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- The U.S. Space Force estimates NASA's Van Allen Probe A will re-enter March 10, 2026, at 7:45 p.m. EDT, with a low risk to people (1 in 4,200).
- Launched in 2012, NASA's Van Allen Probe A studied Earth's radiation belts with its twin, Van Allen Probe B, and provided data on space weather.
- Most of the spacecraft will burn up.
- Probe B is not expected to re-enter before 2030.
