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Debris from a battery pack discarded by the International Space Station (ISS) three years ago re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere over the Atlantic Ocean on Friday, the German armed forces’ space monitoring centre said. Spokeswoman Simone Meyer couldn’t say where the battery pack landed, noting that “it was “probably largely burnt up.” It had previously flown over Germany. At 7:21 pm (1821 GMT), the pack came from the west and flew over the middle of Germany at an altitude of 139 kilometers. Officials earlier Friday responded to a report in the media that parts could possibly come down over Germ…

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