Hot-Rodded Security Cam Spys Doomed Russian Probe

Friday, December 9, 2011 - 15:30 in Astronomy & Space

Russia's failing Phobos-Grunt Mars probe is tracked by amateur astronomer Kevin Fetter using a KT&C video camera. The silent satellite will crash back to Earth early in 2012, it's tank full of of explosive hydrazine fuel.

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