NASA’s Swift satellite telescope heads for fiery re-entry 22 years after launch
By Steve Gorman Nov 3 (Reuters) – An aging NASA satellite telescope that a robotic spacecraft was sent to retrieve on a failed rescue mission this summer was headed for a fiery re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere on Wednesday, nearly 22 years after it was launched into orbit. The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, weighing roughly 3,200 pounds (1,452 kg), was set to tumble out of orbit and burn up in the atmosphere somewhere over the tropics, with fragments surviving re-entry unlikely to threaten popu
Advanced analysis (spheres, detailed sources, paid analyses)
Covered mainly by the Western sphere (50%); silent in Sino-Russian & BRICS, Global South.
Global sphere reading. The left / centre / right reading is shown in the coverage analysis below.
- Confirmed by 4 outlets in 3 countries.
- Ignored by Sino-Russian & BRICS, Global South.
- Propagation: first reported by Dawn (Pakistan), . 2 outlets republished 1 headline word for word.
Headline clash across the four spheres
- NASA Swift telescope is destroyed after 22-year mission with fiery reentrythe-independent.com · United Kingdom
- NASA Swift telescope is destroyed after 22-year mission with fiery reentryThe Independent · United Kingdom
No outlet in this sphere covers the event: blind spot.
No outlet in this sphere covers the event: blind spot.
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Event sources
- Nasa's Swift satellite telescope heads for fiery re-entry 22 years after launchDawnPakistanPakistan → Unknown countryEnglish
- NASA Swift telescope is destroyed after 22-year mission with fiery reentrythe-independent.comUnknownUnited Kingdom → Unknown countryEnglish
- NASA Swift telescope is destroyed after 22-year mission with fiery reentryThe IndependentRoyaume-UniUnited Kingdom → Unknown countryEnglish
- بعد 22 عاما في المدار التلسكوب سويفت يسقط في الغلاف الجوي للارضQNAQatarQatar → Unknown countryArabic