Military satellite goes boom!
A 20-year-old U.S. military weather satellite apparently exploded on February 3 for no obvious reason.
The incident has put several dozen pieces of space junk into orbit.
Tag: weather satellite
Engineers have successfully restored the weather satellite GOES-13 to full operations after it was hit by a micrometeorite in May.
Engineers now suspect that the shutdown of the GOES-13 weather satellite last week was caused by a micrometeorite hit.
Engineers now suspect that the shutdown of the GOES-13 weather satellite last week was caused by a micrometeorite hit.
They also think they will be able to get the satellite up and running again.
NOAA today was forced to activate a back-up weather satellite when its GOES-13 weather satellite suddenly shut down.
NOAA today was forced to activate a back-up weather satellite when its GOES-13 weather satellite suddenly shut down.
A political squabble between Russia and Kazakhstan has delayed the launch of a European weather satellite.
A political squabble between Russia and Kazakhstan has delayed the launch of a European weather satellite.