Compton GRO set for June 4 splashdown; test burn on Sunday
NASA plans to test its preparations to deorbit the 33,000-pound Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (GRO) on Sunday with a test burn of its on-board thrusters, followed by four operational burns next week designed to bring the big astronomical observatory down in the Pacific early on June 4, Eastern...
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