Sunday, November 10, 2013

'Space Ferrari': Where Satellite Is Set To Crash --- Debris from a one-tonne defunct satellite that is heading towards Earth is mostly likely to crash in the ocean or the polar regions, scientists have said. -- There had been fears parts of the craft could hit Europe, but experts have now said there is a "very high probability" this would not happen. -- The European Space Agency's research satellite will mostly disintegrate as it enters the atmosphere 50 miles above the Earth. -- A 200 kg (440 lb) fragment weighing the same as a car engine will survive and will break into smaller debris, it is believed. - The pieces that fall will weigh up to 90 kg (200 lb), said the ESA. -- The impact from the Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) was likely to take place on Monday. - More, Sky News

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