March 24, 2006
Arabsat 4A is Back on Earth
Editor's note: Arabsat 4a has been splashed into the Pacific Ocean. It went in at 43 degrees south 212 degrees east on 24 March.
Update
ArabSat bites the dust, dashing hopes, MSNBC
"An off-course communications satellite that a private team wanted to rescue and resell has instead been steered to its destruction in Earth's atmosphere, according to the Defense Department and amateur satellite watchers."
Posted by kcowing at March 24, 2006 3:19 PM


