31-08-2016 17:01 via seattletimes.com

Tiny particle blows hole in European satellite’s solar panel

BERLIN (AP) — The European Space Agency says a tiny particle has knocked a gaping hole in a solar panel on one of its Earth observation satellites. The agency said Wednesday that the Copernicus Sentinel-1A satellite was hit by an unknown particle just a few millimeters big on Aug. 23. Engineers determined that the hole […]
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