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NOAA Satellite May Be Back Online Soon, Official Says
2013-05-31 20:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: A vital weather satellite that blinked out on May 22 may be back in service as early as June 5, according to an official at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The satellite, known as GOES-13, suffered from an unexplained change in its orientation toward the Earth -- what NOAA calls an "attitude disturbance' -- that caused its instruments to shut down automatically. So far, engineers working to restart the satellite have not found any signs of damage, nor have they found an...
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