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The one-in-a-billion chance it could have hit somebody on the head didn't become a reality, as the European satellite reentered the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean between Alaska and Hawaii.
There's a one in a billion chance it could hit somebody on the head. Europe's space agency doesn't know exactly when or where it will land.
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The reentry of the satellite, called ERS-2, is part of an intentional effort by the European Space Agency to reduce orbital debris
There's a one in a billion chance it could hit somebody on the head. Europe's space agency doesn't know exactly when or where it will land.
The one-in-a-billion chance it could have hit somebody on the head didn't become a reality, as the European satellite reentered the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean between Alaska and Hawaii.