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A decades-old NASA satellite just died in Earth’s atmosphere – BGR
NASA’s OGO-1 satellite completed its deorbit over the weekend, meeting Earth’s atmosphere and disintegrating due to the intense friction. The satellite was launched in 1964 and spent over a half-century in space. The spacecraft was completely destroyed when i…
- NASA’s OGO-1 satellite completed its deorbit over the weekend, meeting Earth’s atmosphere and disintegrating due to the intense friction.
- The satellite was launched in 1964 and spent over a half-century in space.
- The spacecraft was completely destroyed when it entered the atmosphere, and no pieces of it survived to make it to the ground.
If you’ve never heard of OGO-1, nobody can really blame you. NASA’s launched a lot of satellites over the years and OGO-1 …
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