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Second big satellite set to resist re-entry burn-up

Even if NASA's 6-tonne UARS satellite does not cause any injury or damage when it re-enters the Earth's atmosphere today, there is more space junk headed our way next month. A defunct German space telescope called ROSAT is set to hit the planet at the end of October - and it even is more likely than UARS to cause injury or damage in populated areas.
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The ROSAT satellite that was launched on the 1st June, 1990, from Cape Canaveral, Florida, is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on the 19th October, 2011 @ --:-- GMT  ± -- hours.

ROSAT
1 20638U 90049A   11244.92987471 +.00087749 +14043-4 +26580-3 0 04406
2 20638 052.9874 050.7354 0000350 145.6618 214.4402 15.92175295186412

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Period:       90.44 minutes
Inclination: 52.99°
Apogee:     296 km
Perigee:     296 km
Revolution Number: -
Predicted Location:  -



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Will German Satellite Crash Into Earth?

Parts of Rosat, a massive, out-of-control German satellite, could smash into the earth sometime between October and December this year. Officials in Germany, however, say that humans likely are not in danger.
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ROSAT (short for Röntgensatellit) is a no-longer operational German X-ray satellite telescope (in German X-rays are called Röntgenstrahlen, in honour of Wilhelm Röntgen). It was launched on June 1, 1990, with a Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral for a 5 year initial mission, and operated for over 8 years until February 12, 1999.
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TLE Data
ROSAT
1 20638U 90049A   11060.86366584  .00017794  00000-0  13325-3 0  2320
2 20638 052.9904 257.9908 0002212 172.9464 187.1581 15.72778491157285

Period:       92.56 minutes
Inclination: 52.99°
Apogee:     353 km
Perigee:     349  km
Size:          6  metres
Revolution Number: -
Predicted Location:  -

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