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What will happen to the Rosat satellite?
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Settled on 10/24/2011 08:59 Settled by
kruijsA defunct German research satellite crashed into the Earth somewhere in southeast Asia on Sunday, a US scientist said – but no one is still quite sure where.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/8845066/German-satellite-crashed-in-southeast-Asia.html
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The research satellite Rosat could strike the earth at the end of 2011, German federal government fears. The German Center for Aerospace even considers shooting the satellite.
According to the German news magazine Der Spiegel, a crash is only a matter of time, and will likely happen between October and December this year. The 2,400kg satellite was unlikely to burn up entirely while reentering the earth atmosphere due to the large amount of ceramics and glass used in construction. Parts as heavy as 400kg could crash on the Earth.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ROSAT
http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/weltall/0,1518,747899,00.html
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