UPDATE 2: ROSAT is Down

UPDATE 2: DLR announced on October 25 that ROSAT’s reentry location was over the Bay of Bengal.

UPDATE: Bob Christy at Zarya.info shows ROSAT’s final orbit, with reentry occuring on a path that lies mostly over the Indian Ocean and ends over China. He notes that it was daylight in that part of the world, so it would not have been possible to see the plasma trail.

ORIGNAL STORY:

Germany’s ROSATsatellite has reentered. The German Aerospace Center (DLR) said in a tweet that there is no confirmation of debris reaching the Earth’s surface.

Reentry occurred between 1:45 and 2:15 GMT October 23 (9:45 – 10:15 pm EDT October 22) according to DLR.