tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323036399959773548.post5046416246866725673..comments2023-11-02T12:07:22.218+01:00Comments on Breaking News for sky aficionados: Secret U.S. satellite to make uncontrolled reentry - what do we know?Daniel Fischerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06585730984676051351noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323036399959773548.post-16558773164981411202008-02-04T20:14:00.000+01:002008-02-04T20:14:00.000+01:00If something comes down in the U.S. or U.S.-friend...If something comes down in the U.S. or U.S.-friendly countries there <A HREF="http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story.jsp?id=news/aw020408p2.xml&headline=Falling%20Radar%20Satellite%20Adds%20to%20NRO%20Troubles&channel=space" REL="nofollow">will be an attempt to recover</A> the debris while experts disagress whether something sensitive could be learned from it or not.Daniel Fischerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06585730984676051351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323036399959773548.post-45359854900781234932008-01-31T00:44:00.000+01:002008-01-31T00:44:00.000+01:00According to new information (as inofficial as eve...According to new <A HREF="http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story.jsp?id=news/nro013008.xml&headline=Columbia%20Data%20Aids%20Sat%20Re-entry%20Planning%20&channel=space" REL="nofollow">information</A> (as inofficial as everything said before!) the satellite in question is actually pretty small - but OTOH some tanks filled with toxic hydrazine <I>could</I> survive the reentry.Daniel Fischerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06585730984676051351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323036399959773548.post-4248342446014996342008-01-30T00:01:00.000+01:002008-01-30T00:01:00.000+01:00Hardly any new details have come out since the ini...Hardly any new details have come out since the initial reports, but at least <A HREF="http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn13236.html" REL="nofollow">it is believed</A> that the spacecraft will disintegrate more or less completely on reentry.Daniel Fischerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06585730984676051351noreply@blogger.com