit Ops@OrbitOps10 Nov 2013
Sun 10 Nov 10:00UT #GOCE orbit 87.44 minutes 141.4 x 151.1 km Position 7.8N,143.4E alt=149.0km Unlit ~Re-entry 7h [0.18d]
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Orbit Ops@OrbitOps9 Nov 2013
Sat 9 Nov 12:00UT #GOCE orbit 87.76 minutes 158.2 x 166.8 km Position 14.5S,115.9E alt=164.8km Unlit ~Re-entry 24h [0.18d]
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Orbit Ops@OrbitOps9 Nov 2013
Sat 9 Nov 0:00UT #GOCE orbit 87.86 minutes 164.4 x 171.6 km Position 81.8S,13.2W alt=185.7km Lit ~Re-entry 36h [0.09d]
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Orbit Ops@OrbitOps8 Nov 2013
Fri 8 Nov 21:00UT #GOCE orbit 87.89 minutes 165.3 x 172.8 km Position 76.2S,131.3E alt=185.5km Lit ~Re-entry 39h [0.23d]
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SciCalc82@SciCalc8213 Mar 2013
π Pi Day twitpic.com/caplc0
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Orbit Ops@OrbitOps31 May 2012
2003 launched Japanese (4m x 9m) cylindrical H2A 2nd stage (#27700) re-entry in ~ 3 days 🌃 (spectacular if witnessed) twitpic.com/9r86oi
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Orbit Ops@OrbitOps30 Apr 2012
Heads up Adelaide Canberra Brisbane, TACSAT-3 re-entry in next 2 hours, tracking over you in 1 hour (~20:00-20:15 UTC) visible pass too
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Phobos Grunt@PhG_Reentry15 Jan 2012
Timed observation invaluable at this stage to confirm orbit: Any available #PhobosGrunt observers within 400km of Greece?
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Follow @PhG_Reentry for updates on Phobos Grunt twitpic.com/87jb12 #PhobosGrunt re-entry 15 Jan 17:30 UTC ± 3 hrs : only 7 hours or so!
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Phobos Grunt@PhG_Reentry14 Jan 2012
Phobos Grunt re-entry track and visual guide twitpic.com/87cap9 Anyone under these #PhobosGrunt tracks (particularly the yellow lines)?
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Phobos Grunt@PhG_Reentry12 Jan 2012
Phobos Grunt re-entry will be on one of these tracks twitpic.com/86ha4h (showing 2012-01-16 +/- 24hrs) #PhobosGrunt
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Phobos Grunt@PhG_Reentry6 Jan 2012
Preliminary Phobos Grunt tracks & visibility twitpic.com/83vjfn near re-entry time (indicative) #PhobosGrunt
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Phobos Grunt@PhG_Reentry31 Dec 2011
Sun 1 Jan 0:00UT #PhobosGrunt orbit 88.75 minutes 184.27 x 239.69 (mean 211.98) km Pos 20.4N,10.2W alt=229.9km Unlit ~Re-entry 16.4 days
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Phobos Grunt@PhG_Reentry28 Dec 2011
Phobos Grunt prediction with ±20% drag [flux variations] twitpic.com/7zjzh6 Re-entry #PhobosGrunt 17th January 4h UTC ±3½ days ♥
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Phobos Grunt@PhG_Reentry12 Dec 2011
Phobos-Grunt predicted re-entry within days of 5th January 2012 twitpic.com/7sg7ic (if remains consistent) earlier if solar flux increases
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Phobos Grunt@PhG_Reentry7 Dec 2011
Phobos-Grunt: around one month to re-entry, within several days of 6th Jan 2012, if configuration & rotation remain consistent #PhobosGrunt
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