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Nasa's 22-year-old Swift telescope falls to Earth, with a 1 in 2,500 injury risk
Swift, a Nasa space telescope weighing nearly 1,500kg, is dropping out of orbit after 22 years, with most of it expected to burn up. The nonprofit Aerospace Corporation forecasts a Wednesday descent, with the impact expected at approximately 10.19am, plus or minus two hours. It will land somewhere between 20.6° north and south of the Equator, probably over ocean.
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