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The original was posted on /r/worldnews by /u/reinhuk on 2024-03-09 05:22:52.
5,800 pounds of batteries tossed off the ISS in 2021 will fall to Earth today
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https://www.space.com/old-batteries-re-enter-atmosphere
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
Disposing of used or unnecessary equipment in such a way is common practice aboard the space station, as the objects typically burn up harmlessly in Earth’s atmosphere.
Ahead of EP9’s reentry, the Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief, National Warning Center 1 in Bonn, Germany issued this information:
The post from the warning center explains that "the probability of debris hitting Germany is considered to be very low.
According to a social media post by astronomer Jonathan McDowell of the Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, the battery should reenter between 7:30 a.m.
Germany’s Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief issued a map showing possible tracks of reentry for the battery pallet.
Ahead of its expected re-entry, satellite tracker Marco Langbroek caught a glimpse of the battery as it passed over the Netherlands, posting a video of it to X (formerly Twitter).
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