Out-of-control rocket stage is tumbling toward Earth

[TeamProg]

Source: CNN

(CNN)Space experts are tracking a Russian rocket part that is set to make an uncontrolled reentry into Earth's atmosphere within the next 24 hours. The Angara-A5 heavy-lift rocket was launched from the Plesetsk spaceport in Russia's northwestern Arkhangelsk region on Monday, December 27. The launch was testing a new upper rocket stage, known as the Persei booster, according to the state-run TAS news agency.

Risk level
While it was highly unlikely that it would cause damage or hurt anyone, "the risk is real and cannot be ignored," he said.

In May 2021, NASA lambasted China for its failure to "meet responsible standards" after debris from an out-of-control rocket used to launch China's space station plunged into the Indian Ocean.


Original intentions
He added that the Russian rocket stage was not intended to reenter the Earth's atmosphere in this way.
"It was meant to end up in an orbit where it would stay for many thousands of years. The rocket failed to restart. The Chinese stage reentry was by DESIGN, they deliberately left it in a low orbit."
He said the rocket stage would reenter between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. ET Wednesday.
Russia's space agency Roscosmos told CNN the launch was operated by the Russian Ministry of Defence, which did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment.






Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/05/world/russia-rocket-uncontrolled-reentry-scn/index.html

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ooooh aaaahhh we're all gonna die!!

[Auggie]

1. Maybe it'll land on TFG's head

[bluedigger]

2. Don't look up.

[Escurumbele]

4. You were faster than I was...did not mean to copy, your entry was not there when I wrote mine...

Great minds think alike...

[Escurumbele]

3. Don't Look Up

Great movie...

Hmm, I would not put it past Putin to have done that on purpose...where is it supposed to land? If in the Kremlin then OK, no problem.

[TeamProg]

5. More trajectory info at Weatherboy - link below

https://weatherboy.com/20-ton-out-of-control-russian-rocket-due-to-crash-on-earth-on-wednesday-afternoon/



On SATFLARE.com, a forecast created by Joseph Remis suggests the Wednesday afternoon (East Coast time) impact will occur over Australia. However, if the rocket comes in a little faster or slower, due to its tremendous speed, it may end up striking Earth elsewhere along its potential orbital planes. Four such orbital lines extend across the United States at around the time the rocket could hit Earth; the first possible area extends from the San Francisco bay area to the northwestern corner of Nevada north and east across southwest Oregon, west central Idaho, and western Montana. The second extends from near the Los Angeles area in southern California across the middle of Nevada into southeastern Idaho and central Montana. The next path comes up through the middle of Texas into central Oklahoma, central Missouri, near the Iowa/Illinois border, and up across the middle of Wisconsin. The fourth path extends across southeastern Florida, the Outer Banks of North Carolina, southeastern New England, and far eastern Maine. Even if the rocket doesn’t strike these areas, debris could light-up the sky and appear as a shooting star or bolide.

[Farmer-Rick]

18. They have it entering at 12:44 today

But the Russians are saying:. "Russian newspaper Moskovski Komsomolets wrote, “…the 20-ton blank or what remains of it will smoothly descend for another two or three weeks, until most of it with the remaining fuel burns out in the dense layers of the atmosphere. Where the leftovers will fall is a question.”

I hope it hits an ocean.

[Walleye]

6. Ooh ooh,Please hit Mar-a-Lago, pretty please

[LaMouffette]

7. If it does hit Mar-a-Lardo, Trump will have the GOP pay for repairs!

[Walleye]

8. Hell he'll make them build him a new golf resort

[YP_Yooper]

35. Naw, Trump will sue the Ruskies

...and they'll just cancel the debt Trump owes them

[twodogsbarking]

9. Jewish space laser got it. FOX

[LiberalArkie]

10. Realtime map to watch

https://www.n2yo.com/?s=50505

[intrepidity]

15. Cool site, thanks

It is currently over Russia.

[SWBTATTReg]

17. Neat! Thanks!

[mahatmakanejeeves]

22. Thanks. One of my coworkers is right in the path. I just emailed him. NT

[Harker]

11. Tough way to get one's booster. n/t

[mahatmakanejeeves]

20. Get in the car. NT

[Harker]

23. At least the music is good in there.

I was thinking I'd head for my friends in the coop.

I've always wanted to be literally correct in saying, "nobody here but us chickens."

[pecosbob]

12. Dead Like Me 2003

The protagonist George is killed by a toilet seat that detached from the space station Mir as it de-orbited. Oddly, that's just the beginning of her story.

[intrepidity]

14. My first thought too

"Well, I just hope a toilet seat doesn't kill me."

[mahatmakanejeeves]

19. That's a great show. It's been off the over-the-air TV for a while. NT

[pecosbob]

21. Was just binge-watching the series again last night...that's why it was rattling around my brain

[OneCrazyDiamond]

13. Alright.

I have decided not to ignore the risk. I live in Ca....What do I do? Football helmet? Nuclear bunker? What?

[Harker]

24. Have recourse to a chicken coop?

You're sure to be fine in there.

[OneCrazyDiamond]

25. Negative

I could never imprison another being.

[Harker]

26. Me neither.

[Farmer-Rick]

16. So it is falling to earth right now

"He said the rocket stage would reenter between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. ET Wednesday."

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

27. This is a time when it is particularly fortunate for us that

about 3/4 of the Eart's surface is ocean or seas.

[3825-87867]

28. And Bruce WIllis is TOOO old to help!

Sniff!

[raccoon]

29. Duck and cover. Nt

[Stallion]

32. Drop First!

Drop Duck and Cover

[NullTuples]

30. Splashdown was at 1:54 pm MST

US Space Command said in a statement Wednesday that it is "aware of and tracking the location of the Angara A5/PERSEY rocket body in space."
"At this time, the 18th Space Control Squadron assesses the entry point into the Earth's atmosphere at approximately 2054 UTC (1:54 pm MST) over the Southern Pacific Ocean." That was 3:54 p.m. ET.

[dalton99a]

31. Landed east of French Polynesia

Link to tweet

[burrowowl]

33. Kick

[mahatmakanejeeves]

34. The website shows it's still in orbit.

https://www.n2yo.com/?s=50505

What's still up there? Whatever it is, yesterday it had an altitude of 65 to 70 miles. Today, its altitude is 26 or 27 miles. Whatever is left is deteriorating quickly.

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This is for something launched last week, the IPM 3/PERSEY. This has to be something other than the doomed rocket.

[YP_Yooper]

36. 30 min later, it's at 21 miles

coming down quickly (whatever it is). Wonder if it's based on faulty projections or is radar verified?

[mahatmakanejeeves]

37. It's closer to the surface at the equator and farther away when it nears the poles.

The earth is not a perfect sphere, so some variation is to be expected.

[intrepidity]

38. So, where did it end up? In the ocean? nt

[RussBLib]

39. Pacific nt