Nasa’s 22-year-old Swift satellite telescope falls from orbit in fiery finale

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Nasa’s 22-year-old Swift satellite telescope falls from orbit in fiery finale #948346 Wed 04 Nov 2026 11:46:PM
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Webmaster Launch Director Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 800,656 Los Angeles, USA	Nasa’s 22-year-old Swift satellite telescope falls from orbit in fiery finale Nasa’s Swift satellite ⁠telescope, which spent two decades studying the most powerful known blasts of energy in the cosmos, tumbled out of orbit as expected on Wednesday and burned up in Earth’s atmosphere over Indonesia, the space agency reported. The fiery demise of the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, weighing roughly 3,200 pounds (1,452kg), came less than three months after a ‌rescue spacecraft failed its mission to boost the satellite to higher orbit and extend its life. The US Space Force... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3373323/nasas-22-year-old-swift-satellite-telescope-falls-orbit-fiery-finale