The article makes it sound as if 2020 SO will be. cast back into space and not fall to earth. Is that the expected outcome?
Will this be visible to the naked eye similar to the International Space Station?
Will this be visible to the naked eye similar to the International Space Station?
Satellites above about 5000 km will remain up there on a geological time scale, though their orbits will become eccentric and weird over time as various other bodies perturb them.