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> The European Space Agency's Envisat satellite launched in 2002 and failed in 2012. It is the second-most hazardous object in the Top 50 list. As a European,
by N19PEDL2 1y ago
> The European Space Agency's Envisat satellite launched in 2002 and failed in 2012. It is the second-most hazardous object in the Top 50 list.
As a European, I would be happy if ESA planned a mission to deorbit Envisat. Besides making the orbit safer, I'm thrilled by the engineering challenge of capturing a large uncontrolled spacecraft.
- schiffern 1y agoThere was a mission planned, but it was cancelled in 2018. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.Deorbit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.Deorbit