Vantor used its WorldView-2 satellite from 150 mi. to image the Starlink spacecraft that experienced an anomaly on Dec. 17.
Credit: Vantor
The return of the Chinese Shenzhou-20 crew capsule did not unfold as planned. When it touched down in northern China on Jan. 19, it was late, without its three taikonauts and with a cracked window repaired in orbit—another casualty of space debris. The Chinese taikonauts had returned to Earth in...
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