Six-Ton Satellite Will Fall to Earth Next Week, NASA Says

A bus-sized satellite is slated to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere at an unknown location next Saturday, Sept. 24, plus or minus one day, according to NASA.
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This conceptual image shows the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, launched on Sept. 15, 1991, by the space shuttle Discovery. (NASA)
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