Tag: DMSP 13
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DMSP satellite debris expected to remain in orbit for decades
This rendering shows the spreading of the DMSP F13 fragmentation cloud to form a band of debris. The debris is represented in exaggerated size. Credit: University of Southampton Satellite shards scattered by the explosion of an aging U.S. military weather spacecraft in February will remain in orbit for many decades, according to researchers who specialize…
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Power system failure likely cause of military satellite explosion
Artist’s concept of a DMSP weather satellite in orbit. Credit: U.S. Air Force The U.S. Air Force says a temperature spike in the power system of a nearly 20-year-old weather satellite may have led to the spacecraft’s explosion in orbit, scattering more than 40 fragments of debris that could be flying around Earth for decades.…