{"id":30004,"date":"2011-10-12T14:27:17","date_gmt":"2011-10-12T14:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/?p=30004"},"modified":"2011-10-12T14:27:17","modified_gmt":"2011-10-12T14:27:17","slug":"german-satellite-hurtles-towards-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/2011\/10\/german-satellite-hurtles-towards-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"German satellite hurtles towards Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2011\/10\/SATELLITE.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2011\/10\/SATELLITE.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"SATELLITE\" width=\"408\" height=\"245\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-30006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2011\/10\/SATELLITE.jpg 408w, https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2011\/10\/SATELLITE-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/><\/a>BERLIN, Oct 12 &#8211; A German satellite around the size of a car is speeding towards Earth, officials said on Wednesday, due to re-enter the atmosphere later this month but with little idea where fragments could land.<\/p>\n<p>The x-ray observatory, named ROSAT, is expected to return to Earth between October 20 and 25, travelling at a speed of around 28,000 kilometres (17,000 miles) per hour, the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The latest studies reveal that it is possible that up to 30 individual pieces weighing a total of 1.6 tonnes may reach the surface of the Earth,&#8221; the DLR said in a statement on its website.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The time and location of re-entry cannot be predicted precisely,&#8221; added the agency, citing fluctuations in solar activity for the uncertainty.<\/p>\n<p>The satellite could re-enter the atmosphere three days before or after this range, the DLR said, stressing there was very little danger to humans.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, a bus-sized US satellite that hurtled unpredictably toward Earth crossed over Africa and the northern Atlantic before plunging into the Pacific Ocean off California, NASA said.<\/p>\n<p>There were no sightings or reliable accounts of damage as the six-tonne Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) fell from the sky.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BERLIN, Oct 12 &#8211; A German satellite around the size of a car is speeding towards Earth, officials said on Wednesday, due to re-enter the atmosphere later this month but with little idea where fragments could land. 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