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[Air & Space Magazine] The F-15 That Shot Down a Satellite, NASA's Lost and Found Spacecraft, and More in Our March Newsletter

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The F-15 That Shot Down a Satellite, NASA's Lost and Found Spacecraft, and More in Our March Newsletter
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Air & Space Magazine Air & Space    MARCH 2018

Space Ace

The only time an airplane ever shot down a satellite.

Why the F-15? Two words: power and performance. With thrust greater than weight, the fighter can climb vertically. Here, an F-15A fires two flares over Florida in 2004. (USAF (USAF/Paul Reynolds)
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[European Space Agency] Belgische satelliet Proba-1 vestigt een nieuw record

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26-03-2018 12:06 PM CEST


Origineel was hij ontworpen voor een missie van slechts twee jaar. Maar bijna 6000 dagen na zijn lancering op 22 oktober 2001, is Proba-1 nog steeds in topvorm en levert de satelliet zeer waardevolle aardobservatie-gegevens.


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[European Space Agency] Record battu pour le satellite belge Proba-1

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26-03-2018 12:06 PM CEST


Lancé en 2001, le satellite Proba-1 avait été conçu à l'origine pour une mission de deux ans. Il est aujourd'hui toujours opérationnel et continue à fournir de précieuses données hyperspectrales.


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