Nasa's 22-year-old Swift satellite telescope falls from orbit in fiery finale

Nasa's Swift satellite telescope, weighing 3,200 pounds, reentered Earth's atmosphere over Indonesia on Wednesday and burned up. The 22-year-old observatory, which studied cosmic energy blasts, fell from orbit after a rescue spacecraft failed to boost it to a higher trajectory three months earlier.

Source: Nasa's 22-year-old Swift satellite telescope falls from orbit in fiery finale — South China Morning Post

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