German satellite enters Earth's atmosphere- most likely Indian Ocean- no solid evidence- experts waiting

DOOM ON!!

Cmon everybody DOOM's ON!!

Still no reports of where the debris is... coming in yet...

Peace

ROSAT HAS RE-ENTERED: According to Germany's space agency (the DLR), ROSAT re-entered Earth's atmosphere on Oct. 23rd sometime between 1:45 UT and 2:15 UT. So far, no credible sightings of the fireball have been reported, and officials don't know how much debris might have reached the ground. Check the DLR's Facebook page for updates.

[link to spaceweather.com]

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During the Entry time frame, the satellite passed over the Indian Ocean and parts of Asia (Myanmar and China). USSTRATCOM estimations indicate an Entry time of 1:50 UTC +/- 7 Minutes. This Entry time would put the satellite in the Indian Ocean away from China. Where exactly the debris hit will be announced later when more data has been analyzed.

[link to www.spaceflight101.com]

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But if the timings are correct, any wreckage would probably have dived into the Indian Ocean - although no eyewitness reports have yet come in.

If anything did manage to make landfall, the likely areas to be affected would have been Myanmar and China.

What made the redundant German craft's return interesting was that much more debris was expected to survive all the way to the Earth's surface.

Experts had calculated that perhaps as much as 1.6 tonnes of wreckage - more than half the spacecraft's launch mass - could have riden out the destructive forces of re-entry and hit the planet.

[link to www.bbc.co.uk]

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There was no immediate solid evidence to determine above which continent or country the ROSAT scientific research satellite entered the atmosphere, said Andreas Schuetz, spokesman for the German Aerospace Center.

Experts were waiting for "observations from around the world," he added.

Scientists said hours before the re-entry into the atmosphere that the satellite was not expected to hit over Europe, Africa or Australia. According to a precalculated path it could have been above Asia, possibly China, at the time of its re-entry, but Schuetz said he could not confirm that.

[link to www.usatoday.com]

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Other reports via Twitter from skywatchers around the world had no sightings of any lit debris falling, or any actual sightings of the satellite passing overhead since 23:30 UTC on Oct. 22. Some news reports say it could have re-entered over China, but it likely didn’t make it as far as Korea or Japan.

[link to www.linecom.com]

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"- no solid evidence- experts waiting "

See:
Thread: France: Satellite or meteorit?

Update: US Strategic Command estimates an entry time of 1:50 UTC +/- 7 Minutes. This entry time would put the satellite in the Indian Ocean, and not over China as reported below. The DLR said that after further analysis they should be able to provide more information about exactly where the debris hit.

[link to www.universetoday.com]

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Heard a 'roar' like a really load truck engine around 6:30pm PDT USA last night.... we looked for a rig on the road going by our house, but nothing. It was dark out, but overcast so didn't see any lights, but really we didn't think to look "up". We are not on any flight paths around this time either. Hummmm, maybe?? Which would make it around northern Idaho to Canada...??

Hello Night Owl!

[link to www.spacesafetymagazine.com]

I am still waiting for any more updates, nothing more yet...

Peace

debris field possibly in the Andaman Sea? Near Port Blair, Smith Island.

[link to twitter.com]

Peace

How many "satellites" & cargo have to "fall" into the ocean till the contaminated ocean turns blood red and is toxic?

Not our fault as it's Al Gores fault

23:30 utc? That was about the time of my observation and photos.

Thats just it, they were designed to protect us, not myanmar/china. The way that thing was tumbling, no way was any of its equipment or transmitters getting power.

^^^This

I will say this; norad did a craptastic job updating the TLE data during the final day, as in, there was no data for the final day.