I haven't found anything to specifically say where the re-entry is coming from (what direction), has anyone?
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Originally Posted by Spanrz
Does this look like it's headed from a top reentry over Woomera? Instead of a West to East trajectory?
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I think the docments on the website linked give that impression only because of the way they're drawn to show it falling to earth, not that it's coming in on that angle - I don't see how something travelling at M25 could make a turn like indicated in the graphic. Also presumably due to earth's rotation and it travelling roughly in the plane of the solar system it's coming in on an E/W direction.
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Originally Posted by vespine
Making the re-entry is 510 kilograms worth of space probe, i'm not sure the "basketball" size quoted above is accurate.
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Looks to me from my reading that 510 kg is the weight of the overall "fridge size" craft, while the bit making the re-entry is much smaller.