Vintage NASA satellite falls to Earth, meets fiery doom after 56 years in space

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A long-retired NASA satellite burned up in Earth's atmosphere over the weekend, the agency has confirmed.

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The article says "The spacecraft hit the atmosphere about 25 minutes earlier than NASA had forecast, Handal said, resulting in a reentry location east of the agency's predictions." I don't understand this; the satellite (like all non-polar orbiting satellites) would have been moving from West to East, so if it came down earlier than expected it would surely have re-entered west of the predicted location?