Financial Express - NASA’s 38-year-old satellite is about to hit the Earth’s surface and according to the space agency, the chances of wreckage falling on anybody is very low as most of the part (2,450-kilogram) of the satellite will burn up upon re-entry. However, there are chances of some components surviving the fall. Read more
The name of the satellite is Earth Radiation Budget or ERBS and it was launched aboard space shuttle Challenger in 1984. In spite of its expected life span of 2 years, ERBS continued to measure ozone and other atmospheric variables until its retirement in 2005. It studied how earth absorbs and radiates energy from the sun.
According to the American Space Agency, there is a 1-in-9400 chances of someone being hurt by the falling debris.
The Defence Department predicts that the satellite will come down Sunday night, taking 17 hours. The Aerospace, based in California, is aiming for Monday morning, give and take 13 hours and will pass Africa, Asia, the Middle East and the Western most regions of North and South America.
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