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Here’s Why It’s So Hard to Boost a Satellite
Nautilus · By Wanjiku Chebet Kanjumba ·
The Brief
- NASA's Swift telescope has burned up.
- The loss followed a robot mission sent to save the telescope, which failed months earlier.
Why it matters
The episode shows how difficult it is to boost or rescue a satellite in orbit, which matters for anyone relying on space telescopes and their servicing.
Who’s affected
- astronomers
- space engineers
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- #satellite servicing
- #space telescopes
- #orbital decay
- #nasa
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