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Mike Wall

Dead NASA satellite crashes to Earth over the Sahara Desert

an illustration of a satellite with four solar panels arranged in a cross shape

A dead NASA spacecraft crashed to Earth Wednesday night (April 19) over northern Africa, according to the U.S. military.

NASA's RHESSI satellite reentered Earth's atmosphere at 8:21 p.m. EDT on Wednesday (0021 GMT on April 20), according to the space agency.

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