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Landsat 5 imaging limited after battery cell failure

Submit on Saturday, March 1st, 2008 06:00

The Earth imaging satellite Landsat 5 is once again collecting and downlinking land-image data. The satellite was temporarily taken out of service in October 2007 following a cell failure within one of the satellite’s two operating on-board batteries.

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