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- Weather satellite reactivated after micrometeoroid hit
NOAA returned the GOES 13 weather satellite to service Monday after investigators found a micrometeoroid likely struck the spacecraft in late May, putting the satellite into standby mode for three weeks.
June 12, 2013 - Spaceflight Now - Weather satellite revived after suspected micrometeoroid hit
By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A weather satellite that failed just before the start of an expected busy hurricane season is back in service, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said on Monday. Engineers believe a micrometeoroid hit a solar wing panel on the GOES-13 spacecraft on May 22, knocking it off balance and triggering its instruments to shut ...
June 10, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News - Weather satellite struck by tiny space rock now back online
A tiny space rock called a micrometeoroid likely struck a weather satellite that keeps an eye on the eastern half of the United States on May 22, government officials determined. The satellite was officially returned to normal operations on June 6.The micrometeroid hit an arm for the solar array panel on GOES-East, also known as GOES-13, "knocking the satellite off its delicate, geostationary ...
June 10, 2013 - MSNBC