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The European satellite GOCE burns up after plunging into Earths atmosphere

The European satellite called the "Ferrari of space", was caught by the gravity field of the Earth and eventually collapse. With a value of 300 million pounds ($ 6 billion pesos), the satellite remained in orbit only four years. The European Space Agency (GOCE), could not control the fall of the artifact, so it could have crashed in populated areas. The satellite's uncontrolled descent alarmed at all because they do not completely disintegrated in the atmosphere and several fragments hit the Earth's surface. Fortunately, most of the pieces fell into the ocean, so are not reported damage or other types of incidents.

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