WASHINGTON — NASA said that the giant weather satellite that fell to earth probably landed in an isolated part of the South Pacific ocean. New U.S. Air Force calculations show the 20-year-old satellite entered earth’s atmosphere above American Samoa and landing in the ocean over a 500-mile match about 300 miles northeast of Samoa. There was no word if any debris hit any of the few isolated islands in that part of the Pacific. There had been some concern that parts of the satellite might land in more populated areas but NASA said the satellite broke apart earlier than predicted. Breath a sigh of relief. But space junk experts say a large German astronomy satellite almost as big as the U.S. weather satellite will smash into the atmosphere in about two months. They say even more chunks of that satellite will get through the atmosphere.
Wednesday, Sept. 28, 3 p.m.
