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NASA satellite from 80’s will be crashing down tonight. Odds of getting hit 1-9,400
Posted on 1/8/23 at 9:58 am
Posted on 1/8/23 at 9:58 am
A retired NASA satellite is expected to re-enter Earth's atmosphere this weekend, the agency said.
The satellite was launched aboard the Challenger in 1984 by Sally Ride, the first US woman in space.
The Department of Defense estimated the 5,400-pound satellite would return Sunday evening.
A satellite that's been in orbit since the 1980s is expected to return to Earth on Sunday night, NASA announced, noting that the chance of being struck by falling debris is "very low."
On October 5, 1984, the satellite was launched aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, released into orbit with the shuttle's robotic arm operated by Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, per The AP. It was Ride's second and last trip to space preceding her death in 2012, according to the outlet.
The satellite was launched aboard the Challenger in 1984 by Sally Ride, the first US woman in space.
The Department of Defense estimated the 5,400-pound satellite would return Sunday evening.
A satellite that's been in orbit since the 1980s is expected to return to Earth on Sunday night, NASA announced, noting that the chance of being struck by falling debris is "very low."
quote:While the Department of Defense estimated the 5,400-pound satellite would return at about 6:40 pm EST on Sunday, give or take 17 hours, other companies like Aerospace Corp. predict the satellite will show up on Monday morning with a 13-hour margin of error, according to The Associated Press.
Most pieces of the retired Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS) will burn upon re-entry, and NASA put the odds of being hit by surviving pieces at 1 in 9,400, the space agency said in a statement.
On October 5, 1984, the satellite was launched aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, released into orbit with the shuttle's robotic arm operated by Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, per The AP. It was Ride's second and last trip to space preceding her death in 2012, according to the outlet.
quote:Better odds than the lottery. You feeling lucky?
The satellite was only expected to work for two years, but it remained in use until its retirement in 2005, according to NASA's press release. The ERBS carried instruments and took measurements relating to the ozone to help track climate health and weather patterns, according to the agency.
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Posted on 1/8/23 at 10:02 am to BowDownToLSU
quote:wait, what?
Odds of getting hit 1-9,400
This post was edited on 1/8/23 at 10:03 am
Posted on 1/8/23 at 10:03 am to northshorebamaman
That can’t be right. Those are some pretty good odds.
Posted on 1/8/23 at 10:04 am to BowDownToLSU
quote:
the odds of being hit by surviving pieces at 1 in 9,400, the space agency said in a statement.
I hope that isn’t each individuals chances. Gonna be a lot of death
Posted on 1/8/23 at 10:04 am to BowDownToLSU
Better chance of being hit by a falling bullet in New Orleans
Posted on 1/8/23 at 10:05 am to northshorebamaman
Yeah I don’t get how that makes any sense.
Posted on 1/8/23 at 10:07 am to northshorebamaman
quote:
wait, what?
Should be a ton of people on Earth getting hit with those odds.
Going to be a bloodbath.
Posted on 1/8/23 at 10:09 am to BowDownToLSU
They don’t have any estimates of where it’s going to come down?
Posted on 1/8/23 at 10:09 am to beerJeep
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Gonna be a lot of death
If it reenters over the US, there’s gonna be like 35,000 people getting hit.
Posted on 1/8/23 at 10:10 am to BowDownToLSU
Guessing this is odds for any single human on earth to get hit..
Posted on 1/8/23 at 10:10 am to LSU-MNCBABY
quote:along with 17 hour error
They don’t have any estimates of where it’s going to come down?
Posted on 1/8/23 at 10:10 am to BowDownToLSU
So about 850,000 people on Earth will get hit by this satellite. Watch your heads baws.
Posted on 1/8/23 at 10:10 am to BowDownToLSU
NASA’s phrasing makes a little more sense.
quote:
The risk of harm coming to anyone on Earth is very low – approximately 1 in 9,400.
Posted on 1/8/23 at 10:12 am to Saintsisit
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Should be a ton of people on Earth getting hit with those odds.
Going to be a bloodbath.
Lol. 840,000 of our fellow humans about to take shrapnel.
Posted on 1/8/23 at 10:14 am to BowDownToLSU
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While the Department of Defense estimated the 5,400-pound satellite would return at about 6:40 pm EST on Sunday, give or take 17 hours, other companies like Aerospace Corp. predict the satellite will show up on Monday morning with a 13-hour margin of error, according to The Associated Press.
Is this a joke?
Posted on 1/8/23 at 10:15 am to BowDownToLSU
That’s the individual risk of it hitting one random person or random small group of persons I imagine. It’s kind of misleading. It’s not saying you, individually, have a 1 in 9400 change of getting vaporized.
Posted on 1/8/23 at 10:26 am to BowDownToLSU
This seems like something we should be risk assessing at work offshore
Posted on 1/8/23 at 10:30 am to BowDownToLSU
If someone was hit and killed by a piece could their family sue NASA?
Posted on 1/8/23 at 10:34 am to Diseasefreeforall
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. 840,000 of our fellow humans about to take shrapnel.
Bill Burr just came
Posted on 1/8/23 at 10:35 am to BowDownToLSU
Have they listed the expected re-entry and landing points? Is BR in the path?
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