NASA satellite fell 'somewhere over Pacific'

The US Air Force's Joint Space Operations Centre and Nasa have said a bus-sized satellite that was on a collision course with Earth penetrated the atmosphere somewhere over the Pacific Ocean.

NASA satellite fell 'somewhere over Pacific'

The US Air Force's Joint Space Operations Centre and Nasa have said a bus-sized satellite that was on a collision course with Earth penetrated the atmosphere somewhere over the Pacific Ocean.

That doesn’t necessarily mean it all fell into the sea. Nasa’s calculations had predicted that the former climate research satellite would fall over a 500-mile swathe.

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