Posted on 03/28/2016 12:31:22 PM PDT by Ray76
Japan's space agency says communication has failed with a newly launched, innovative satellite with X-ray telescopes meant to study black holes and other space mysteries.
The Japan Times newspaper says a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency official, Saku Tsuneta, said that he didn't know yet if communications could be re-established.
(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...
Gone. Swallowed up. Like by a black hole or something.
Hmmm, V’Ger
that would be ironic ;)
but I’ve got a mad set of tools.
i’ll go fix it!
“We lost our Martian rocket ship, the high-paid spokesman said...
Looks like that silly rocket ship has lost it’s cone-shaped head...”
Didn’t they say the radar showed the satellite is now in 5 pieces?
Hit by something, it would seem. And it doesn’t even have to be that big when you’re travelling 5 miles per second.
it’s not lost. it just doesn’t work. they know where it is.
This is all that they’re releasing:
Communication anomaly of X-ray Astronomy Satellite “Hitomi” (ASTRO-H)
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) found that communication with the X-ray Astronomy Satellite “Hitomi” (ASTRO-H), launched on February 17, 2016 (JST), failed from the start of its operation originally scheduled at 16:40, Saturday March 26 (JST). Up to now, JAXA has not been able to figure out the state of health of the satellite.
While the cause of communication anomaly is under investigation, JAXA received short signal from the satellite, and is working for recovery.
Under this circumstance, JAXA set up emergency headquarters, headed by the President, for recovery and investigation. The headquarters held its first meeting today, and has been working for recovery and the investigation of the cause. Updates will be announced as available, at the JAXA website.
http://global.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/astro_h/topics.html#topics7238
Funny, I'd have put it down to the 5 different pieces that their radar detected as the cause of death.
It’s “Space-Lost”...! (80’s TV Sci-Fy that only had a few shows).
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