Science Satellite Dodges Threatening Space Junk on Just 8 Hours Notice - Gizmodo

Alpha, one of three satellites in the European Space Agency's Swarm constellation, emerged unscathed from the close encounter.

Mission controllers with the European Space Agency were forced to relocate a science satellite upon detecting a threatening piece of space junk, and they did so with very little time to sparejust 8 h… [+3313 chars]

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