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An external pallet containing spent nickel-hydrogen batteries was released by the Canadarm2 robotic arm.
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The debris from the ISS space station is as big and heavy as a car.
In the evening they are said to enter the atmosphere.
The southwest lies in the trajectory of the junk from space.
Freiburg/Berlin - Space debris could possibly fall on Earth and possibly also on parts of Baden-Württemberg on Friday.
However, experts stick to their assessment and in all likelihood see no danger to Germany in the falling debris from the discarded battery pack of the International Space Station (ISS).
It is unlikely that parts will fall over Germany, a spokesman for the German Aerospace Center (DLR) told the German Press Agency on Friday morning. A discarded battery pack from the International Space Station ISS is said to enter the atmosphere and burn up.
Individual parts could survive the extreme heat during re-entry and reach the earth's surface, as the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection, which is responsible for space travel, and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) unanimously announced.
According to the Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief (BBK), the parts are likely to fly over the southwest of Baden-Württemberg on Friday evening at around 8:54 p.m. (German time) coming from the west towards Allgäu and Tyrol.
According to calculations by the German Aerospace Center, the object could enter the atmosphere over northern North America.
The time window specified is a 20-hour corridor around late Friday evening German time.
Even if the probability of rubble falling on Germany is very low, “luminous phenomena or the perception of a sonic boom” are possible, according to warning apps, among others.
“If the risk increases, you will receive new information.”
According to the information, the object is a platform with battery packs that is about the size of a car and weighs 2.6 tons.
The platform was deliberately separated from the ISS on March 21, 2021, only to enter the atmosphere years later.
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