Satellite spies plunged into the earth

Some US government officials admit that a large US spy satellite has lost its energy source and may fall to Earth sometime in late February or early March.

This uncontrolled satellite contains dangerous materials and has yet to determine where it will fall on Earth. Information disclosures require anonymity because this information is classified as confidential. It is unclear when this satellite has lost energy since or why.

Gordon Johndroe, spokesman for the National Security Council (NSA), interviewed the current situation after the information leaked: 'The responsible Security Agency is monitoring this situation. There are many satellites that deviate from orbit and fall without danger during the years. We are looking for ways to reduce the damage if it is caused by this satellite. ' He did not comment on the possibility of shooting down the satellite with a rocket, but only said that discussing anything specific at this time was inappropriate.

There is no detailed information about falling satellites of the US (Photo: Enews20.com)

A senior government official said lawmakers and other countries will be informed of the situation.

Satellites contain hydrazine - rocket energy, hydrazine is a colorless liquid that smells like ammonia, whose toxicity can be dangerous for people who come into contact with it.

John Pike, an intelligence and defense expert, said that this uncontrollable fall could reveal American secrets. Spy satellites are often destroyed through a controlled downward-firing process to the ocean so no one can reach them. Pike also said it is unlikely that this satellite will be knocked down by a rocket because debris can fall into the atmosphere and burn or fall to the earth.

Pike, director of defense research group GlobalSecurity.org, said the satellite weighs about 9 tons and is about the size of a minibus . He said satellites would produce debris less than 10 times more than the debris of the Columbia spacecraft collision. Satellites have a process of natural decomposition, and it is also possible that the satellite has been ' dead ' a year ago and now it is back to the atmosphere.

Jeffrey Richelson, senior officer of the national security agency, said the satellite could be a kind of photographic reconnaissance, used to gather information about enemy government or terrorist groups, including the construction of suspicious nuclear testing areas or military training camps. In addition, they are used to study the effects of storms, wildfires and other natural disasters.

The biggest fall was NASA's spacecraft named Skylab. The 78-ton space station fell from orbit in 1979, its fragments falling harmlessly into the Indian Ocean and a remote area west of Asutralia.

In 2000, NASA engineers successfully steered the Compton Gamma Ray's deflection by missiles so that the satellite fell into a remote area of ​​the Pacific Ocean.

In 2002, officials believed that debris from a scientific satellite weighed about 3 tons crumbling in the earth's atmosphere and into the Persian Gulf, a few thousand miles from the predicted location.

A photo of a mosque and surrounding houses was devastated by a fire explosion in Bosnia and Herzegovinia captured by spy satellites on August 9, 1995. An American spy satellite lost its power and had can land on the earth in late February or early March.(AP Photo / HO)