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Oh No, They've lost Envisat.

Sponge Bob · 2012-04-13 12:57:57

Major Failure and no contact in a week. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17692027 It shows up almost every night and is clearly visible from the ground.

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13-04-2012 1:57pm

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Sponge Bob

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Major Failure and no contact in a week.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17692027

Controllers say the eight-tonne spacecraft appears to be in a stable condition, but they are not receiving any data at all from it.
Contact was lost with Envisat at the weekend shortly after it downloaded pictures of Spain's Canary Islands.

It shows up almost every night and is clearly visible from the ground.

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#2 19-04-2012 11:25am
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That looks a shame!!!!

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#3 02-05-2012 8:07pm
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Envisat was launched in 2002 and is already operating five years beyond its planned mission lifetime. ESA was expecting to turn off the spacecraft in 2014

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