SHAH ALAM - A satellite built by NASA and Japan to detect rain is expected to fall to Earth tomorrow, according to the official website of Aeronautics and Space Administration National American (NASA).
The satellite was named Tropical Rain Measuring Mission satellite (TRMM), built by NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to measure the amount of rain in the earth that now are 100 kilometers from the earth.
According to the official website of NASA, the US Space Surveillance Network, operated by the Department of Defense space to operate with the US, since it monitors the position of the TRMM mission ended in April.
"Many satellites and spacecraft entering the Earth's atmosphere will burn, and it can not be controlled,
"Space Operations Center will issue periodic forecast date of accession, but the exact location can not be predicted its downfall, TRMM will only fall to the tropics between latitudes 35 degrees North and 35 degrees South latitude," an official statement quoted Nasa.
Meanwhile, Director General of National Space Agency (Angkasa), Dr Noordin Ahmad said, NASA will provide information every three hours to the whole world, including Malaysia space agencies to inform on this matter.
"The Nasa will regularly update their information every three hours, because now the Nasa themselves are not sure of its existence.
"Going by the records had never occurred where human contact with the material fragments during the probe into the history of the world, if you take a percentage Nasa was only two per cent, due mainly to falling into the sea.
"Therefore Malaysians need not panic, nothing ever happens in contact with the fragments never again! ... Previous record satellite that crashed near Malaysia is in the northern Indian Ocean, Australia area near Malaysia and Indonesia," he said.
Commenting further, Ahmad said, if the satellite is burned it can not be controlled anymore.
"The satellite was launched on 35 degrees is considered as a tropical region, including Malaysia's southern Japan to Australia is 35 degrees, when it entered the earth will burn it as he burned no one can control ... but there was no part of the satellite burning mainly made of titanium.
"Titanium metal is harder than iron ... it does not burn, if you take monitoring, not many countries that can monitor it because it requires sophisticated and powerful radar for firing into the air to get the exact location ... I think the United States who have the technology, the United States can see the position it now.
"Space Agency we can contact them for information and they will get this information when he gets into the earth.
"We're going to shout about information from time to time, by the Malaysians do not panic just have to take precautions," he said.
17-year-old TRMM weighs nearly 3 tons, was launched from Tanegashima, Japan on 27 November 1997 for the missions planned for nearly three years. It closed on 15 April this year.
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