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NASA'S ICON Space Weather Satellite Has Suddenly Gone Silent

NASA’S ICON Space Weather Satellite Has Suddenly Gone Silent

A three-year-old NASA satellite lost touch with ground controllers two weeks ago and is now wandering through low Earth orbit without supervision. Sadly, the space agency fears the worst. Read more…

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NASA's Geotail is out of service

The staff of NASA, the Institute for Space and Astronautics of Japan (ISAS) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) faced the task of continuing the mission Geotail because the last device failed. This is reported on the official website of NASA.As clarified, the spacecraft recorded a failure of the second recorder of scientific data. Geotail was equipped with two devices for data collection, but the first failed in 2012 after 20 years of operation. As specified, errors in the data from the remaining recorder were seen June 28, 2022, attempts to restore were unsuccessful.Geotail was launched July 24, 1992 from a station in Florida to study the structure and dynamics of the Earth's tail magnetosphere. The apparatus made many discoveries: it helped understand how solar emissions enter the planet's magnetosphere, and discovered oxygen, silicon, sodium and aluminum in the moon's atmosphere.In October 2022, NASA coordinated a spacewalk by its astronauts from the International Space Station (ISS) after a break of six months.

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Current Affairs - 7.October.2019

Current Affairs – 7.October.2019

Indo Mongolian Joint Exercise Nomadic Elephant- XIV

Context : 14th edition of Indo – Mongolian joint military training, Exercise Nomadic Elephant–XIV commenced .

The Mongolian Army is being represented by officers and troops of the elite 084 Air Borne Special Task Battalion while Indian Army is being represented by a battalion of the RAJPUTANA RIFLES Regiment.

Objective : The joint exercise will…

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