Satellite Death Rattle

The satellite launched in February, but in March, it malfunctioned, spun out of control, and broke into pieces. The mission was declared a failure. But! Before it failed, Hitomi managed a couple days’ worth of observations. Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn t make SciShow without them! Shout out to Kathy & Tim Philip, Kevin Bealer, Andreas Heydeck, Thomas J., Accalia Elementia, Will and Sonja Marple. James Harshaw, Justin Lentz, Chris Peters, Bader AlGhamdi, Benny, Tim Curwick, Philippe von Bergen, Patrick Merrithew, Fatima Iqbal, Mark Terrio-Cameron, Patrick D. Ashmore, and charles george. ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2014/24jul_perseuscluster/ http://www.nature.com/news/high-stakes-as-japanese-space-observatory-prepares-for-launch-1.19329 http://www.nature.com/news/japanese-x-ray-satellite-loses-communication-with-earth-1.19642 http://www.nature.com/news/software-error-doomed-japanese-hitomi-spacecraft-1.19835 http://press.nature.com/?post_type=press_release&p=51463&shunter=1467205003366 http://nature.com/articles/doi:10.1038/nature18627 https://www-xray.ast.cam.ac.uk/xray_introduction/Chandra.html https://www-xray.ast.cam.ac.uk/xray_introduction/XMM.html Images: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap160218.html https://www-xray.ast.cam.ac.uk/xray_introduction/History.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandra_X-ray_Observatory#/media/File:Chandra_artist_illustration.jpg http://sci.esa.int/xmm-newton/42885-xmm-newton-spacecraft/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_cluster#/media/File:VISTA_Finds_Star_Clusters_Galore.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseus_cluster#/media/File:Central_regions_Perseus_galaxy_cluster.jpg http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36732336 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitomi_(spacecraft) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Astro-E_clean-room.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzaku_(satellite)#/media/File:M-V_with_ASTRO-E_veering_off_course.jpeg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzaku_(satellite)#/media/File:Astro-E2.jpg