Air Force Won’t Recover Unresponsive Weather Satellite

Credit: DMSP: USAF
The U.S. Air Force has decided not to recover a weather satellite that stopped responding to commands earlier this year after an investigation determined the spacecraft is not repairable. The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Flight-19 spacecraft stopped responding to commands Feb. 11...

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