NOAA Deactivates Polar Orbiting Satellite

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officially shut down the nation's longest serving polar-orbiting satellite, NOAA-12 on Aug. 10. While in operation, NOAA-12 logged 16 years of service and 84,402 Earth orbits, capturing critical environmental data from space. More

(Source: DirectionsMag.com - Aug 29)