We might get first confirmation if Bruno can't find FG in the sky when it passes over him?
Quote from: stu_boy on 01/15/2012 04:16 pmFollowing it on my iPad satellite tracker app, it's descended from 139km to 134km quite rapidly. It's south of Japan now over the Pacific. Just to be crystal clear, for those of you new to this or not reading the last two pages, any online tracker page or app or whatever IS NOT GIVING YOU LIVE DATA. It's taking the orbital data snapshot from the recent past (google "TLE") and predicting where it will be. The altitude will be wrong for sure, because the TLE had the object in orbit, and it's clearly coming down out of orbit now!The only people who know where it really is right now are A) at military radar installations and B) on the ground watching it fly over. And P-G is in daylight now so that makes spotting it from the ground nearly impossible.
Following it on my iPad satellite tracker app, it's descended from 139km to 134km quite rapidly. It's south of Japan now over the Pacific.
Quote from: Longhorn John on 01/15/2012 04:24 pmWe might get first confirmation if Bruno can't find FG in the sky when it passes over him?Now i only have a DSLR with a 300mm lens, a 720p camera. Nothing more. And now is summer here, so there is a "HUGE" sun. I'll only be able to see if it is entering with some trail.
Just a heads up to those wanting to get one last look at PG. I know we have a few members of the forum who live in Texas. If I am looking at Heavens Above correctly there is a visible pass over the state and Mexico around 6 PM local time. From the news I have heard its not expected to come down for a few more hours after that but it might be interesting to try and see it. It will be over my house a few min later but will be in shadow. I still might go out and take a look.
From Twitter, five minutes ago:"most probably will have already re-entered the atmosphere, and will surely be down within 10 minutes if not already"
Quote from: Kaputnik on 01/15/2012 04:44 pmFrom Twitter, five minutes ago:"most probably will have already re-entered the atmosphere, and will surely be down within 10 minutes if not already"From whom on twitter? Justin Bieber could have tweeted that for all we know (Heaven forbid! )
@PhG_Reentry Phobos GruntRT @timmermansr: US STRATCOM claiming #PhobosGrunt already reentered and crashed in Pacific in last few minutes. Unconfirmed by Roscosmos.
My bad.... tweeted by @PhG_Reentry
Seeing talk on Twitter that US STRATCOM is claiming P-G re-entered over Pacific.