Reference: http://news.yahoo.com/huge-dead-satellite-may-space-junk-150-years-153552260.html;_ylt=Aj6ZHnjveVb259kuAG4xN4.HgsgF;_ylu=X3oDMTRlajcwZm44BG1pdANUb3BTdG9yeSBTY2llbmNlU0YgU3BhY2VBc3Ryb25vbXlTU0YEcGtnAzcxYjRmMGY2LTQxZmMtMzg0Mi04Njk2LWE2MzhiZGRlOTc3OARwb3MDMwRzZWMDdG9wX3N0b3J5BHZlcgNkOWNjNzU4MC05YjgwLTExZTEtYWRmZi0wNjIzODYxNjY3ZDY-;_ylg=X3oDMTFlamZvM2ZlBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDBHBzdGNhdAMEcHQDc2VjdGlvbnM-;_ylv=3
Summary: An enormous spacecraft
about the size of a school bus went silent about a month ago, after 10
successful years of working.
It was officially claimed dead on Wednesday May 9th. It is predicted that it will stay in
orbit for the next 150 years, posing a threat to other spacecrafts zipping
around our planet. It is now one
of the biggest pieces of space junk after the announcement was given.
Critique: This was a very
interesting article to read because it has a big effect on other spacecrafts in
our orbit as well.
Impact: the dead satellite has a
negative impact because it could destroy other satellites in our orbit and that
could cause NASA a lot of money.
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