Retired 660-pound NASA satellite expected to crash into Earth on Wednesday

By Eden Villalovas

Published April 18, 2023 9:20pm ET

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Retired 660-pound NASA satellite expected to crash into Earth on Wednesday — A dead, 660-pound NASA satellite, Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager, is expected to hit Earth on Wednesday. The satellite is expected to reenter Earth’s atmosphere at 9:30 p.m. ET. NASA expects most of the satellite to burn up during reentry, saying that the risk of harm coming to anyone on Earth is low, […]

A dead, 660-pound NASA satellite, Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager, is expected to hit Earth on Wednesday.

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