Saturday, February 16, 2008

US Federal Government to Shoot Down Satellite

Want to watch this event? You'll have to be in the right location.

I won't be able to watch the actual shot but I will get a last chance to look at the satellite. I live in the metropolitan Atlanta area so between 6:26 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday I will be able to see the spy satellite USA 193. That is, of course, if skies are clear and I scan the south/southeast horizon. The satellite will be visible for about four minutes as it tracks to the east/northeast and will be visible with the naked eye as a "dot" moving rapidly across the sky.

We don't actually know when the satellite will be shot down or where it will be at the time but we do know it will be sometime after Wednesday, February 19, 2008.

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