London, Sept 10 (ANI): A six-ton satellite that is spinning out of control is set to plunge back to Earth some time this month after it ran out of fuel in 2005.
NASA estimates that there's a 1 in 3,200 chance that pieces of the defunct satellite could hit someone when it plunges from orbit, and that the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, or UARS, could land on any of six continents, the Daily Mail reported.
And while most of the satellite will burn up during re-entry, a hefty half-tonne of metal will still plummet to the Earth's surface.
The Joint Space Operations Center of U.S. Strategic Command at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California is tracking it, but NASA admits it has no idea where it will come down, or when.
It predicts that it will enter the atmosphere in late September, but it could be October.
The space agency said that the crash site will be anywhere between 57 degrees north latitude and 57 degrees south latitude and the remains could scatter over a 500mile area.
That means pieces of it could land in Scotland or somewhere in Chile. (ANI)
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