10.24.2011

So much for rocket science

Defunct German Satellite ROSAT Reenters, But Where? | TPM Idea Lab

The defunct German x-ray sky surveying satellite ROSAT crashed to earth in an uncontrolled free fall between 9:45 p.m. and 10:15 p.m. ET Saturday, October 24...

Still, the agency doesn’t know precisely where the satellite fell or where any surviving debris might have landed...

“But if it had come down over a populated area there probably would be reports by now,” he told the AP.

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