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UARS debris landed in the Pacific: NASA news
28 September 2011

NASA has released more definite information about where a defunct satellite landed after it re-entered Earth early Saturday morning. The agency is yet to recover any remnants, however.

The space agency said the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) re-entered the Earth's atmosphere at 12am Eastern time on Saturday morning at 14.1 degrees south latitude and 189.8 degrees east longitude.



Though NASA had determined recently that the satellite would fall back to Earth in late September, it remained uncertain about where exactly the satellite debris would land.

The agency said that much of the UARS would burn up upon re-entry, however, it warned it was possible that about 26 satellite components, weighing about 1,200 pounds, would survive.

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UARS debris landed in the Pacific: NASA