You might be hearing about a NASA satellite making an uncontrolled re-entry, and wondering if you should be worried. While it sounds dramatic, the actual risks are incredibly small, but the event still highlights a growing problem in space.
A defunct NASA satellite, RHESSI, re-entered Earth's atmosphere on April 19, 2023, sparking public interest and some concern.
RHESSI (Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager) was launched in 2002 to study solar flares.