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Reentry of International Space Station (ISS) batteries into Earth’s atmosphere

Space Safety 07/03/2024 4735 views 12 likes The European Space Agency (ESA) Space Debris and Independent Safety Offices are closely monitoring the reentry of a pallet of used ISS batteries and calculating estimates for when and where the reentry will occur. The batteries, nine in total, were released on 11 January 2021 and will undergo a natural  reentry, which is now predicted for around 18:56 CET on 8 March +/- 0.4 days.The total mass of the batteries is estimated at 2.6 metric tonnes, most of...

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