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NASA's Swift Space Telescope Set to Re-enter Earth's Atmosphere This Week

The decommissioned Swift space telescope is predicted to re-enter Earth's atmosphere, with most of it burning up while some fragments may reach the ground.

2 publishers · 2 articles · first seen 2 Nov 2026 · updated 3h ago

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2 publishers have covered this in 2 articles since 2 Nov 2026. CNET published first, on 2 November at 20:59 UTC; Hacker News followed 7h 47m later. The most recent article, from Hacker News, appeared on 3 November at 04:47 UTC.

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  1. The Swift Observatory Is Dropping Back to Earth This Week: Here’s What to Know CNET
  2. NASA's Swift space telescope predicted to crash back to Earth tomorrow Hacker News

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