SA might be a strike zone for NASA’s dead craft – [WATCH]

NASA said Monday that the Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI) spacecraft would re-enter Earth’s atmosphere around 9:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, plus or minus 16 hours.

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The Department of Defense gave the prediction.

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The 272.1552 kg (600-pound) craft – about the size of a shipping container – is set to re-enter the atmosphere after it was retired by the space agency in 2018 due to communication failure.

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NASA WARNS SOUTH AFRICA IS A POTENTIAL STRIKE ZONE

While a majority of the decommissioned satellite should burn up in the atmosphere, NASA warned that some pieces might survive reentry and crash into the surface.

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Aerospace, a national security space program, showed debris that survives the hellish return could fall anywhere in South America, Africa, or Asia.

DEBRIS COULD FALL ANYWHERE IN SOUTH AMERICA, AFRICA OR ASIA

There is a 75 percent chance of debris crashing into the ocean, but NASA has still admitted a ‘low’ risk of it impacting land.

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However, the chances of the debris harming anybody are approximately 1 in 2,467, the space agency predicted.

DEBRIS IS CONSTANTLY BEING MONITORED BY NASA

NASA does not know where the debris will fall and said the Department of Defense is constantly monitoring the satellite as it falls out of orbit.

“NASA and the Defense Department will continue to monitor reentry and update predictions,”

the agency said.

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