Astronomers have discovered the location of the missing Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO). Radio contact with the satellite - $1 billion joint between the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA - was lost on June 25 when a programming error caused the craft to spin out of control. Earlier this week ground- based radio telescopes found the spacecraft near its original position, a potentially important step in the possible recovery of direct communications with the satellite. SOHO has provided unprecedented observations of the Sun from an orbit that takes it over both solar poles.
Radar finds SOHO
30 Jul 1998