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Science 4 August 2000:
Vol. 289. no. 5480, p. 709
DOI: 10.1126/science.289.5480.709a
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X-RAY ASTRONOMY:
Solar Storm Knocks Out Japanese Satellite

Dennis Normile

TOKYO--Japan's x-ray astronomy program was dealt a new blow last month when a solar geomagnetic storm left an orbiting x-ray telescope spinning out of control. Scientists are dubious about their chances of saving the 7-year-old Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics, whose replacement--the ASTRO-E x-ray satellite--was lost shortly after launch in February.

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