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Greg_In_SF

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3. Launched one after the other

Reply to CousinIT (Original post)

Tue Aug 5, 2025, 10:52 AM

Aug 2025

between 1999 and 2004, NASA researchers have always known they had built-in expiration dates. Most instruments don’t work properly forever, and the satellites themselves are running out of fuel, meaning they’re gradually drifting out of their intended orbits.

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