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Pieces of Russia’s defunct Kosmos-1220 satellite — launched more than three decades ago — will come crashing to Earth on Sunday after a fiery, uncontrolled descent through the atmosphere, Russian officials said Saturday.
"The fragments are expected to fall on Feb. 16," Col. Alexei Zolotukhin told the Russian news agency Ria Novosti. "The exact impact time and location of the fragments from the Kosmos-1220 satellite may change due to external factors."
According to Fox News, Zolotukhin said that fragments of the Kosmos that survive the high-speed plunge to Earth will most likely end up in the Pacific Ocean.
The Soviet naval reconnaissance satellite was launched on Nov. 4, 1980, and was used to track the position of enemy naval forces via radio, radar and similar emissions. It was destroyed in orbit on June 20, 1982.
But the satellite's remnants could fall anywhere on Earth, Fox reports.
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im wondering if the CME's are knocking satellites down. that thing that came down in maine they said was space junk... however, looked bigger than space junk.
"The fragments are expected to fall on Feb. 16," Col. Alexei Zolotukhin told the Russian news agency Ria Novosti. "The exact impact time and location of the fragments from the Kosmos-1220 satellite may change due to external factors."
According to Fox News, Zolotukhin said that fragments of the Kosmos that survive the high-speed plunge to Earth will most likely end up in the Pacific Ocean.
The Soviet naval reconnaissance satellite was launched on Nov. 4, 1980, and was used to track the position of enemy naval forces via radio, radar and similar emissions. It was destroyed in orbit on June 20, 1982.
But the satellite's remnants could fall anywhere on Earth, Fox reports.
Read Latest Breaking News from Newsmax.com http://www.newsmax.com/TheWire/russian-satellite-earth-crash/2014/02/15/id/553023#ixzz2tSFetego
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im wondering if the CME's are knocking satellites down. that thing that came down in maine they said was space junk... however, looked bigger than space junk.