German satellite may have crashed in Southeast Asia.
What do American scientists who observed the object's reentry into Earth's atmosphere say?
A deactivated German research satellite crashed somewhere in Southeast Asia on Sunday, according to U.S. scientists who observed the object's reentry into Earth's atmosphere.
According to astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, the satellite fragments may have fallen between Sri Lanka and China, passing through the Indian Ocean and Myanmar. The astrophysicist believes the fragments fell in uninhabited areas because there would be records if the object had fallen in populated locations.
Some of the Rosat satellite debris, about the size of a minivan, was expected to burn up before re-entering the atmosphere at a speed of 405 kilometers per hour. However, up to 30 fragments weighing a total of 1,87 tons could hit Earth, according to the German Aerospace Center. This information comes from the Associated Press.