The US Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which was sent into space years ago and is now out of commission The Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI) weighing 272 kilograms announced that the satellite is expected to fall to Earth during the night between Wednesday and Thursday.

RHESSI satellite, from 2002 until 2018 had been active. The satellite, which has been in space for more than 20 years, solar flares He had helped NASA understand the basic physics behind such powerful bursts of energy. In addition, it recorded more than 100,000 solar events during its 16-year mission.

According to NASA, the satellite, which has no known where it will fall, is very unlikely to harm humans

A NASA view of the RHESI satellite

NASA, which received information from the US Department of Defense, said in a statement Monday that the satellite is estimated to enter Earth’s atmosphere at 4:30 a.m. tonight. This time on Tuesday 04:40 and it was mentioned that this period can change by plus or minus 10 hours.

In addition, the employment agency most of it burns up as it enters the atmosphere. waiting; However, he stated that some areas can reach the surface. Where the satellite will impact is not included in the explanation, while NASA said the possibility of harming a human from the fall. in 2467 the chance is very small added.

There are millions of “space junk” in orbit

The return of RHESSI to our planet is another reminder that Earth’s orbit is becoming increasingly crowded and the number of “space debris” is rapidly increasing. Estimates from the European Space Agency are larger than 10 centimeters 36500 pcs1 to 10 cm 1 million piecesif it is between 1 cm and 1 mm, approx. 130 million part indicates that space junk is in orbit.

The excess of these objects poses a great danger to both our planet and space studies. While space debris damages Earth with the chemicals they release, it also poses a major risk to active satellites and manned or uncrewed flights by moving very fast.