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The Chinese space station Tiangong-1 is about to crash on Earth and Australia is on the crash course. Image: Cindy Zhi/The Conversation, CC BY-ND

The Chinese space station Tiangong-1 is on its way to crash tonight

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A satellite burns up in the atmosphere. Illustration: shutterstock

The European GOCE satellite has crashed, not yet known exactly where but most likely in the ocean

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The satellite Goce. Photo: European Space Agency

A large European satellite is about to fall out of control - expected to fall earlier than previous estimates: 00:30-01:30

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The Fernhofer Institute for High Frequency Physics and Radar Technologies Buchtenberg, Germany was able to image the Phobos-Grunt spacecraft with the help of the TIRA space observation radar. You can clearly see the deployed solar collectors (in the middle) and the fuel tank (at the bottom of the picture)

UPDATE Phobos-Grunt will crash tonight near the Falkland Islands. It will pass over Israel at 17:22

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The ROSAT satellite is approaching the atmosphere. Figure: DLR

The German ROSAT satellite fell into the Indian Ocean. There are no reports of fractures in settlement locations

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Artist rendering of the UARS satellite. Image: NASA

The UARS satellite fell in Canada

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Artist rendering of the URAS satellite. Image: NASA

A giant satellite has gone out of control and may crash on Earth this weekend

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