Living in central Florida I get to see a
lot of satellites go up on the nose of rockets. Now I am waiting to see if I just might see
the Chinese Space Station Tiangong-1 streak across the sky in a ball of
fire. Should be able to see it whether
it is daytime or nighttime.
I am following the decay of
orbit on a website n2yo. I watch for
the perigee of orbit (lowest point) as it get lower and lower as the orbit
decays. As you can see the orbit will
start plummeting around 03-29-2018 which is tomorrow.
Once it burns-up and gone I
wonder if the price of the plastic model kits of Tiangong-1 will skyrocket
because now they are collector's items.
Has anyone seen the price of
the plastic model kits for airplanes, ships, etc lately? More than I care to pay. The
link below is to the n2yo site where you can get up-to-date information on the
status of Tiangong-1. Keep looking
up. Lew
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