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Skylab fell back to Earth on 11 July 1979 and while most of it fell into the sea, quite a bit of the debris rained down on the Western Australian town of Esperance and surrounding areas. Most of the pieces were found on a 160km wide strip of land between the Perth-Adelaide highway and the Indian Pacific railway line.

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it fell on earth because back then we didn't do the extra boost they sometimes do now. The ISS now hovers around the earth and the gravitational force keeps it down like it does to the moon. But over time, it gets lower and lower. The correct altitude is 248 miles. Now its 220 and they are going to send a fuel supply to boost it up to its normal altitude. Back then they didnt do the boost therefore it fell

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Skylab's orbit gradually declined over the years it was in space. It had been in orbit for six years when it made its descent on 11 July 1979, with many chunks of hot debris falling across southern Western Australia. Most of the pieces were found on a 160km wide strip of land between the Perth-Adelaide highway and the Indian Pacific railway line.

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βˆ™ 13y ago

Skylab fell on 11 July 1979.

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