| ▲ | NASA's Swift space telescope predicted to crash back to Earth tomorrow(abc.net.au) | |
| 22 points by Gaishan 19 hours ago | 4 comments | ||
| ▲ | OgsyedIE 18 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
The reentry time and place is uncertain and predictions are publicised here: https://aerospace.org/reentries/28485 As the predictions get more confident the page will automatically update to show the more precise predicted reentry path. | ||
| ▲ | NetMageSCW 18 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
It is always sad when a so-called “news” organization gets so much wrong. Swift never had any thrusters for maneuvering and the shut off of Swift has no bearing on being unable to deorbit Swift in a controlled manner. That was never possible. | ||
| ▲ | Gaishan 18 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
Katalyst tried to boost Sift with their LINK satellite but didn't quite make it. | ||
| ▲ | izend 18 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
I hope the success of Starship allows 100x increase in the number of space telescopes. | ||