Washington, 16 sep (EFE).-La NASA is closely following the trajectory of the satellite’s research of the high atmosphere (UARS), he retired from performance in 2005 and said today he expects that it impacts on the Earth the next 23 of September.
Space shuttle “Discovery” transported in 1991 this six-ton satellite designed to measure atmospheric changes and effects of pollution, which embarked on his way back to Earth is six years.
NASA scientists calculate that the satellite despedazará into the atmosphere but claimed that, although not disintegrate all his pieces, the odds that can jeopardize citizens is “extremely small”.
In this sense indicated that the likelihood that a space object wounds a person during its re-entry is less than one in 10,000.
In fact, they claim that any case in which a person by a space during the re-entry manoeuvre object has been injured has not been confirmed since the beginning of the space age
La NASA follows the trajectory of the satellite together with other foreign space agencies and report on the movement of the space object as you get closer to the Earth.
Scheduled arrive in late September or early October but according to explained the scientists expect before arrival due to a sharp increase in solar activity this week. EFE
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