Editing ROSAT (section)

== Re-entry ==
[[File:ROSAT one of the last images before reentry.jpg|thumb|ROSAT: one of the last images of ROSAT before reentry]]
In 1990, the satellite was put in an orbit at an altitude of {{convert|580|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} and inclination of 53°.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ROSAT - Launch and Operations |url=http://www.mpe.mpg.de/xray/wave/rosat/mission/rosat/launch.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006030341/http://www.mpe.mpg.de/xray/wave/rosat/mission/rosat/launch.php |archive-date=6 October 2011 |access-date=26 September 2011 |publisher=Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik}}</ref> Due to atmospheric drag, the satellite slowly lost height until, in September 2011, the satellite was orbiting approximately {{convert|270|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} above the Earth. On 23 October 2011 ROSAT re-entered the Earth's atmosphere sometime between 1:45 UTC and 2:15 UTC over the [[Bay of Bengal]], east of India. There was no confirmation if pieces of debris had reached the Earth's surface.<ref name="reentry">{{cite web|url=http://www.dlr.de/dlr/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-10424|title=ROSAT – latest news|date=25 October 2011|work=DLR Portal|access-date=25 October 2011}}</ref><ref name="Heavens above">{{cite web|title=ROSAT Information|publisher=[[Heavens-Above]]|url=http://www.heavens-above.com/satinfo.aspx?SatID=20638|access-date=1 April 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20955-second-big-satellite-set-to-resist-reentry-burnup.html |title=Second big satellite set to resist re-entry burn-up – space – 23 September 2011 |publisher=[[New Scientist]] |access-date=2012-01-30}}</ref>