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Darmstadt, we have a problem – ESA reveals its INTEGRAL space telescope was three hours from likely death – The Register

Gamma ray-spotting ‘scope was spinning uncontrollably and unable to make ‘leccy until dramatic rescue

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The European Space Agency (ESA) revealed on Monday that its 19-year-old International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory (INTEGRAL) had a near-death experience last month when failure of a small yet significant part caused it to spin uncontrollably and prevented…

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