Sentinel-1A Moves To Avoid Defunct NASA Satellite

Less than 48 hr. after its April 3 launch, the European Space Agency (ESA) Sentinel-1A radar satellite was maneuvered to avoid colliding with a defunct NASA Earth observation spacecraft. Late in the day April 4, ESA’s space debris office alerted ground controllers at the European Space Operations...

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