The American space agency says the 2,450kg satellite, used to study how Earth absorbed and radiated energy from the sun, will burn up upon re-entry into the atmosphere and turn into debris, but that the risk of injury to a person is 'very low'.
The Earth Radiation Budget Satellite was launched in 1984 aboard theIt was initially sent into space with a lifespan of just two years to study how the Earth absorbed and radiated energy from the sun.
But the satellite continued to make ozone and other atmospheric measurements until its retirement in 2005.The ERBS was released into orbit by America's first woman in space, Sally Ride Most of the satellite will burn up upon re-entry, according to NASA, but some pieces are expected to survive. said the chance of wreckage falling on anybody is"very low" - putting the odds of injury from falling debris to anyone on Earth at about one-in-9,400.
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