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03-28-2016, 03:07 AM
Japan reports trouble reaching in**vative new space satellite
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Japan's space agency says communication has failed with a newly launched, in**vative satellite with X-ray telescopes meant to study black holes and other space mysteries.
SEE ALSO: NASA's next astronaut launching to space will break Scott Kelly's record (http://mashable.com/2016/03/18/space-station-scott-kelly-record/)
The agency said in a statement Sunday that since the problem began Saturday after**on, it hasn't k**wn the condition of the satellite, called "Hitomi (http://global.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/astro_h/index.html)." It's trying to reconnect with the satellite, which was launched on Feb. 17.
The Japan Times newspaper says a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency official, Saku Tsuneta, said that he didn't k**w yet if communications could be re-established. The paper said astro**my observations can't start this summer as expected if the problem continues. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/27/japan-hitomi-satellite/)
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Japan's space agency says communication has failed with a newly launched, in**vative satellite with X-ray telescopes meant to study black holes and other space mysteries.
SEE ALSO: NASA's next astronaut launching to space will break Scott Kelly's record (http://mashable.com/2016/03/18/space-station-scott-kelly-record/)
The agency said in a statement Sunday that since the problem began Saturday after**on, it hasn't k**wn the condition of the satellite, called "Hitomi (http://global.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/astro_h/index.html)." It's trying to reconnect with the satellite, which was launched on Feb. 17.
The Japan Times newspaper says a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency official, Saku Tsuneta, said that he didn't k**w yet if communications could be re-established. The paper said astro**my observations can't start this summer as expected if the problem continues. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/27/japan-hitomi-satellite/)
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