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BREAKING on New Scientist: After UARS, a *second* dead satellite is headed earthward - and it has a greater risk of injury
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After UARS, a *second* dead satellite is headed earthward - and it has a greater risk of injury Full Story from New Scientist: [ link to www.newscientist.com] Even if NASA's 6-tonne UARS satellite does not cause any injury or damage when it re-enters the Earth's atmosphere today, there is more space junk headed our way next month. A defunct German space telescope called ROSAT is set to hit the planet at the end of October – and it even is more likely than UARS to cause injury or damage in populated areas. No one yet knows where UARS (Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite) will fall to earth. Although most of the craft's mass will be reduced to an incandescent plasma, some 532 kilograms of it in 26 pieces are forecast to survive – including a 150-kilogram instrument mounting. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1553067 No Fricking way! is this going to be a regular ocurrance now? What a month we are having! Quoting: NORMAL GUY The siberian asteriod that levelled 10sq km of trees wasn't that only 2kg in weight?150kg. Omfg. Hope it doesn't hit a city.
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