Compton GRO controllers advance splashdown time for safety
Spacecraft controllers at Goddard Space Flight Center have advanced splashdown of the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory Sunday by about 90 minutes to keep the big spacecraft in the safest track for reentry. A 26-minute burn of the spacecraft's Attitude Control thrusters and Orbit Adjust thrusters...
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