Dropping Satellites |
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12.10.2006
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I've been collecting stories about satellites getting lost for years, but now I'm starting a new collection: satellites getting dropped. A few weeks ago scientists at the Baikonur Cosmodrome managed to accidentally drop the MetOp-A weather satellite. It's an oddly mundane, everyday thing to happen to such technologically advanced instruments: MetOp-A: Delay Of Launch By Handling Incident |
A similar incident happened at Lockheed Martin in 2003: NASA, NOAA & Lockheed Martin Investigate Satellite Accident (Via Boing Boing) |
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