An amateur astronomer hunting for spy satellites found something he didn't expect: A NASA spacecraft, presumed dead, chattering happily to Earth.
Space Weather News for Jan. 26, 2018
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LONG-DEAD SPACECRAFT WAKES UP: In 2005, a NASA spacecraft named "IMAGE" mysteriously went silent, abruptly ending a successful mission to study Earth's magnetosphere. Thirteen years later, it's back. On Jan. 20, 2018, an amateur astronomer in Canada picked up radio transmissions from IMAGE, alive after all. The satellite may have been chattering away at Earth for years unheard and unnoticed. Now NASA is working to regain contact and possibly revive a key asset for space weather research and nowcasting. Visit today's edition of Spaceweather.com for the full story.
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Above: An artist's concept of the IMAGE (Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration) spacecraft flying over Earth's north pole.
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