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The latest word is North America is safe from the dead 6.5 ton satellite known as UARS (short for Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite) that has been spiraling its way to an uncontrolled re-entry to Earth.  The expected time of the re-entry is sometime tomorrow (September 23^rd) in the afternoon Eastern Daylight Time.

Better than 20 pieces of the satellite are expected to survive the return trip and hit the Earth, scattered over a 500 mile area..  North America is apparently safe but where?  Nobody is offering a guess yet, they will though as the satellite gets a little closer.

If you do happen by a piece of the downed satellite you are encouraged NOT to touch it and instead call your local law enforcement people.  Hey I know, who knows what they will do, but I feel obligated to put that warning in.

I particularly liked the video, not just because of the UARS but the depiction of an orbit in relation to the sine wave projection on a flat map.

You MIGHT be able to access the N2YO tracker but I’ve not been sucessful so far; but give it a try anyways who knows?