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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fl. After almost 40 years circling around Earth, a retired NASA science satellite plunged harmlessly into the coast of Alaska, NASA reported Monday January 14th 2023.
The Defense Department validated that the satellite positioned in orbit in 1984 by astronaut Sally Ride reentered late Sunday night over the Bering Sea, a couple of hundred miles from Alaska.
NASA said it’s received no reports of injury or damage from falling debris.
Late last week, NASA stated it anticipated the majority of the 5,400 pound Earth Radiation Budget plan Satellite to burn up in the environment, but that some pieces might survive.
The area agency put the odds of falling pieces injuring someone at 1 in 9,400.
Space shuttle Opposition brought the satellite into orbit and the first American woman in space set it free in orbit.
The satellite determined ozone in the environment and studied how Earth soaked up and radiated energy from the sun, before being retired in 2005, well beyond its anticipated working lifetime.
