NASA's Swift Telescope Expected to Fall Back to Earth
NASA's Swift space telescope is expected to fall back to Earth this week, according to reports. It is a space observatory that is now close to re-entering the atmosphere.
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Context: Swift is a NASA space telescope launched in 2004 to study gamma-ray bursts. Most old satellites slowly lose altitude over time and re-enter the atmosphere, and most of their parts burn up before reaching the ground.
Burning Potato score: 60%