NASA denied rumors about the fall of an American satellite over Kiev
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NASA, at the request of RIA Novosti, denied rumors about the fall of an American satellite over Kiev. Earlier, Ukrainian media reported that the head of the Kyiv city military administration, Sergei Popko, linked the flash in the sky over Kiev with the fall of an American space satellite to Earth.
An employee of the US space agency said that the RHESSI satellite continues to be in orbit. It is being tracked with the US Department of Defense and should enter the Earth’s atmosphere around 8:50 pm ET on April 19 (03:50 Moscow time on April 20), with a possible deviation of 1 hour up or down. NASA added that the risk of harm to anyone on Earth is low.
On the night of April 20, residents of Kyiv and the region noticed a bright flash in the sky. At the same time, the air raid siren went off. After some time, the head of the Kyiv city military administration, Sergei Popko, said that it was a NASA spacecraft that fell. To avoid casualties from debris falling to the ground, an air raid alert was announced, but the air defense systems did not work, he explained.
Yuriy Ignat, spokesman for the command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, noted in a commentary to Suspilny that the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine cannot confirm the information about the fall of the satellite.
According to Baza, on April 20, a 270-kilogram NASA satellite is expected to fall to Earth. The “dead” spacecraft studied solar flares, but has not been working for the last 5 years.
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