Japan has no idea what just happened to its $278m orbiting satellite

But it appears to be in pieces.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is at a loss to explain what’s happened to its Hitomi satellite, with fears that the spacecraft might have disintegrated in space.

The space agency acknowledged that it had lost contact with the satellite on…

Source: Japan has no idea what just happened to its $278m orbiting satellite – ScienceAlert