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Default Can someone explain to me how you lose (and then find) a satellite?

On 02/02/2018 05:23, ultred ragnusen wrote:
Can someone explain to me how you lose (and then find) a satellite?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...lost-in-space/

Since the thing is orbiting earth, why can't NASA just look up in the sky
with a telescope to find it?


Considering they can track things as small as a glove, to monitor space
junk, for collision avoidance.