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Incoming! 1,300-pound NASA satellite crashes back to Earth over eastern Pacific Ocean

Reentry occurred Wednesday (March 11) at 6:37 a.m. EDT, NASA officials said.

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1,300-pound NASA satellite re-enters Earth's atmosphere after 14 years in space

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Defunct NASA satellite to crash back to Earth, with a small risk of falling debris

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Nasa spacecraft weighing 1,300lb re-enters Earth's atmosphere

A more than1,300-pound (600kg) Van Allen Probe spacecraft is expected to re-enter Earth's atmosphere almost 14 years after its launch, Nasa says.

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NASA approved a safety waiver for this week’s reentry of Van Allen Probe

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Massive NASA Satellite to Crash-Land on Earth

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1,300-lb NASA satellite reenters after 14 years, with low debris risk

NASA’s Van Allen Probe A, a 1,300-pound satellite that spent more than a decade studying Earth’s radiation belts, fell back through the atmosphere on March 11, 2026, according to the agency. The uncontrolled reentry over the eastern Pacific Ocean ended a mission that began in 2012 and produced thousands of scientific papers on space weather.

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How should we deal with space junk? Space recycling, of course

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dots representing tracked bits of space junk encircle the planet. Most of these objects are concentrated in low Earth orbit — the region of space within 1,200 miles of the Earth's surface.

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NASA space probe expected to reenter the atmosphere with a chance of raining debris

The Van Allen probe, which studied how the Earth is protected from harmful space radiation, could fall to Earth tonight. Here’s what to know

Huge NASA Satellite Returns After More than a Decade in Orbit

A NASA satellite has touched back down on Earth after 14 years in orbit. Van Allen Probe A re-entered on Wednesday, the U.S. Space Force confirmed. NASA said it entered the Pacific Ocean region, marking the end of a mission that began in 2012 to measure Earth’s radiation belts.