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#20444542 at 2024-02-20 05:25:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #25080: Can't Stop This Edition
Canada #53 >>20440395
Dead European satellite weighing 5,000lbs will crash back to Earth this week - but experts still don't know exactly where it will land
ERS-2 launched in 1995 to collect data on Earth's land, oceans and polar caps It's finally returning to Earth after ending operations more than a decade ago
By Jonathan Chadwick For Mailonline Published: 06:30 EST, 19 February 2024 | Updated: 06:40 EST, 19 February 2024
It's been floating above our planet for nearly 30 years.
But a satellite operated by the European Space Agency (ESA) is finally set to crash back down to Earth this week.
ERS-2, which blasted off from French Guiana in 1995, weighs just over 5,000lbs - about the same as an adult rhinoceros.
ESA estimates it will reenter Earth's atmosphere at 11:14 GMT (12:14 CET) on Wednesday (February 21).
While experts have no idea where it will land, ESA says that the annual risk of a human being even just injured by space debris is around one in 100 billion.
ESA said there is a level of uncertainty in its reentry prediction of 15 hours.
This means it could reenter 15 hours either side of 11:14 GMT on Wednesday - although 11:14 GMT is the agency's best guess.
'This uncertainty is due primarily to the influence of unpredictable solar activity, which affects the density of Earth's atmosphere and therefore the drag experienced by the satellite,' it said in a statement.
ESA said it is monitoring the satellite 'very closely' along with international partners and is providing regular updates on a dedicated webpage.
The ERS-2 satellite was launched on April 21, 1995 from ESA's Guiana Space Centre near Kourou, French Guiana to study Earth's land surfaces, oceans and polar caps.
After 15 years, the space probe was still functioning when ESA declared the mission complete in 2011.
After deorbiting manoeuvres used up the satellite's remaining fuel, ground control experts started lowering its altitude from about 487 miles (785km) to 356 miles (573km).
At the time, experts wanted to minimise the risk of collision with other satellites or adding to the cloud of 'space junk' currently around our planet.
ERS-2 will reenter Earth's atmosphere and burn up once its altitude has decayed to roughly 50 miles (80km) - about one fifth the distance of the International Space Station.
At this altitude, it will break up into fragments, the vast majority of which will burn up in the atmosphere.
However, some fragments could reach Earth's surface, where they will 'most likely fall into the ocean', according to ESA.
'None of these fragments will contain any toxic or radioactive substances,' the agency said.
Although it couldn't guarantee there's no chance of ERS-2 hitting someone, ESA did point out that the annual risk of any single human being even just injured by space debris is under one in 100 billion.
That's about 1.5 million times lower than the risk of being killed in an accident at home and 65,000 times lower than the risk of being struck by lightning.
Worryingly, ESA is describing the event as a 'natural' reentry because there's no way for ground staff to control it during its descent.
'ERS-2 used up the last of its fuel in 2011 in order to minimise the risk of a catastrophic explosion that could have generated a large amount of space debris,' the agency said.
'Its batteries were depleted and its communication antenna and onboard electronics were switched off.
More:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13092497/Dead-European-satellite-crash-Earth-WEEK.html?
