Falling US Satellite tv for pc Sparks Emergency Cellphone Alert In South Korea

South Koreans, used to getting cell phone alerts warning of earthquakes or Covid outbreaks, acquired a extra uncommon notification Monday morning, cautioning of hazard from above.

The nation’s Ministry of Science and ICT despatched a nationwide alert that “some particles from a falling US satellite tv for pc might crash close to the Korean peninsula” at round lunchtime. “Please watch out when going out throughout that point.”

The ministry subsequently stated in a press release that the retired spacecraft – NASA’s Earth Radiation Funds Satellite tv for pc – was “believed to have handed over the Korean Peninsula, and no particular injury has been reported up to now.”

The US area company stated final week that the 5,400-pound (2,450 kilo) satellite tv for pc would possible re-enter the earth’s ambiance on Sunday or Monday.

Whereas a lot of the practically 40-year-old spacecraft was anticipated to expend upon reentry into Earth’s ambiance, some parts had been anticipated to outlive and crash to Earth. NASA had stated the chance of hurt coming to anybody on the planet was “very low.”

South Korea, nevertheless, was taking no possibilities and utilized its emergency broadcast system to ship a message to the nation’s cell phones.

Most man-made area particles which falls to Earth poses little menace to people, though some occasions, just like the uncontrolled re-entry final 12 months of rocket boosters used to launch a Chinese language area station module, have prompted issues concerning the potential for floor strikes.

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