Engineers re-enter Express AM-4 communications satellite despite hopes of antarctic service

Express AM-4 satellite

The Express AM-4 satellite which had been stranded in a useless orbit since its failed launch last August, was intentionally deorbited on 25 March over the North Pacific Ocean. The satellite's engines were fired about 1033 GMT to force the craft to enter Earth's atmosphere. Most of the satellite is ...

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