Tag: rosat
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Space Junk #4: Phobos Grunt Reentry, Sunday
Russia’s failed Phobos Grunt Mars space probe (German infrared image, right), will soon burn up upon reentry.
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rosat re-entry, elenin & m7.2 turkey quake (updated)
Huffington Post reports ROSAT reentered Earth atmosphere on Sunday somewhere over Southeast Asia? The Intel Hub will continue to cover Comet Elenin up to 11-9, when government takes control of nation’s television during a drill. M7.2 Turkey earthquake noted as coincidental with Elenin entering Earth’s orbital path. updates: sky lights up red & green as…
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space junk #3: another large satellite reenters by month’s end?
Will space junk warnings become routine? ROSAT is predicted to reenter Earth’s atmosphere before the end of October. The disclaimers flow in Mail Online article to hedge future liability, “Professor Heiner Klinkrad of the European Space Agency assured: ‘Until now in the more than 50-years of space history not a single person has been harmed…