On Sun, 25 Sep 2005, Kevin Fetter wrote: > Nope to me, a deorbit burn. They have scheduled one, for Oct 4. > >> From what I see, they plan to comit uars to a suicide plunge. > > http://umpgal.gsfc.nasa.gov/www_root/homepage/uars-science/Weekly_Status/Weekly_Status_092305.html Yes, that is the plan. The UARS mission is to be terminated by the end of this year. There is not enough on-board fuel for a controlled reentry so they are simply going to lower the orbit as much as they can with the remaining fuel, estimating reentry around the year 2010. Robert Fenske, Jr. rfenske@swri.edu Sw |The Taming the C*sm*s series: Southwest Research Institute /R---\ | Signal Exploitation & Geolocation Div | I | |"The Martian canals were the San Antonio,Texas USA ph:210-522-3931 \----/ | Martians' last ditch effort." ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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