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Foreign media have reported that a defunct satellite belonging to the US NASA is going to crash to earth after 4 decades.The satellite is slowly coming down from the Earth's orbit and the possibility of an accident due to its collapse is very minimal, according to a statement issued by NASA.
It has been further stated in the announcement issued by NASA that this satellite weighing 2,450 kg will catch fire and burn into pieces when it enters the atmosphere and comes down.
A satellite sent into space in 1984 to test the Earth's radiation crashed.
