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Science 3 July 1998:
Vol. 281. no. 5373, pp. 19 - 20
DOI: 10.1126/science.281.5373.19a
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SOLAR PHYSICS:
Earth to SOHO, Come In Please

Alexander Hellemans

During routine maneuvers on Wednesday, 24 June, the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)--one of the most productive solar astronomy satellites ever--lost contact with Earth when a safeguard program kicked in unexpectedly, apparently sending the craft into a spin. The craft's high-gain communications antenna is no longer pointed toward Earth. Although communication should still be possible through two omnidirectional low-gain antennas, so far SOHO has not talked back.

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