NASA’s Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, or UARS, is expected to plunge toward Earth sometime around Friday (Sept. 23), based on the latest estimates by the agency’s orbital debris experts.
The bus-size UARS satellite is one of the largest NASA satellites to plunge back to Earth uncontrolled in more than 30 years.
It is all over the news .
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baap re, baap! kiuN Daraa rahe haiN, qibla? ... **Jum'a kahiiN Jum'at ul vidaa' na saabit ho!**** chaleN, musalle pe baiTh jaauuN jume'raat kii shab meN...kalma paRhnaa koi na bhoole! :)
vaise, *gore nawaaboN kaa shahr Lucknow, Canada* zad meN hai yaa nahiiN? :D**
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Here is the orbit and potential hit area:
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nice animation 
thankoo…par yeh to bataataa nahiiN k kis area meN giregaa,cloud cover hai 
agar aisa kuchh huaa to maiN aapke avatar waale ghoRe pe baiTh kar raah-e-faraar iKhtiyaar karuuNgaa…faster than the falling debris! :cb:
http://www.paklinks.com/gs/image.php?u=58854&dateline=1266012035
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Live tracking here:
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**thankoo **
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This was bound to happen. The amount of debri we have left floating around the earth is eventually going to fall into our atmosphere. They really ought to clean up their mess.
Regardless, I will be looking forward to it. 
I just hope they find out soon where it’s likely to hit
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it will most likely burn to pieces and fall harmlessly to earth [preferably in the open spans of ocean or remote uninhabited regions on land] just like pieces of Skylab fell some years ago. everybody sit back, relax and enjoy watching the spectacular fall!!! :D
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Anybody here old enough to remember sky lab?
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if yes, does that mean i m too old? 
I have some memories about the hype that was created. Only source of news in those days was PTV. I dont remember hearing the news directly on tv but everyone was talking about the sky lab then. In the end if I remember correctly, it fall somewhere in Australia or South Africa?
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btw, was listening to news this morning on my way to work. They will know exactly where it will fall within next 24 hours.
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yes it was Australia ..
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btw, was listening to news this morning on my way to work. They will know exactly where it will fall within next 24 hours.
lol, isn't it suppose to fall in the next 24 hours anyways so won't that be a little late :p
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may be thats what they meant that they will know exactly after falling
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skylab.....wow....blast from the past.....
we were kids..and I recall the adults making fun of my uncle's car cuz it was dhaka-start........named it skylab cuz it would break down all over the city......
so where did this one end up landing?
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Update: NASA's dead six-ton satellite fell to Earth early Saturday morning somewhere over the vast Pacific Ocean.