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  • ANOTHER satellite to crash land soon, and the odds of it hitting someone are even higher

    10/01/2011 1:29:05 PM PDT · by Evil Slayer · 31 replies · 1+ views
    DailyMail.co.uk ^ | 9/30/11 | Ted Thornhill
    The world was gripped by the Nasa UARS satellite that fell back to Earth last Saturday – and now there’s another that’s plummeting back from orbit. In late October or early November a Germany astronomy satellite – called ROSAT- will plunge uncontrolled back to Earth. While slightly smaller than UARS, the German satellite is expected to have more pieces survive re-entry. The German space agency estimated that it has a 1-in-2000 chance of hitting someone - higher than the 1-in-3,200 odds NASA gave for UARS. The German ROSAT satellite was launched in 1990, 'died' in 1998 and weighs two and...