How can satellites fall to earth so easily without bouncing off of the atmosphere?

DawnInWV

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In Apollo 13 the space shuttle had to hit the atmosphere at just the right angle in order to avoid bouncing off of it. Why is it that a man-made satellite can fall to earth and manage to penetrate the atmosphere without a problem but for a space shuttle its more complicated?
 
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