Long-Dead NASA Spacecraft Wakes Up

Space Weather News for Jan. 26, 2018 http://spaceweather.com https://www.facebook.com/spaceweatherdotcom LONG-DEAD SPACECRAFT WAKES UP: In 2005, a NASA spacecraft named "IMAGE" mysteriously went silent, abruptly ending a successful mission to study Earth's magnetosphere. Thirteen years later, it's back. On Jan.  20, 2018, an amateur astronomer in Canada picked up radio transmissions from IMAGE, alive after all. The satellite may have been chattering away at Earth for years unheard and unnoticed. Now NASA is working to regain contact and possibly revive a key asset for space weather research and nowcasting. Visit today's edition of Spaceweather.com for the full story. Remember, SpaceWeather.com is on Facebook! Above: An artist's concept of the IMAGE (Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration) spacecraft flying over Earth's north pole. Share Tweet Forward Copyright © 2018 Spaceweather.com, All rights reserved.