Washington: NASA has said that one of its dead satellites would soon fall to earth but there is very little chance that it would hit someone.
The space agency doesn’t know when or where its 20-year-old satellite will drop. It will probably be in late September but could fall in October. And it could land anywhere south of Juneau, Alaska, and north of the tip of South America. There is only a 1 in 3,200 chance of satellite parts hitting someone, said NASA.
Experts say don’t worry. In the more than 50-year of the space age, no one has ever been hurt by falling space debris. The 6-ton satellite was used to monitor the atmosphere. Most of it will burn up during reentry. Only about 1,200 pounds of metal should survive.
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