United StatesA 3,200-pound NASA telescope falls to Earth Wednesday.
Scientists are now working out how to replace Swift’s early-warning role.
Increased solar activity dragged Swift’s low orbit down faster than expected, and a $30 million rescue craft failed in August.
“We’ve known this day would come since before Swift was launched,” said John Nousek, a Penn State astronomer.
NASA’s reentry map spans Latin America, Africa, southern Asia and northern Australia, outside the US and Europe.
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- explains the reentry band runs through Latin America, Africa, and South Asia, leaving the US and Europe outside it
Sources: Breitbart