satellite hit earth

A satellite out of control and the size of a bus slam into Earth on Friday

The risk to people is "extremely small".
It is very difficult to anticipate exactly where it will fall.
The U.S. government, which owns the SAT, says that the pieces should not touch or "sold to collectors on eBay."

A satellite the size of a bus will impact Earth on Friday 23 according to the NASA , which closely follows the trajectory of the spacecraft while insisting that the risk for the inhabitants of the planet is "extremely small".

The probability that any of the remains of the satellite of the Upper Atmosphere Research (UARS), which weighs 5675 kilograms, reach a person is very remote according to the U.S. space agency, the figure in one in 3,200.

The probability that any of the remains of the satellite reaches a person is very unlikely for the moment, we only know that the device will impact the space located between the northern latitudes of Canada and southern South America, an area that includes most on the planet, since it is very difficult to estimate precisely where the Earth will one satellite out of control.

This is because any small change in the time that the satellite re-enters the atmosphere resulting in thousands of miles apart in terms of where they hit.


The satellite was expected to arrive in late September or early October, but its decline was brought forward due to the strong increase in solar activity last week.

Thus, NASA hopes that the mill will impact on Earth on Friday, although it is contemplated that can do the day before or the day after this date.

The space agency scientists estimate that the satellite would break apart when they enter the atmosphere and at least 26 major pieces of wit survive the high temperatures of reentry and fall on Earth.

However, NASA insists that the probability that some of the remnants injure a person is "extremely small". In fact, the agency says 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.

There have been no confirmed case in which a person has been injured by a space object re-entry during the maneuver in the event that the satellite debris falling into a populated area or near one, the U.S. Armed Forces warn that citizens should not touch these parts and, instead, have to tell the discovery to the authorities.

This is true not only for safety reasons but also because all traces of the satellite are U.S. government property, so that, they insist, "can not be sold to collectors or through the eBay site. "

The shuttle "Discovery" in 1991 carried the six-ton satellite designed to measure atmospheric changes and the effects of pollution, he made his way back to Earth for six years.

NASA tracks the satellite with foreign space agencies and report on the movement of object as it approaches the Earth.