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Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager

May 5 , 2023 442 days 400 0
  • NASA's Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI) spacecraft smashed by re-entering in the Earth’s atmosphere recently.
  • It is also known as Explorer 81 and launched in 2022.
  • The spacecraft was tasked with observing solar flares and coronal mass ejections from the Sun from its position in low-Earth orbit.
  • The 300-kg spacecraft was decommissioned in 2018.
  • NASA crashed most of the spacecraft to burn up as it travels through the atmosphere.

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