1,300-Pound NASA Research Satellite Will Come Crashing Down to Earth in the Next Few Hours

thegatewaypundit.com ^ | Mar. 10, 2026 | by Paul Serran

[V_TWIN]

A 600-kilogram NASA satellite will enter Earth’s atmosphere tomorrow.

The Van Allen Probe A research satellite, weighing approximately 600 kilograms and launched in 2011, is scheduled to enter Earth’s atmosphere on March 11.

The Space Force’s estimated reentry time is just that — an estimate. It will be updated in the coming hours, as more and better data come in.”

[anton]

California’s CARB should ban them.

[grobdriver]

1,300-Pound NASA Research Satellite Will Come Crashing Down to Earth in the Next Few Hours

The fear porn doesn't mention how much will be left over after reentry to actually impact the earth, and how great the chances are of the leftovers impacting in an ocean somewhere...

[KingLudd]

https://youtu.be/qLoNQNK376E?si=UC9zYA-PcYfpItJw

... pieces fallin on our heads, Skylab, Skylab ...

[ansel12]

I don’t want to sound pessimistic, but I’ve been having a bad run of luck this week.

[Track9]

You’ll be on the front page.. of the local section.

[AppyPappy]

VA Gov Spannburger just passed a law saying schools can’t teach that this satellite is falling.

[desertsolitaire]

Didn’t some young woman get struck and killed by a toilet seat from an old orbiting station that re-entered?

[AZJeep]

Sky is falling!

[ConservativeMind]

Start streaming live until we lose the feed.

[Fireone]

Old Johnny Cash song...”Flushed From the Bathroom of Your Heart”.

[Magnum44]

[Libloather]

If I find it, can I keep it?

[V_TWIN]

Sure, just let it cool off first 😁

[IYAS9YAS]

Didn’t some young woman get struck and killed by a toilet seat from an old orbiting station that re-entered?

The TV series Dead Like Me started with the main character being killed that way. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sx5D76nLdk

[Disambiguator]

Space Junk

https://youtu.be/c7Shv0d0j4g?si=_QjCWCjXGyamqiF0

[Ezekiel]

Haven’t found any news for where or when it came down.

“As of March 9, 2026, the U.S. Space Force predicted that the roughly 1,323-pound spacecraft will re-enter the atmosphere at approximately 7:45 p.m. EDT on March 10, 2026, with an uncertainty of +/- 24 hours.”

https://www.nasa.gov/missions/van-allen-probes/nasa-van-allen-probe-a-to-re-enter-atmosphere/

[Leaning Right]

> A 600-kilogram NASA satellite will enter Earth’s atmosphere tomorrow. <

I don’t know about the rest of you, but the wife and I are ready.

[spokeshave]

There was an episode in Northern Exposure when a guy was killed by a falling satellite...his corpse got intermingled with the metal....not sure what was the end result...probably buried in place.

[Magnum44]