GOCE Satellite Will Crash Into Earth Tonight

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Watch your head and look where you walk tonight . GOCE satellite is going to crash to earth and the scientists cannot predict where exactly it will crash.

Three forth of the one ton satellite is going to get burnt and appx one forth will crash into the earth.

Professor Heiner Klinkrad from the ESA said: "At present we cannot say where the re-entry is going to happen except that it is not going to happen north of the 85 northern latitude or south of 85 southern latitude.” That is appx 80 % of the earth . He further goes on to say

He added: "Most of this burns up when it re-enters in the atmosphere due to aerothermal heating.

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GOCE Satellite Will Crash Into Earth Tonight

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In late October, the satellite’s supply of xenon

gas ran out.

It is mostly assumed that there were will be

minimal damage as two-thirds of the planet is

covered in water,

GOCE Satellite Will Crash Into Earth Tonight

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