The American satellite crashing towards Earth should be visible in Britain at about 9pm tonight, the team monitoring its path has said.
Nasa's Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) is due to fall to Earth tonight and will most likely land in the Pacific Ocean shortly after midnight British time.
Experts warned it is impossible to know for sure when and where the satellite will make its final descent, but if predictions are correct then it should be visible in Britain to the naked eye as it plunges down.
Current models may have to be redrawn as the UARS enters the atmosphere, but if they are correct Britons will see a bright orange streak in the night sky to the south east at about 9pm.
Experts who are monitoring the satellite's descent from RAF Fylingdales in the North York Moors, as part of an international effort to track its path, said the space junk was highly unlikely to hit Britain.
Sq Comm Ralph Dinsley, station commander at RAF Fylingdales, told the Telegraph: It is so hard to predict. We know fairly closely where it is going to hit the atmosphere but after that it is like skipping a stone across a pond.
Source including video: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/...isible-above-UK-before-crashing-to-Earth.html
Nasa's Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) is due to fall to Earth tonight and will most likely land in the Pacific Ocean shortly after midnight British time.
Experts warned it is impossible to know for sure when and where the satellite will make its final descent, but if predictions are correct then it should be visible in Britain to the naked eye as it plunges down.
Current models may have to be redrawn as the UARS enters the atmosphere, but if they are correct Britons will see a bright orange streak in the night sky to the south east at about 9pm.
Experts who are monitoring the satellite's descent from RAF Fylingdales in the North York Moors, as part of an international effort to track its path, said the space junk was highly unlikely to hit Britain.
Sq Comm Ralph Dinsley, station commander at RAF Fylingdales, told the Telegraph: It is so hard to predict. We know fairly closely where it is going to hit the atmosphere but after that it is like skipping a stone across a pond.
Source including video: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/...isible-above-UK-before-crashing-to-Earth.html
