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The big truck-sized satellite has plunged into the atmosphere and its debris might hit the earth today, the German space agency announced.

Fragments of the German satellite may have fallen into the Indian Ocean after it crashed into the atmosphere yesterday.

After many predictions about whether the German satellite could fall in Southeast Asia or deep in the Chinese plateau, scientists finally located the grounding position of Rosat.

Germany's ROSAT satellite is expected to plunge to Earth this weekend (October 22-23, 2011). However, the exact location and exact time cannot be determined. Besides,

Germany's vacant ROSAT satellite will fall to Earth from October 21-24. A very large area on Earth, not excluding Vietnam, may have to catch a fragment of this satellite.

The 2.5-ton ROSAT telescope will fall to Earth in late October and is likely to cause 1.5 times more casualties than UARS satellites.