Out-of-control rocket stage is tumbling toward Earth
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
ooooh aaaahhh we're all gonna die!!
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Auggie
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bluedigger
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Escurumbele
(3,683 posts)Great minds think alike...
Escurumbele
(3,683 posts)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
(6,630 posts)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
(11,588 posts)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
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LaMouffette
(2,328 posts)Walleye
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YP_Yooper
(291 posts)...and they'll just cancel the debt Trump owes them 
twodogsbarking
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LiberalArkie
(16,771 posts)intrepidity
(7,974 posts)It is currently over Russia.
SWBTATTReg
(24,540 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
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Harker
(15,324 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(62,127 posts)Harker
(15,324 posts)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
(7,904 posts)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
(7,974 posts)"Well, I just hope a toilet seat doesn't kill me."
mahatmakanejeeves
(62,127 posts)pecosbob
(7,904 posts)OneCrazyDiamond
(2,054 posts)I have decided not to ignore the risk. I live in Ca....What do I do? Football helmet? Nuclear bunker? What?
Harker
(15,324 posts)You're sure to be fine in there.
OneCrazyDiamond
(2,054 posts)I could never imprison another being.
Harker
(15,324 posts)Farmer-Rick
(11,588 posts)"He said the rocket stage would reenter between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. ET Wednesday."
Prof. Toru Tanaka
(2,386 posts)about 3/4 of the Eart's surface is ocean or seas.
3825-87867
(1,176 posts)Sniff!
raccoon
(31,536 posts)Stallion
(6,613 posts)Drop Duck and Cover
NullTuples
(6,017 posts)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
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burrowowl
(18,072 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(62,127 posts)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
(291 posts)coming down quickly (whatever it is). Wonder if it's based on faulty projections or is radar verified?
mahatmakanejeeves
(62,127 posts)The earth is not a perfect sphere, so some variation is to be expected.
intrepidity
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