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A Second Cable Fails at NSF’s Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico – Space Ref

A Second Cable Fails at NSF’s Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico – SpaceRef

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A Second Cable Fails at NSFs Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico
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From: University of Central FloridaPosted: Sunday, November 8, 2020
Engineers are reviewing the new damage and assessing how to best stabilize the facility. 
ORLANDO, Nov. 8, 2020 A main cable that supports the Arecibo Observatory broke Friday at 7:39 p.m. Puerto Rico time.
Unlike the auxiliary cable that failed at the same facility on Aug. 10, this main cable did not slip out of its socket. It broke and fell onto the…

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