NASA satellite may Fall in Indian Ocean : Rasia’s Scientist

NASA satellite may Fall in Indian Ocean : Rasia’s Scientist 

Russian space experts have forecast that the defunct six-tonne NASA satellite, which is set to crash on the Earth soon, is likely to fall in the Indian Ocean.

According to data obtained by the Russian experts, the satellite may fall in the Indian Ocean, north of the Crozet Islands, Russian news agency Itar-Tass quoted Space Forces spokesperson Alexei Zolotukhin as saying.

However, NASA said it is too early to predict the exact crash site of the twenty-year-old Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) and six years after the end of its productive scientific life.

The debris is likely to be scattered over around 800-kilometre area.
It said the risk due to crash of the satellite was “extremely small” and the chances of its pieces hitting anyone on the Earth is minimal– a one in 3,200.

“The risk to public safety or property is extremely small, and safety is NASA’s top priority.

Since the beginning of the Space Age in the late-1950s, there have been no confirmed reports of an injury resulting from re-entering space objects. Nor is there a record of significant property damageresulting from a satellite re-entry,” NASA said.

Source :indianexpress.com