NASA’s retired satellite is falling to Earth, but the hazard is minimal.

This week, a decommissioned NASA satellite is predicted to crash to Earth, but observers say there is little likelihood that it will cause any harm.

According to NASA and the Department of Defense, the retired science satellite known as the Ramaty High Energy Sun Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI) will burn up in the atmosphere Wednesday night.

With the continued uncertainty about when and where it might crash, NASA stated on Tuesday that the reentry location is not being made public. Some portions of the 300-kg satellite are anticipated to survive, but the majority should burn up upon return.

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The danger of someone on Earth being hurt by falling satellite components is “minimal,” according to the space agency, at roughly 1 in 2,467.

In 2002, RHESSI was sent into orbit to study the sun. The satellite monitored solar flares and coronal mass ejections from the sun before it was shut off in 2018 due to communication issues. More than 100,000 solar events were recorded while it took pictures in high-energy X-rays and gamma rays.