When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.The twin Van Allen Probes orbit in Earth’s inner and outer radiation belts. | Credit: JHU/APL, NASAA big NASA satellite will crash back to Earth on Tuesday (March 10) after nearly 14 years in orbit, experts say.The spacecraft in question is the 1,323-pound (600-kilogram) Van Allen Probe A, which launched in August 2012 along with its twin, Van Allen Probe B, to study the radiation belts around Earth for which they’re named.Both spacecraft were deactivated in 2019, and Van Allen Probe A’s time off Earth is now nearly up. As of Monday afternoon (March 9), the U.S. Space Force predicted that the satellite will reenter
