According to a January 14 press release from Roscosmos, the agency now expects Phobos-Grunt to reenter Earth’s atmosphere on Sunday, January 15, most likely in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Chile. The reentry is likely to take place around 9:51 PM Moscow time, as reported by RussianSpaceWeb.com. Although the anticipated reentry date has remained fairly constant, the expected location of [...]
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ESA coordinates international satellite reentry campaign
Source: ESA An international campaign to assess the imminent atmospheric reentry of Russia’s Phobos–Grunt Mars craft has been put in place by the 12-member Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee. The participants include NASA and Roscosmos, and the campaign is being coordinated by experts in ESA’s Space Debris Office. ESA experts are working with international partners in a coordinated prediction [...]
