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ATV Johannes Kepler de-orbited (almost) as planned

Submit on Tuesday, June 21st, 2011 22:55

Europe’s unmanned ATV space freighter plunged on command into Earth’s atmosphere over the southern Pacific Ocean. Contact with the spacecraft was lost at 2041 UTC at an altitude of 80 km.
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