Satellite Fails, Burns Up in Atmosphere
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
An out-of-control NASA Earth observation satellite burned up in the atmosphere, the U.S. Space Command at the Johnson Space Center in Houston said. The Lewis spacecraft, which started tumbling days after being launched in August, crashed into the atmosphere at 17,000 mph and burned up over the southern Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Antarctica. Lewis was intended to demonstrate advanced Earth-imaging technology for scientific and commercial purposes.
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