On Jan 30, 6:46*am, JS wrote:
I'm sure by now most readers of this newsgroup have seen the story of
the disabled spy satellite expected to fall from orbit about a month
from now.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080126/...dead_satellite
Anybody know which classifed satellite this is? *
I read some speculation that it was a KH-11 class satellite which
would make it quite large. *About the size of Hubble...

An amateur satellite watcher has said he thinks it
weighs up to 10,000 pounds.

Here's the AP story from today..
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080130/...dead_satellite
in which the authorities themselves are already saying
that it might hit North America.

The article points out that many amateurs track spy
satellites...so I've crossposted to sci.astro.amateur
to get a larger audience (at risk of being flamed for
mentioning satellites in an astronomy newsgroup).
I would like to know of any Web sites where this
satellite's demise will be tracked, on the faint hope
that, you know, I might be able to monitor them
and run outside at just the right moment to see
the thing go overhead, flaming (not of the newsgroup
variety).

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