Amateur satellite enthusiast Scott Tilley was searching the sky for spy satellites to track when he discovered an unknown object. That object identified itself as the NASA IMAGE satellite, thought to have become non-operational in 2005. NASA has since confirmed that the satellite is indeed IMAGE, and is now planning on using it to observe the magnetosphere near the northern magnetic pole.
Another enthusiast, Cees Bassa, added his own detailed analysis of the error and how it recovered.
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Thursday February 01 2018, @05:23PM (1 child)
https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=18/01/27/184214 [soylentnews.org]
Three dupes in a week.
If editors didn't usually do a great job, we wouldn't notice a moment of sloppiness. Setting the bar too high, or something...
(Score: 3, Insightful) by takyon on Friday February 02 2018, @01:58AM
followup != dupe
[SIG] 10/28/2017: Soylent Upgrade v14 [soylentnews.org]