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Re:Tiangong-1 Re-Entry Live Updates by sduclos on Sunday April 01, 2018 @07:00PM (#16731026)
get this, at 22:52:28 UTC, the time to reentry is 1.6h +- 1.7h
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Re:Tiangong-1 Re-Entry Live Updates by davrosthedalek on Sunday April 01, 2018 @07:07PM (#16731063)
I think that's because it's currently not tracked. I.e., the station could have reentered a couple of minuted ago, and they wouldn't know.
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Re:Tiangong-1 Re-Entry Live Updates by sduclos on Sunday April 01, 2018 @07:22PM (#16731119)
correct, also extrapolating on bunch of equation systems is bound to lead to this sort math aberration
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Re:Tiangong-1 Re-Entry Live Updates by mkempe on Monday April 02, 2018 @12:10AM (#16732260)
It was, confusingly, a computed dashboard -- not an actual tracker.
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