Japan's new space telescope declared dead in space
 

Japan's new space telescope declared dead in space
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Japan’s brand new space telescope has met a sad end

On Thursday, the Japan’s space agency (JAXA) an**unced that they would stop attempting to communicate with the ASTRO-H space observatory after it was found that the telescope can**t recover from a failure that began in March.

The observatory — which is designed to study far-off objects like black holes and exploding stars in extreme detail — was launched on February 17, and was expected to have a long and healthy observational life in space.

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Japan’s space agency started experiencing communications problems with ASTRO-H, also called Hitomi, on March 26, and since that time, agency officials have been attempting to regain control of the observatory, which was thought to be spinning out of control in its orbit Read more...


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