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German crash landing!

[Deleted User] · 2011-10-23 00:51:41

It could land on your back yard! :eek:

23-10-2011 12:51am

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German Rosat spacecraft to make uncontrolled re-entry

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15402157

A big German spacecraft is about to make an uncontrolled fall from the sky.
The Roentgen Satellite (Rosat) is due to come back to Earth at some stage over the weekend - possibly Sunday.
Just as for Nasa's UARS satellite, which plunged into the atmosphere in September, no-one can say precisely when and where Rosat will come in.

It could land on your back yard! :eek:

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#2 23-10-2011 12:52am

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ve must bring out ze panzers

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#3 23-10-2011 12:57am

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Another German in my back acre?

Wunderbar!

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#4 23-10-2011 1:07am

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This is like the anti-lotto.

so far only one person has claimed a prize and that was equivalent to winning a 5erl

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#5 23-10-2011 1:10am

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German crash landing, you say??

God, I was sure this wasn't 1942

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#6 23-10-2011 1:16am

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The Roentgen Satellite

More commonly known as The "X-Satellite"

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#7 23-10-2011 1:16am

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Achtung~!

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#8 23-10-2011 1:20am

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these yokes fall from the skys on a daily basis

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#9 23-10-2011 1:24am

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It is expected to fall between 2:30am and 4:30 am tonight!! As in NOW!!! :eek:

http://www.dlr.de/dlr/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-10424/

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#10 23-10-2011 1:25am

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Overheal wrote: »

Achtung~!

Baby

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#11 23-10-2011 1:32am

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Taking into account the most recent data, ROSAT will not re-enter over Europe, Africa or Australia

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#12 23-10-2011 1:44am

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Serves those bloody good time germans right, for investing in property !

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#13 23-10-2011 1:50am

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Looks like it's going to miss us, it's heading for China!

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#14 23-10-2011 1:54am

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starts out as a spacecraft in the title and then it turns into a satellite :rolleyes:

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#15 23-10-2011 2:22am

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Live tracker watch it crash and burn! http://www.n2yo.com/?s=20638

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#16 23-10-2011 2:24am

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Live tracker watch it crash and burn! http://www.n2yo.com/?s=20638

Here's another thing you can watch as it crashes & burns too.. http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056429030

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#17 23-10-2011 2:25am

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Real-time tracking here. Not sure if there's a delay.

- edit -

Snap.

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#18 23-10-2011 2:32am

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Looks like it's going to land just south of India.

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#19 23-10-2011 2:57am

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Look at it go!

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#20 23-10-2011 3:00am

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I tell you it's Hitler's frozen body returning at the right time to rule Europe.

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#21 23-10-2011 3:09am

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Any chance we could see it in the sky?

If that site is any way accurate its moving pretty fast.

*edit*
just zoomed out on that website. No chance we will see it

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#22 23-10-2011 3:21am

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If the universe has any sense of irony it'll land on a holocaust survivor.

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#23 23-10-2011 3:30am

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Seems to be holding its own so far, one orbit since I started looking and it hasn't really dropped at all (yet).

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#24 23-10-2011 3:34am

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Is it just me or is this going so fast in can go around the world in 45 mins or something?

Its blowing through china no problem.

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#25 23-10-2011 3:57am

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Yes, One complete orbit is just under 90 minutes.

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#26 23-10-2011 4:04am

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It's dead!

RIP!

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#27 23-10-2011 4:18am

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Site says its still moving tho?

edit.
your right. its not moving.

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#28 23-10-2011 4:30am

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LighterGuy wrote: »

Site says its still moving tho?

edit.
your right. its not moving.

It's still moving, but probably is several thousand pieces by now.

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#29 24-10-2011 12:35pm

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If it lands in my back yard theyre not getting it back, i will be sticking it up on ebay and offering it to the highest bidder. If it doesnt reach its reserve i'll sell it for scrap value.

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