Where will GOCE land?

[djnekkid]

Hello Everyone!

Are there anyone who wanna 'guess' where the GOCE sattelite will land?

Currently it is on a 160km/100mile altitude, and according to the media, its PE will be at 80km/55ish miles sometime tonight.

Where are the 15m^2 footprint of the sattelite fallout gonna be?

My predictions are indian ocean, russia, the atlantic or over canada

[djnekkid]

live feed:

http://www.n2yo.com/?s=34602

[TheCanadianVendingMachine]

What is the GOCE sattalite exactly?

[djnekkid]

some kind of sattelite that were ment to observe the gravitation of earth in roughly 20 months, but actually had a 44month lifespan. (according to the wiki article)

[Kryten]

ESA satellite that carefully measured variations in it's own orbit to make measurements of the earth's shape. Trouble is, that meant it had to orbit extremely low-low enough it had to use a continually thrusting ion engine to counteract drag. After the fuel ran out (which it did about a week ago) there was no way to control the craft, so it's coming down in a highly unpredictable way.

[Sid]

The way I feel at the moment hopefully on my head...

[BeefTenderloin]

The way I feel at the moment hopefully on my head...

[Sid]

It's not THAT bad, my bike wouldn't start and I wanted to go for a ride ;-)