Uncontrolled NASA satellite set for dramatic Earth reentry within hours
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A 1,300-pound NASA satellite (Van Allen Probe A) is on an uncontrolled descent and could reenter Earth's atmosphere around 7:45 p.m. ET today, with the exact debris footprint uncertain and debris expected to mostly burn up; the ground risk is extremely low (about 1 in 4,200). The probe's mission ended in 2019 and, due to higher-than-expected solar activity increasing atmospheric drag, its descent has accelerated.
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