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NOT AGAIN! Doomed satellite may crash into Earth

NOT AGAIN! Doomed satellite may crash into Earth

Rediff.com19 Oct 2011

A 2.4-tonne defunct satellite is expected to make a fiery death plunge to Earth this week, but exactly when and where the doomed satellite will fall still remains a mystery, German space scientists have said.

In PHOTOS: Doomed satellite plunges to earth, its fate unknown

In PHOTOS: Doomed satellite plunges to earth, its fate unknown

Rediff.com23 Oct 2011

A bus-sized defunct German satellite on Sunday plunged to Earth after languishing in a dead orbit for more than a decade, but space officials have no idea yet about where it fell.