The 5,400-pound ERBS satellite is expected to come down on Sunday evening (Jan. 8).
Artist's illustration of NASA's defunct Earth Radiation Budget Satellite, which is expected to fall back to Earth on Jan. 8, 2022, give or take about 17 hours.The U.S. military predicts that the 5,400-pound Radiation Budget Satellite will crash back to its home planet Sunday around 6:40 p.m. EST , plus or minus 17 hours, NASA officials said.
"NASA expects most of the satellite to burn up as it travels through the atmosphere, but some components are expected to survive the reentry," agency officialson Friday evening ."The risk of harm coming to anyone on Earth is very low — approximately 1 in 9,400."
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