Dear MEL
Topic Readers,
The place
spacecraft go to die
How many satellites
in space? There are over two thousand satellites currently in orbit around the
earth.
Who sent
them? Russia did more than thirteen hundred and the U.S. did about the half of
them.
Will they be
in space forever? Nope. Most of the satellites in orbit will eventually come
down to earth.
What will
happen then? Smaller ones will burn up, so there is no threat to anyone or anything
on the ground. But pieces of the larger ones may return to earth, whether in
the sea or on the ground. That sounds scary as more satellites are being
launched in the meanwhile old ones are approaching their retirement.
Where are
they falling on? Most of the falling satellites are controlled to drop in the
oceanic pole of inaccessibility.
Enjoy reading
and learn how and where those satellites end their missions.
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