The Hitomi - Astro-H - Satellite

[Dave In Vermont]

It seems the Astro-H satellite, designed for researching black-holes and x-rays' from with a new device called an x-ray microcalorimeter, suffered a major mishap. The proverbial jury is still out on what exactly has happened to it, but there have been quite a few reports of some sort of debris being found in orbit that shouldn't be there. The latest news is from EarthSky:

http://earthsky.org/space/astronomers-await-pings-from-troubled-hitomi?utm_source=EarthSky+News&utm_campaign=3ec373deee-EarthSky_News&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c643945d79-3ec373deee-394171865

Quite the link! But it works.

The loss of the Hitomi satellite is a major, and expensive, blow to researcher's across the planet.

Dave

Edited April 8, 2016 by Dave In Vermont