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UARS Satellite: Where Did Space Junk Land? Sep. 24, 2011 Crash
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by NowPublic Staff | September 24, 2011 at 10:31 pm
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Where Did the UARS Satellite Land? Did It Crash on Land And Hit Anyone? Nope.
Many folks spent part of Friday night tracking the UARS satellite online or on TV. The satellite was slated to crash into earth sometime around September 24, 2011. Although the odds that anyone would actually get hurt by the satellite and the space junk it generated on re-entry, it garnered worldwide attention.
Where Exactly Did the UARS Satellite Land?
According to NASA, the UARS satellite fell somewhere in the Pacific Ocean, out of harm's way. The space debris was spread out " over a roughly 500-mile stretch across the northern portion of the Pacific." There are no reports that any space junk hit land.
There were parts that some space junk landed in Alberta, Canada but that proved to a hoax.
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at 17:48 on September 25th, 2011
thank you for answering my question.
at 10:09 on September 26th, 2011
The dearth of hard data leads me to postulate that this bird was a spy satellite with proprietary technology that the government seeks to keep under close wraps. I can't believe the fairy tale that our rocket scientists can't track tons of debris from an object fallen from space. Our people are better than that, aren't they?
at 12:41 on September 26th, 2011
um didn't answer that much. sorry ppl who wrote this:(
at 12:42 on September 26th, 2011
didnt read that much so what if i fail what do i care
at 08:42 on September 27th, 2011
This bird was a spy satellite with proprietary technology that the government seeks to keep under close wraps.
at 08:58 on September 27th, 2011
Polly wanna cracker?
at 21:13 on December 17th, 2011
I wanna cracker :)
at 21:12 on December 17th, 2011
I agree with you Stavky. Perhaps this was to be used against innoscent American citizens, in satelitte attacks on targeted individuals (Domestic terrorism)
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