This morning I thought of something that?s beyond my very limited level of space flight knowledge: where are the Apollo service modules now? Did they reenter the earth?s atmosphere and burn up? Are they at high orbit? Are they just floating around whereabouts unknown and untracked?

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Burned up upon re-entry to earth's atmosphere at 25,000 MPH.

Earl

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Apollo 11 service module re-entry image.

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And a movie clip from the KC-135 tracking aircraft which captured film footage of the command and service modules as they began their re-entries (very close together) and at about 1:09 into the clip, the service module just disintegrates.

Link: https://honeysucklecreek.net/video/...Re-entry_lg.mp4

Earl

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Earl L. Cagle, Jr.
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Owner/Producer
Point 39 Productions

Rocket-Brained Since 1970

Thanks! I learned stuff today!

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Never trust an atom. They make up everything.

4 out of 3 people struggle with math.

Chemically, alcohol IS a solution.

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SAM# 0078