Huge Defunct Satellite to Plunge to Earth Soon, NASA Says
by Leonard David, SPACE.com’s Space Insider Columnist
Date: 07 September 2011 Time: 02:09 PM ET
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</td> </tr><tr> <td style="margin-top: 10px; border: 1px solid lightgray; padding: 10px; font-color: #444444;"> The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite hangs in the grasp of the Remote Manipulator System during deployment from Space Shuttle Discovery, September 1991.
CREDIT: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
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</td> </tr> </tbody></table> Heads up! That's the word from NASA today (Sept. 7) given the impending re-entry of a 6.5-ton satellite through Earth's atmosphere.
The huge Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) is expected to re-enter Earth's atmosphere in an uncontrolled fall in late September or early October. Much of the spacecraft is expected to burn up during re-entry, but some pieces are expected to make it intact to the ground, NASA officials said.
The U.S. space agency will be taking measures to inform the public about the pieces of the spacecraft that are expected to survive re-entry.
http://www.space.com/12859-nasa-satellite-falling-space-debris-uars.html
by Leonard David, SPACE.com’s Space Insider Columnist
Date: 07 September 2011 Time: 02:09 PM ET
<table style="width:1px;" border="0"> <tbody><tr> <td>
CREDIT: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
View full size image
</td> </tr> </tbody></table> Heads up! That's the word from NASA today (Sept. 7) given the impending re-entry of a 6.5-ton satellite through Earth's atmosphere.
The huge Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) is expected to re-enter Earth's atmosphere in an uncontrolled fall in late September or early October. Much of the spacecraft is expected to burn up during re-entry, but some pieces are expected to make it intact to the ground, NASA officials said.
The U.S. space agency will be taking measures to inform the public about the pieces of the spacecraft that are expected to survive re-entry.
http://www.space.com/12859-nasa-satellite-falling-space-debris-uars.html
