http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24043526 ESA's GOCE gravity probe (2009-013A) will undergo an uncontrolled re-entry later this year or early 2014. It's ion engine is expected to cut off somewhere between late September and November. Some 250 kg in fragments is expected to survive. - Marco ----- Dr Marco Langbroek - SatTrackCam Leiden, the Netherlands. e-mail: sattrackcam@langbroek.org Cospar 4353 (Leiden): 52.15412 N, 4.49081 E (WGS84), +0 m ASL Cospar 4354 (De Wilck): 52.11685 N, 4.56016 E (WGS84), -2 m ASL Station (b)log: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com Twitter: @Marco_Langbroek ----- _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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