Not a plane, bird nor frog – it’s a 600-pound satellite hurtling towards Earth, and it’s set to make its crash landing tomorrow.
that have aided scientists’ investigation into the physics of the sun’s energy bursts.
Using its imaging spectrometer, RHESSI recorded 100,000 x-ray events, according to the agency, as well as gamma-ray images. It marked the first time gamma-ray and high-energy x-ray images of solar flares had been captured.After more than two decades in orbit, the RHESSI spacecraft is scheduled to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere on Wednesday.
At 660 pounds, RHESSI is a relatively lightweight satellite compared to the others that have launched into, or returned from orbit.
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