Amateur astronomer rediscovers Nasa satellite lost for 12 years

Mission to study magnetic field protecting Earth from cosmic radiation could potentially be revived


-- Independent, --February 2, 2018

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An amateur astronomer rediscovered a Nasa satellite which has been lost in space for more than a decade. Scott Tilley was scanning the skies in search of a secret US government spy satellite launched by Elon Musk’s SpaceX when he found signals from the long-lost satellite called the Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration (Image). -- More...

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