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Satellite expected to come falling back to Earth

Submitted by DillianDove on Tue, 2011-09-20 23:45

The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite was revolving about the globe for the last twenty years. In 2005, NASA efficiently decommissioned the satellite. Stuff on the satellite was still working, but only barely. The atmosphere of Earth will melt away most of UARS when it passes down to the earth. Several large pieces, however, are expected to hit land. Source of article: UARS satellite pieces have 1 in 3,200 chance of hitting Earth


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