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  "id": 18205634,
  "title": "Nasa's 22-year-old Swift satellite telescope falls from orbit in fiery finale",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/nasas-22-year-old-swift-satellite-telescope-falls-from-orbit-in-fiery",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-04T23:36:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/world/world/2026/11/1571081/nasas-22-year-old-swift-satellite-telescope-falls-orbit-fiery-finale"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Nasa's 22-year-old Swift satellite telescope has fallen from orbit and burned up in Earth's atmosphere over Indonesia, as expected. The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, which spent two decades studying powerful cosmic blasts, crashed into the upper atmosphere at about 22 times the speed of sound over North Sumatra province, roughly 200 miles north of the equator. Despite a failed rescue mission in July, the satellite's re-entry occurred at 7.39am EST, with Nasa confirming that most of the spacecraft would incinerate above Earth's surface, with some fragments potentially surviving the plunge. No damage or injuries on the ground were reported, and the risk to populated areas was calculated as very low by the US Space Force.",
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        "outlet": "CBC News",
        "title": "NASA's Swift space telescope plunges to Earth after 22 years in orbit",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/nasas-swift-space-telescope-plunges-to-earth-after-22-years-in-orbit",
        "published": "2026-11-04T21:35:06.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Nasa’s 22-year-old Swift satellite telescope falls from orbit in fiery finale",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/nasas-22-year-old-swift-satellite-telescope-falls-from-orbit-in-fiery-18206835",
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