The impact of the European Ers-2 satellite in its uncontrolled fall towards Earth is expected today.
The forecasts of the European Space Agency office specialized in the analysis of space debris, continuously updated, currently indicate that 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 are expected to burn up on impact with the atmosphere.
Only some could descend to the earth's surface.
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