NASA's Swift space telescope predicted to crash back to Earth tomorrow (abc.net.au) 1 points by Gaishan 6d ago ↗ HN
[–] izend 6d ago ↗ I hope the success of Starship allows 100x increase in the number of space telescopes.
[–] OgsyedIE 6d ago ↗ The reentry time and place is uncertain and predictions are publicised here:https://aerospace.org/reentries/28485As the predictions get more confident the page will automatically update to show the more precise predicted reentry path.
[–] NetMageSCW 6d ago ↗ It is always sad when a so-called “news” organization gets so much wrong. Swift never had any thrusters for maneuvering and the shut off of Swift has no bearing on being unable to deorbit Swift in a controlled manner. That was never possible.
[–] Gaishan 6d ago ↗ Katalyst tried to boost Sift with their LINK satellite but didn't quite make it.https://www.katalystspace.com/mission/link
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As the predictions get more confident the page will automatically update to show the more precise predicted reentry path.
https://www.katalystspace.com/mission/link