NASA confirms UARS satellite fell in South Pacific

The UARS satellite hit the Earth on Saturday in an area of the South Pacific Ocean, far from any land.

NASA ends the uncertainty surrounding the fall of the device after the scientists could not pinpoint at first place.

After six years of life, the UARS torn returned to Earth in 26 parts.

The NASA explained Tuesday the point of reentry into the atmosphere of the UARS satellite , which hit Earth on Saturday in an area of the South Pacific Ocean , far from any land.

Their remains can be dispersed in an area of between 480 and 1,300 kilometers "The satellite entered the atmosphere over the Pacific to 14.1 degrees south latitude and 170.2 degrees east longitude. This location is located on a remote ocean area and large , "he said Tuesday at NASA.

Thus, the U.S. space agency ends the uncertainty surrounding the fall of the device after the scientists could not pinpoint at first place.

The area that may have scattered the remains of the mill is between 480 and 1,300 kilometers northwest of the point of reentry into the atmosphere.

NASA also said Tuesday that the satellite fell to Earth at 04:01 GMT on Saturday 24 September when the U.S. space agency estimated that it would "between 23.03 GMT and 05.09 GMT."

After completing in 2005 a productive scientific life of almost six years, UARS, 750 million and more than 5.5 tons, torn back in 26 parts to Earth.

Switching back

The fall of the satellite has been surrounded by great anxiety and conjecture in social networks , where the mill became one of the stars of the week.

The probability that the remains of the satellite reached a person were one in 3200 , however, the likelihood that any of the satellite remains in the Upper Atmosphere Research (UARS), weighing 5675 kilograms, a person was reached very remote according to NASA, which stood at one in 3,200.

The agency insisted that since the beginning of the space age has not confirmed any cases in which a person has been injured by a space object re-entry during the maneuver.

The shuttle "Discovery" in 1991 carried the satellite to six tons designed to measure atmospheric changes and the effects of pollution.