Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Biggest environment satellite goes silent PARIS (AFP) Thu Apr 12 2012 23:40:15 GMT+0800 (Malay Peninsula Standard Time)



Biggest environment satellite goes silent (via AFP)

The European Space Agency said on Thursday it had lost contact with Envisat, the biggest Earth-monitoring satellite in history. Designed to operate for only five years, Envisat was launched in March 2002, carrying 10 instruments to monitor the planet's oceans, ice, land and atmosphere. The giant 8.…

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