INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A 38-year-old retired NASA satellite is about to fall from the sky.NASA said Friday the chance of wreckage falling on anybody is && very
& Most of the 5,400-pound (2,450-kilogram) satellite will burn up upon reentry, according to NASA
But some pieces are expected to survive.The area company put the odds of injury from falling debris at about 1-in-9,400
The science satellite is anticipated to come down Sunday night, provide or take 17 hours, according to the Defense Department.The
California-based Aerospace Corp., however is targeting Monday early morning, give or take 13 hours, along a track passing over Africa, Asia
the Middle East and the westernmost locations of North and South America.The Earth Radiation Budget Satellite, known as ERBS, was launched
in 1984 aboard area shuttle bus Challenger
Although its anticipated working lifetime was two years, the satellite kept making ozone and other climatic measurements up until its
The satellite studied how Earth absorbed and radiated energy from the sun.The satellite got an unique sendoff from Challenger
America&& s initially lady in area, Sally Ride, released the satellite into orbit utilizing the shuttle&& s robotic arm
That same mission also featured the very first spacewalk by a U.S
It was the very first time two female astronauts flew in area together.It was the second and last spaceflight for Ride, who died in 2012
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