Satellite retirement, Solar Eclipse and SDO is Lego – SpacePod 2010.07.14

Published on July 14, 2010 by Bencredible   ·   No Comments If you’ve ever seen an older Apollo landing or even the movie Apollo 13 you may remember a point when the spacecraft was re-entering the atmosphere, mission control would lose communication. This was because the radio signals could not penetrate the massive plasma and ionization blast occurring under the vehicle. This blackout phenomenon happened until [...]

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