MONTREAL - Canada is among the many countries closely monitoring a wayward Russian satellite that's expected to make a fiery return to Earth tomorrow.
The Phobos-Grunt satellite has been circling the planet out of control since early last November when boosters failed to send it on its planned voyage to one of the moons of Mars.
It's mission had been to collect soil samples and return them to Earth.
The satellite could come down anywhere from as far north as Calgary to as far south as the tip of South America.
Michel Doyon of the Canadian Space Agency says the exact re-entry path will only be known during the satellite's dying hours.
He says most of the probe's toxic fuel will burn up on re-entry but some of its heat-proof fragments could get through.
Still, Doyon stresses the chances of anyone on the ground being hit by debris are very slim, adding there's a 75 per cent chance any debris will land in water.
