ROSAT Satellite Has Fallen to Earth, Say NASA Sources - 23rd Oct 2011

ROSAT Satellite Has Fallen to Earth, Say NASA Sources - 23rd Oct 2011

The German ROSAT satellite fell back to Earth Saturday evening, U.S. time, NASA sources told ABC News.
DLR, Germany's scientific research agency, said the satellite re-entered the atmosphere between 9:45 and 10:15 p.m. ET.
It was the second time a satellite large enough to for debris to reach the Earth's surface has fallen from orbit in the past month, an occurence that typically happens only once per year.
Last month NASA's UARS re-entered the atmosphere. ROSAT, an orbiting telescope designed to map X-rays in the sky, was launched on a Delta 2 rocket from Florida in 1990.
While functioning in space, ROSAT found roughly 110,000 stars, supernovas and cosmic rays emitting X-rays. Read More