The 2 ton ERS2 Satellite burn up is imminent.
Altitude as I write this at 21:48 UT on 21 Feb, Satellite is at 95km and dropping at about 10m every few seconds. It's in the drag of the Earths upper atmosphere now. Currently located over Western Australia. On it's last pass 90 mins ago, it passed within visible range of my site but was 115km altitude. I had still and video cameras ready but no luck.
You can watch live tracking here
https://www.n2yo.com/?s=23560
Joe
NEWS FLASH- 2 ton ERS2 Satellite crashing now
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NEWS FLASH- 2 ton ERS2 Satellite crashing now
Amateur astronomer since 1978...................Web site : http://joe-cali.com/
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