Wednesday, September 28, 2011

NASA: Dead Satellite Fell In Remote South Pacific

A few days after saying we may never know where NASA's Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) crashed, the space agency Tuesday announced its exact re-entry point.

That's the word from our USA TODAY colleague Dan Vergano, who filed a report that says updated Air Force calculations now show any debris from the 6.5-on satellite fell in the southern South Pacific -- far from earlier estimates that placed the wreckage over the Pacific west of North America.

Check out the full story HERE

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