Posts Tagged ‘satellite’
giant hunk of space junk
The Early Ammonia Servicer (EAS) is a 1400-lb., double-wide refrigerator-sized hunk o junk that was thrown overboard from the International Space Station on July 23, 2007. At the time, the castaway was in a high orbit and barely visible from Earth’s surface.
Not anymore: Twelve months later, with its orbit decaying, the EAS has become easy to see. The EAS is expected to reenter Earth’s atmosphere and disintegrate near the end of 2008 or early 2009.
Until then you can see it, growing brighter as it descends, with your own eyes.
Check out Space Weather’s Simple Satellite Tracker
or see it live, as recorded on July 15, 2008 by kevin fetter, who employed a low-light video camera to film the EAS gliding over his home in Brockville, Ontario.
>-} from space weather
animation spans satellite images from june 23 through the 27th. includes the fires in northern california, meltwater along the nw coast (and possibly a phytoplankton bloom?), the puget sound and vancouver, bc.
Images courtesy MODIS Rapid Response Project at NASA/GSFC
