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3.5 Ton Satellite to Crash Back to Earth

Posted by chrisd on from the guess-my-pellet-gun-was-more-powerfull-than-I-thought dept.

DeadBugs writes "CNN is reporting that the NASA Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer could crash back to earth in a matter of days. It's estimated that up to 9 large pieces (4-100 lbs.) of the Satellite could survive re-entry. Unlike the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory that was guided in, this Satellite will be uncontrolled. The EUVE has only been up there since 1992.... I wonder when this sort of thing will start to be a more common event."

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  1. Re:Hmmm by Metrollica · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Launched in 1992, the satellite lasted much longer than its intended three years. It studied the extreme ultraviolet spectrum for NASA and later the University of California, Berkeley, until it ceased operations in December 2001.

    I say it could have made the release date of Windows 3.1, which was released in April of that year.

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