Tracking website: https://www.satflare.com/track.asp?q=23560#LIST
#17895406 at 2022-12-06 22:45:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #21934: Baker has Exited the Twitter Edition
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11507929/SpaceX-unveils-secretive-Starshield-network-support-military.html?ito=social-twitter_dailymailus
Elon Musk's SpaceX unveils secretive 'Starshield' variation of its Starlink satellites that are designed to support the US military
Musk's firm has quietly?revealed an ambitious business venture called Starshield
SpaceX claims the venture will be dedicated to supporting US national security
It will initially focus on?hosted payloads, Earth observation and communications
By Jonathan Chadwick For Mailonline
Published: 10:43 EST, 6 December 2022 | Updated: 11:12 EST, 6 December 2022
#17360364 at 2022-08-11 20:21:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #21301: THIS IS E Bake RookieEdition
>>17352934
member the blue whale suicide game
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11102895/Potentially-hazardous-asteroid-size-BLUE-WHALE-zip-past-Earth-tomorrow.html
Potentially hazardous' asteroid the size of a BLUE WHALE will zip past Earth tomorrow at dizzying speeds of 20,512 mph, NASA reveals
Asteroid 2015 FF could come within 2.6 million miles of Earth's surface on Friday
Rock has a diameter between 42 and 92 feet - up to the same size as a blue whale
It will be travelling at 20,512 miles per hour, roughly 30 times the speed of sound
By Jonathan Chadwick FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 12:30 EDT, 11 August 2022 | UPDATED: 12:31 EDT, 11 August 2022
Blue Whale Challenge
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"Blue Whale" (Russian: ????? ???, romanized: Siniy kit), also known as the "Blue Whale Challenge", is a social network phenomenon dating from 2016 that is claimed to exist in several countries. It is a "game" reportedly consisting of a series of tasks assigned to players by administrators over a 50-day period, initially innocuous before introducing elements of self-harm and the final challenge requiring the player to die by suicide.[1][2]
"Blue Whale" first attracted news coverage in May 2016 in an article in Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta that linked many unrelated child suicides to membership of group "F57" on the Russian-based VK social network. A wave of moral panic swept Russia.[3] However, the piece was later criticised for attempting to make a causal link where none existed, and none of the suicides were found to be a result of the group activities.[3][4][5] Claims of suicides connected to the game have been reported worldwide, but none have been confirmed.[6][7][8]
blue whale suicide needed to change narrative?
#16935057 at 2022-07-29 22:07:01 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #21234: THE TIME IS ALWAYS THE RIGHT TIME EDITION
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11061645/Out-control-Chinese-rocket-booster-hurtle-Earth-Sunday.html
Out-of-control Chinese rocket booster
will hurtle back to Earth on Saturday
and could hit land in inhabited areas
- with debris potentially coming down
over Asia, Africa or North America
Daily Mail (UK), by Sam Tonkin & Jonathan Chadwick
Posted By: Imright, 7/29/2022 5:21:46 PM
An out-of-control Chinese rocket booster will hurtle back to Earth this weekend - and could hit land in populated areas in Asia, Africa or North America, experts say. The falling space debris is the result of the Long March 5B launch on July 24 to deliver the Wentian module to China's Tiangong Space Station. Weighing around 22 metric tons (about 48,500 lb), it's set to re-enter the Earth's atmosphere at 18:26 BST on Saturday, give or take six hours either way, according to Aerospace Corporation
#14845235 at 2021-10-24 02:49:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #18778: Nothing Stops the EBAKE Edition
The leper apes: Leprosy is discovered in wild CHIMPANZEES for the first time with tell-tale lumps on their faces
Chimp populations in two West African sites confirmed to suffer from leprosy
The chronic disease can cause skin lesions and loss of body parts
Researchers say giving antibiotics to wild chimpanzees would be a challenge
By Jonathan Chadwick and RYAN MORRISON FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 11:00 EDT, 13 October 2021 | UPDATED: 09:34 EDT, 21 October 2021
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10088389/Leprosy-discovered-wild-CHIMPANZEES-time.html
#11725131 at 2020-11-21 14:44:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14967: Subverting Elections Worldwide Using Overseas Assets Edition
Iconic alien-hunting Arecibo telescope that featured in Bond film GoldenEye will be permanently shut down after 57 years due to snapped cables putting it at risk of 'catastrophic failure'
- 1,000-foot diameter space telescope is being decommissioned after damage
- The telescope was featured in a critical scene in the 1995 Bond film GoldenEye
- Arecibo has detected whirling pulsars and helped discover the asteroid Bennu
The 1,000-foot diameter space telescope that featured in the 1995 James Bond film GoldenEye is to be shut down after 57 years of service.
Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico in the Caribbean is in danger of 'catastrophic failure' according to owners, the US National Science Foundation (NSF).
Cables that supported the structure broke this year, meaning it's no longer capable of carrying the loads it was designed to support.
Iconic alien-hunting Arecibo telescope that featured in Bond film GoldenEye will be permanently shut down after 57 years due to snapped cables putting it at risk of 'catastrophic failure'
1,000-foot diameter space telescope is being decommissioned after damage
The telescope was featured in a critical scene in the 1995 Bond film GoldenEye
Arecibo has detected whirling pulsars and helped discover the asteroid Bennu
By Jonathan Chadwick For Mailonline
Published: 05:48 EST, 20 November 2020 | Updated: 08:26 EST, 20 November 2020
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The 1,000-foot diameter space telescope that featured in the 1995 James Bond film GoldenEye is to be shut down after 57 years of service.
Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico in the Caribbean is in danger of 'catastrophic failure' according to owners, the US National Science Foundation (NSF).
Cables that supported the structure broke this year, meaning it's no longer capable of carrying the loads it was designed to support.
Damage to Arecibo Observatory cannot be addressed without endangering the lives and safety of crew and staff, the NSF said.
Over nearly six decades of service, Arecibo detected whirling pulsars, captured geologic features of Mars and helped discover the near-Earth asteroid Bennu.
'NSF has concluded that this recent damage to the 305-meter telescope cannot be addressed without risking the lives and safety of work crews and staff,' said Sean Jones, assistant director of the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate at NSF.
'NSF has decided to begin the process of planning for a controlled decommissioning of the 305-meter telescope.'
The decision has been taken following a recommendation from an engineering firm hired by the University of Central Florida, which manages the observatory under a five-year $20 million agreement with NSF.
Citing safety concerns, the firm ruled out efforts to repair the observatory and recommended a controlled demolition.
Operations at the observatory were halted in August when one of its supportive cables slipped loose from its socket, falling and gashing a 100-foot-long (30 metre) hole in its 1,000-foot wide reflector dish. 'NSF has concluded that this recent damage to the 305-meter telescope cannot be addressed without risking the lives and safety of work crews and staff,' said Sean Jones, assistant director of the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate at NSF.
'NSF has decided to begin the process of planning for a controlled decommissioning of the 305-meter telescope.'
The decision has been taken following a recommendation from an engineering firm hired by the University of Central Florida, which manages the observatory under a five-year $20 million agreement with NSF.
Citing safety concerns, the firm ruled out efforts to repair the observatory and recommended a controlled demolition.
Operations at the observatory were halted in August when one of its supportive cables slipped loose from its socket, falling and gashing a 100-foot-long (30 metre) hole in its 1,000-foot wide reflector dish.
While the observatory was awaiting delivery of two replacement auxiliary cables, as well as two temporary cables, another main cable broke on the same tower on November 6.
This tore a new hole in the dish and damaged nearby cables, leading officials to warn that the entire structure could collapse.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8969455/GoldenEye-space-telescope-decommissioned.html
=57 YEARS AGO=
In the final fight scene Bond discovers a DS underground base operating under the Arecibo dish … which was damaged, if you recall, (by DEW? ) a few weeks ago.
I just watched this movie on a lark a few weeks ago. what a coincidence.
#8529666 at 2020-03-23 10:33:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10920: Anons Dig, Meme & Pray 24/7 Edition
Google could share users' location data with the UK government to help it determine whether people are practising safe 'social distancing' during the coronavirus crisis
By Ryan Morrison and Jonathan Chadwick For Mailonline
09:59 GMT 23 Mar 2020 , updated 10:16 GMT 23 Mar 2020
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8141999/Google-provide-location-data-UK-government.html
#8323750 at 2020-03-05 14:02:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10656: Hannity & POTUS Interview Under the Looking Glass Edition
Thousands of Virgin Media and Sky broadband customers are left without internet as massive outage strikes across the UK
By Jonathan Chadwick For Mailonline
12:50 GMT 05 Mar 2020 , updated 13:43 GMT 05 Mar 2020
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8078505/Thousands-Virgin-Media-Sky-broadband-customers-left-without-internet.html
#8315556 at 2020-03-04 14:18:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10646: Twatterfags Trend it #WhoIsQ #AskTheQ
Scientists create an environmentally-friendly bendable concrete made of industrial by-products that could prevent damage to buildings during earthquakes
By Jonathan Chadwick For Mailonline
13:52 GMT 04 Mar 2020 , updated 14:03 GMT 04 Mar 2020
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8073663/Bendable-concrete-goes-cement-free-cut-environmental-footprint.html
#8163513 at 2020-02-17 16:16:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10450: HAPPY PRESIDENT'S DAY!!! Edition
How to create electricity out of thin air: Scientists generate electrical current from moisture in the air and say it could soon be used to power smart watches
By Jonathan Chadwick For Mailonline
16:01 GMT 17 Feb 2020 , updated 16:08 GMT 17 Feb 2020
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8013091/Scientists-generate-electrical-current-moisture-air.html