Swarm Spacecraft Dodges Collision With Space Junk During Climb To Escape Sun’s Wrath - SciTechDaily

The pressure is rising at ESA’s mission control. A European Space Agency (ESA) satellite dodges out of the way of a mystery piece of space junk that was spotted just hours before a potential collision. This means a vital step in the spacecraft’s ongoing journ…

Artists view of Swarm, ESAs first Earth observation constellation of satellites. Credit: ESAP. Carril, 2013 The pressure is rising at ESAs mission control. A European Space Agency (ESA) satellite do… [+5587 chars]

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