A NASA satellite will fall to Earth in the coming hours.. How dangerous is it?

Written By رنا السيلاوي on 2023/04/19

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

Weather of Arabia - An old NASA satellite is expected to fall to Earth in the coming hours, but according to experts who track the spacecraft, the potential danger it poses is low, according to <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-retired-solar-energy-imager-spacecraft... NASA website</a> . <img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Rhessi.jpg" style="width: 990px; height: 765px;" /> It is believed that the scientific satellite known as "Rhessi" will burn in the atmosphere on Wednesday night, according to NASA and the Pentagon. NASA said on Tuesday that the location of the moon's fall has not been disclosed, due to ongoing uncertainty about when and where exactly the moon will fall. Most of the 660-pound (300-kilogram) satellite is supposed to burn up as it enters the atmosphere, but some parts are expected to survive and fall to Earth. The space agency said in a statement that the risk of anyone on Earth being harmed by falling satellite pieces is "low" — about 1 in 2,467. It is noteworthy that the "Rhessi" satellite was launched into orbit in 2002 to study the sun, and it was stopped from work in 2018 due to communication problems. During its work, the satellite observed solar flares, in addition to the coronal mass ejection from the sun. He took pictures in high-energy X-rays and gamma rays, and recorded more than 100 solar events.

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