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Uploaded by on Sep 24, 2011

Added: (THIS IS NOT A HOAX. I have the original DVR recording from the EchoStar 11 satellite camera available. Nothing was edited out or in.)
I decided to record the video from the EchoStar 11 satellite camera during the timeframe (early morning on 24 September 2011) that the UARS satellite was to decay and fall to Earth. Reviewing the video, I can see an object going toward Earth about the same timeframe NASA says UARS fell to Earth. I am not sure what exactly this object is, but I guess it could be the UARS satellite as it reentered. Any thoughts or opinions?

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27 Sep 2011
NASA Final Update:
NASA's UARS Re-enters Earth's Atmosphere

NASA's decommissioned Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite fell back to Earth at 12:01 a.m. EDT (0401 GMT) on Saturday, Sept. 24. The Joint Space Operations Center at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California has determined the satellite entered the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean at 14.1 degrees south latitude and 189.8 degrees east longitude (170.2 west longitude). This location is over a broad, remote ocean area in the Southern Hemisphere, far from any major land mass. The debris field is located between 300 miles and 800 miles downrange, or generally northeast of the re-entry point. NASA is not aware of any possible debris sightings from this geographic area.

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  • Probably a background star or planet, since it seemed to have the same relative movement and speed as the Sun (not their actual velocity but the speed of the sped-up video clip), as seen from the geostationary satellite that took the video. If my eyes aren't deceiving me, the object also dimmed somewhat before disappearing behind the Earth because it was obscured momentarily by the tiny sliver of atmosphere around the curvature. Just my guess, though. Cool vid, in any case. ;)

  • No. Just... no.

  • Sorry, for that to have been UARS it would have been right down on the disc of the earth. That was probably another satellite.

  • I actually witnessed the re entry last night at about 1:54 mountain time. Purely by chance too!!! And on the 2:oo news it was reported to have just come down.. I was looking eastward from Hinton Alberta . I received a phone call at that time and stepped outside to take it, and viola!!

  • that didnt look like a falling satellite.

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