{"id":18546,"date":"2018-05-01T01:59:40","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T17:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/nasas-rossi-x-ray-probe-makes-a-quiet-exit-after-spending-22-years-in-orbit\/"},"modified":"2018-05-01T01:59:40","modified_gmt":"2018-04-30T17:59:40","slug":"nasas-rossi-x-ray-probe-makes-a-quiet-exit-after-spending-22-years-in-orbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/nasas-rossi-x-ray-probe-makes-a-quiet-exit-after-spending-22-years-in-orbit\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA\u2019s Rossi X-ray probe makes a quiet exit after spending 22 years in orbit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News Brief:<\/strong> A month after the breakup of China\u2019s Tiangong-1 space lab, another spacecraft went to its fiery doom today with far less fanfare. Orbital assessments from the U.S. military\u2019s Joint Space Operations Center indicate that NASA\u2019s Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer made its atmospheric re-entry at roughly 7:45 a.m. PT (14:45 GMT), more than 22 years after its launch and six years after it was decommissioned. The 6,700-pound probe\u2019s destruction wasn\u2019t expected to leave much of a trace, but its legacy is enduring. The mission\u2019s most notable contributions came in the study of black holes and their effect on the fabric of spacetime.<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=b0yle&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=991315570485284864&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.geekwire.com%2F2018%2Fnasas-rossi-x-ray-probe-exit%2F&amp;sessionId=e576fa625f49aa1464378be70dd359a53bd6268b&amp;siteScreenName=geekwire&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i1782801168511477847=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Official decay notice for RXTE came out  overnight, together with an updated reentry estimate: Apr 30 1445 UTC plus or minus 7 minutes; corresponding location uncertainty track shown here pic.twitter.com\/3n994xF0o6<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jonathan McDowell (@planet4589) May 1, 2018<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News Brief: A month after the breakup of China\u2019s Tiangong-1 space lab, another spacecraft went to its fiery doom today with far less fanfare. 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