Falling Satellite

Caution: Watch For Falling Satellite
Caution: Watch For Falling Satellite
Caution: Watch For Falling Satellite
Sometime between today and Saturday, there is a 1 in 3,200 chance of a person being hit by a falling satellite.  The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) was decommissioned in December 2005, and its altitude has been slowly decreasing ever since.