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ESA declares end of mission for Envisat

Submit on Wednesday, May 9th, 2012 22:58

Just weeks after celebrating its tenth year in orbit, communication with the Envisat satellite was suddenly lost on 8 April. Following rigorous attempts to re-establish contact and the investigation of failure scenarios, the end of the mission is being declared.

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