Huge Defunct Satellite to Plunge to Earth Soon, NASA Says
by Leonard David,
SPACE.com’s Space Insider Columnist
Date: 07 September 2011 Time: 02:09 PM ET
Translation by Autumnson Blog
上大氣層研究衛星在部署過程中掛在遙控器系統的控制範圍，來自航天飛機發現號1991年9月。
CREDIT: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
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Heads up! That's the word from NASA today (Sept. 7) given the impending re-entry of a 6.5-ton satellite through Earth's atmosphere.
舉頭！那是今天（9月7日）來自美國宇航局的字，鑑於即將重返大氣層的6.5噸重衛星。
The huge Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) is expected to re-enter Earth's atmosphere in an uncontrolled fall in late September or early October. Much of the spacecraft is expected to burn up during re-entry, but some pieces are expected to make it intact to the ground, NASA officials said.
巨大的上大氣層研究衛星（UARS）預期在9月底或十月初，失控墜入重返地球大氣層。航天器的大部份預計將在進入時燒燃，但有些碎片預計是完整無缺的落在地面，NASA官員說。
The U.S. space agency will be taking measures to inform the public about the pieces of the spacecraft that are expected to survive re-entry.
該美國太空機構將採取措施，告知公眾有關航天器預計再進入時倖存的碎片。
"It is too early to say exactly when UARS will re-enter and what geographic area may be affected, but NASA is watching the satellite closely and will keep you informed," NASA said in a statement released today (Sept. 7). [Worst Space Debris Events of All Time]
“它是言之尚早正確地UARS將在什麼時候重新進入，及哪些地理區域可能受到影響，但美國宇航局在密切監察衛星及會向你通報，”NASA在一份今日（9月7日）發佈的聲明中說。[有史以來最差的空間碎片事件]
The satellite launched to Earth orbit in 1991 aboard NASA's space shuttle Discovery and was decommissioned on Dec. 14, 2005. It is 35 feet (10.7 meters) long and 15 feet (4.5 m) wide.
衛星在1991年由美國宇航局的穿梭機發現號發射到地球軌道，及在2005年12月14日退役。它是35英尺（10.7米）長和15英尺（4.5米）寬。
上大氣層研究衛星在部署過程中掛在遙控器系統的控制範圍的黑暗空間中，來自航天飛機發現號1991年9月。
CREDIT: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
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For more please click:
http://www.space.com/12859-nasa-satellite-falling-space-debris-uars.html
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