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JAXA’s Hitomi in trouble

March 27th, 2016 by

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said that communication with the X-ray Astronomy Satellite “Hitomi” (ASTRO-H), launched on 17 February 2016 (UTC), failed at the start of its operation originally scheduled for 0740UTC, Saturday, 26 March.

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