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1. • • A big piece of Chinese space junk crashed to Earth over Southern California early Tuesday morning (April 2), putting on quite a show for observers in the Golden State. The fall created a blazing fireball witnessed by people from the Sacramento area all the way down to San Diego, according to the American Meteor Society (AMS).
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   Where will a space junk reentry occur?

   • The map above shows the location of the possible reentry of the space junk () predicted by modeling of orbital evolution until the fragment or satellite reaches the altitude of nominal burst. According to the forecast made by Satview.org, the object's reentry will occur in at UTC, above the coordinates shown on map.

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   Is space junk a real problem in near-Earth orbit?

   • Still, increasing space junk is a real problem in near-Earth orbit. According to Chris Impey of the University of Arizona, no one’s in charge of cleaning it up. More than 37,000 pieces of debris larger than a softball are currently orbiting Earth. But this problem is not new.

   Uncontrolled space junk hit Earth over the Pacific on Friday

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   What if a space junk reentered Earth's atmosphere in 2024?

   • The pallet had been orbiting Earth for the past few years but reentered Earth’s atmosphere on March 8, 2024. The space junk was large enough that not all of it burned up in our atmosphere. According to Jonathan McDowell of the Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, around 1/2 a ton of fragments would have hit Earth’s surface.

   Uncontrolled space junk hit Earth over the Pacific on Friday

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   How much space junk is in Earth's orbit?

   • NASA estimates 17.6 million pounds − or 8,800 tons − worth of objects are in Earth orbit, according to its most current Orbital Debris Quarterly News. And the number of small satellites is expected to increase. About 44 tons of space debris falls into Earth’s atmosphere each day. About 95% of it burns up. Where do you find space junk?

   What is space junk? Why its reentry to Earth poses a major problem

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3. earthsky.org › earth › uncontrolled-space-junk-hitUncontrolled space junk hit Earth over the Pacific on Friday

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   Mar 8, 2024 · The space junk has been orbiting Earth for the last few years. It most likely made its reentry on March 8, 2024, over the Pacific. Some fragments should have survived to hit the ocean.

4. www.satview.org › spacejunkSATVIEW - Forecast for reentry of space junk (). Track it in ...

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   Forecast for Reentry. Update Sun 26-May-2024 19:49 UTC. The map above shows the location of the possible reentry of the space junk () predicted by modeling of orbital evolution until the fragment or satellite reaches the altitude of nominal burst.

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   Apr 2, 2024 · A big piece of Chinese space junk crashed to Earth over Southern California early Tuesday morning (April 2), putting on quite a show for observers in the Golden State. The fall created a...

7. earthsky.org › space › spacex-debris-fiery-reentrySpaceX debris’ fiery reentry over Arizona and Colorado

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   Apr 27, 2023 · SpaceX debris makes fiery reentry. Overnight, on April 27, 2023, people in Arizona and Colorado witnessed a fiery display in the night sky. An object broke up into a stream of bright...

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     Space junk falling on Saskatchewan farmland prompts question: who’s liable?

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   Feb 21, 2024 · A European Space Agency spacecraft is making an uncontrolled nosedive into Earth’s atmosphere – with elements of the 2.3-ton spent satellite likely to survive the plunge into purgatory.

10. www.nytimes.com › 2023/03/19 › scienceFlaming Space Debris Re-entering Atmosphere Lights Up ...

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    Mar 19, 2023 · A mesmerizing display of lights streaking in the night sky over Northern California on Friday was caused by the re-entry of flaming space debris into Earth’s atmosphere, experts said.

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    Apr 16, 2024 · About 44 tons of space debris falls into Earth’s atmosphere each day. About 95% of it burns up. Where do you find space junk? Space junk typically circles the planet in low Earth orbit, or...