Beijing 'narrowly escaped death'

Yesterday (January 31), Dailymail revealed a shocking information: Beijing had "escaped death within a inch" . 7 minutes saved the vast areas of Beijing from being destroyed last year when a 2.5-ton satellite crashed into the earth.

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China's capital lies directly on the flight of a research satellite named Rosat in Germany when it plunges into the Bay of Bengal in October last year after two decades of launch.

If the satellite 2, 5 tons on the plunge into Beijing city, the consequences will be extremely catastrophic. It will create giant wormholes, completely destroy roads, cause explosions and flatten houses. Not to mention, human losses in the city of 20 million people will not be able to calculate.

German giant satellites are 'dangerously close' enough to plunge directly into Beijing's capital at a speed of nearly 500km / h, the European Space Agency (ESA) said.

'Beijing is located directly on the satellite route and scientists have no way to control it once it is broken,' said Manfred Warhaut of the European Space Center in Darmstadt, Germany. good.

'According to our calculations, if the Rosat satellite plunges to the ground within 7 to 10 minutes later, it will fall into the capital of Beijing,' said Heiner Klinkrad, head of the debris research team. on the ESA universe said.

Rosat weighs 2.5 tons. Normally, about 20 to 40% of the satellite fragments will fall to Earth when it comes out of orbit. However, 'with Rosat, we know that about 60% of the satellite fragments fall to the earth because it is made of heavy and durable materials , ' Klinkrad added.

Rosat is one of the most important "fragments of the universe" falling close to the earth.

Rosat was launched into space on June 1, 1990 to search for radioactive sources from X-rays. As planned, the satellite only works for about 18 months but it is already in space to collect data. about black holes for 9 years. Rosat began to fall to Earth on October 22, 2011 after being in space for another 11 years

A space expert said, 10 minutes on the universe is a very long time. Satellites often fly at such a fast speed that 'if it falls to the earth a minute ago it may be in Siberia but fall slowly a minute later maybe in the Pacific Ocean'.