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5,800 pounds of batteries tossed off the ISS in 2021 will fall to Earth today

"Luminous phenomena or the perception of a sonic boom are possible."

Ahead of EP9's reentry, the Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief, National Warning Center 1 in Bonn, Germany issued this information: Germany's Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief issued a map showing possible tracks of reentry for the battery pallet. (Image credit: Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief, National Warning Center 1)Ahead of its expected re-entry, satellite tracker Marco Langbroek caught a glimpse of the battery as it passed over the Netherlands, posting a video of it to X(formerly Twitter).

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