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Europe’s veteran gamma-ray space telescope nearly killed by charged particle strike

20 October 2021

The European Space Agency nearly lost its gamma-ray space telescope Integral last month when a charged particle disabled one of the reaction wheels that keep its solar arrays pointed at the Sun.







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