Hurricane-tracking satellite malfunctions, backup takes over
The GOES-8 weather satellite, which is tracking Hurricane Mitch in the Gulf of Mexico as well as weather around Kennedy Space Center for Thursday's Space Shuttle launch, was put in safe-hold mode yesterday after malfunctioning. GOES-8 experienced an anomaly which caused it to "point away from the...
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