The defunct German x-ray sky surveying satellite ROSAT crashed to earth in an uncontrolled free fall between 9:45 p.m. and 10:15 p.m. ET Saturday, October 22, according to the latest update on Sunday from the German Aerospace Center (DLR, or Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt).Still, the agency doesn’t know precisely where the satellite fell or where any surviving debris might have landed.
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