Nasa satellite UARS nearing Earth 'could land anywhere'

Five-tonne, 20 year old satellite fallen out of orbit and is expected to crash in the area of the Earth, or about 24 September, according to NASA.



NASA said the risk of UARS life - the atmosphere on research satellite –just  only one 3200
5m (8 km) per second blade, it can be in any of 57 degrees latitude north and 57 degrees south of the equator in the next - most of the occupied country. 

                                          

Most of the satellite would break or burn the earth. The researchers identified 26 different parts that can survive falling through Earth's atmosphere and fragments of rain in the region 400-500 km (250-310 miles) wide.

NASA scientists said, could only make more accurate predictions of where the satellite might land a few hours before it enters Earth's atmosphere.

Re-entry

3200 was a threat to public safety is greater than a 10 000 limit is NASA.However, NASA said no one had ever come back to hit an object in space.

People should not be considered as a satellite of falling to the ground or sell it on eBay, which is owned by the U.S. government. UARS was launched in 1991, the Discovery Space Shuttle, and decommissioned in 2005.

Return the new satellite is much smaller than Skylab, the satellite returned to earth's atmosphere in 1979. It is about 15 times heavier than UARS, and when he crashed in Western Australia, the U.S. government has been fined $ 400 cleaning fee, the Australian government. 

                                                

Sputnik 2 had crashed on Earth in 1958 on his way to New York in the Amazon in 10 minutes. He saw many people leave a trail behind him-colored fireworks.

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