Satellite wreckage may never be found
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September 26, 2011 6:46 AM
The bus-sized UARS satellite that collided into the Earth's surface on Saturday morning didn't cause any damage or injuries, because it appears to have impacted somewhere in the Pacific Ocean.
The 13,000 pounds of debris could be potentially dangerous, analyists say, but NASA can't determine where the wreckage would be. And that might always be the case.
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