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Old spy satellite falling from orbit

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Old spy satellite falling from orbit


World | 206595 hits | Jan 26 1:06 pm | Posted by: Hyack
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WASHINGTON - U.S. government officials say a large spy satellite has lost power and propulsion and could hit the Earth in late February or March.

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  1. by avatar G-prime
    Sat Jan 26, 2008 3:32 am
    RUN CHICKEN LITTLE! RUN!

  2. by avatar camerontech
    Sat Jan 26, 2008 11:38 pm
    This sounds exciting. Someone should capitalize on this opportunity and start taking in bets.

    I got 20 bucks it'll hit an ocean, 50 bucks it will be in teh southern hemisphere. any takers?

  3. by avatar Brenda
    Sat Jan 26, 2008 11:42 pm
    "camerontech" said
    This sounds exciting. Someone should capitalize on this opportunity and start taking in bets.

    I got 20 bucks it'll hit an ocean, 50 bucks it will be in teh southern hemisphere. any takers?


    Of course it has the most chance to hit an ocean, but I go for Siberia :P

  4. by avatar Blue_Nose
    Sat Jan 26, 2008 11:59 pm
    "camerontech" said
    I got 20 bucks it'll hit an ocean, 50 bucks it will be in teh southern hemisphere. any takers?
    I'll give you $50 if it lands in your backyard and you save me a piece.

  5. by sasquatch2
    Sun Jan 27, 2008 12:01 am
    Just due to surface area....

    3 to1 it hits water

    1 to 1 it hit the Southern hemisphere.

    It's likely in a polar orbit.

  6. by avatar camerontech
    Sun Jan 27, 2008 12:22 am
    "Brenda" said
    This sounds exciting. Someone should capitalize on this opportunity and start taking in bets.

    I got 20 bucks it'll hit an ocean, 50 bucks it will be in teh southern hemisphere. any takers?


    Of course it has the most chance to hit an ocean, but I go for Siberia :P

    "Blue_Nose" said
    I got 20 bucks it'll hit an ocean, 50 bucks it will be in the southern hemisphere. any takers?
    I'll give you $50 if it lands in your backyard and you save me a piece.

    It's a deal!

  7. by avatar dog77_1999
    Sun Jan 27, 2008 1:37 am
    I say it hits New York City, or some other highly populated areas..just like in all of the moives.

  8. by Anonymous
    Sun Jan 27, 2008 1:42 am
    Wasnt there one about 20 years ago that spread radioactive material from hay river to Baker lake?

  9. by avatar ShepherdsDog
    Sun Jan 27, 2008 1:56 am
    yup....it was Russian

  10. by avatar SprCForr  Gold Member
    Sun Jan 27, 2008 1:58 am
    It was longer ago. Cosmos 954 dropped in on 24 Jan 78.

  11. by TattoodGirl
    Sun Jan 27, 2008 2:01 am
    You are all wrong...with the way my luck has been going...itll hit my fn car... :lol:

  12. by Anonymous
    Sun Jan 27, 2008 2:03 am
    "SprCForr" said
    It was longer ago. Cosmos 954 dropped in on 24 Jan 78.


    I just read about it 3 weeks ago in "up here" mag. No wonder my fingernails are glowing.

  13. by avatar SprCForr  Gold Member
    Sun Jan 27, 2008 2:03 am
    Get my pm?

  14. by avatar ShepherdsDog
    Sun Jan 27, 2008 2:05 am

    Cosmos 954 was a Soviet Radar Ocean Reconnaissance Satellite (RORSAT) with an onboard nuclear reactor. The satellite's reactor core failed to separate and boost into a nuclear-safe orbit, and instead remained onboard in an orbit that decayed until the satellite reentered Earth's atmosphere on January 24, 1978. The satellite crashed in the Northwest Territories, Canada, spreading its radioactive fuel on a 600-kilometre path from the Great Slave Lake to Baker Lake. In an attempt to recover radioactive material, a search was conducted covering a total of 124,000 km� (48,000 miles)


    One has to wonder how many reactors are floating around in orbit......with rapidly decaying orbits.



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