NASA Satellite Is Expected to Fall

5,400 pounds (2450kg) of the satellite will be burnt in the sky...

On 6 January 2023, NASA experts shared Information about its 38-year-old satellite that is expected to fall on Sunday. They have mentioned that less threat or no harm will occur. Further, they mentioned that nearly 5,400 pounds (2450kg) of the satellite will be burnt in the sky but some pieces are expected to survive.

The Earth Radiation Budget Satellite also known as ERBS was launched in 1984. It was expected to work lifetime was two years. The satellite continued to work on ozone-making measures and to calculate the other atmospheric measurements with satellite until its retirement in 2005, after that the satellite worked on how the earth absorbs the energy and radiation from the sun.

This satellite marks growth in the space world as it is the first satellite launched in orbit using the shuttle Robot by sally Ride who is the first American woman in space that got featured in the U.S. first spacewalk and thus, become the first time in history that two female astronauts flew to space together.

According to the Defense Department, “The space agency put the probability of injury from falling debris at about 1-in-9,400 and is assuming the time of the satellite to fall on Sunday night or expecting it to take nearly 17 hours.”

The California-based Aerospace Corp. will look forward to the track passing over Asia, Africa, and the western part of the south and North America.