satellite fall tracker , only hours to go

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paperburn1
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satellite fall tracker , only hours to go

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I am not a nuclear physicist, but play one on the internet.

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With a lot of luck I may get a shot on flyby
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Nothing radioactive on this one. Kinda big though.

They're saying the most probable debris tracks are at sea and over the poles.

They got a lot out of it, too, more than it was originally designed for. Good mission. They even helped with global warming: measuring ocean currents for the integration of AOGCMs.
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DAMNIT DAMNIT I saw it go burn u and got so excited i forgot to take a picture @$%^^$&
false alarm the video looks like it was an airplane caught by the sun in the upper atmo. :oops: :oops: :oops:
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Goce was last observed at 22:42 GMT on Sunday as it passed 121km (75 miles) above Antarctica,
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Over the Falklands:

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Here's the story it's only fair since I'm hotlinking them, give 'em a hit: http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/7 ... g_1060.jpg
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