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GOCE Satellite Burned Up Over Falkland Islands

Posted by Unknown on from the burning-up dept.

An anonymous reader writes with an update on the fate of the GOCE satellite. From the article: "The mystery of GOCE's re-entry has now been solved — the one-ton satellite came down over the Falkland Islands, a British overseas territory 300 miles east of the Patagonian coast in the South Atlantic Ocean."

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  1. mixup at the Falkland Islands. by Gravis+Zero · · Score: 5, Funny

    I dont think that's what they meant when they said they wanted Satellite TV.

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  2. "I felt a great disturbance in the Force" by Hartree · · Score: 4, Funny

    "As if millions of sheep suddenly cried out in terror, and were suddenly turned into lamb chops."

  3. and.... by argStyopa · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...Argentina immediately claimed that the satellite was, in fact, theirs.

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