Tuesday, October 18, 2011

ROSAT (satellite) DECAY UPDATE


The massive ROSAT X-ray space telescope continues to descend toward Earth. Latest estimates place the re-entry around noon Universal Time on Oct. 23rd. Uncertainties exceed 10 hours, which makes it impossible to say exactly where ROSAT will re-enter. Many sky watchers are seeing ROSAT in the night sky shining about as brightly as a 1st magnitude star. (1 is bright - the higher the number, the less bright it is)

Once again, you can track ROSAT (or any satellite - or even the ISS) here:






Snapfish.com

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