Today the uncontrolled return of the Ers-2 satellite - Space and Astronomy. The impact should occur at 4.49 pm Italian time (with a margin of uncertainty of approximately two hours) in an area above the Pacific ocean.
It is at that point that the satellite should be destroyed, observe ESA experts. Most of the fragments should burn up on impact with the atmosphere. Only some could descend to the Earth's surface. The window of uncertainty is increasingly reduced as the moment of fall towards the earth approaches, and is mainly due to solar activity.