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The perfectly fine, already-paid-for satellites Trump wants to destroy in a fiery atmospheric reentry [View all]
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Source: CNN
NASA is planning to decommission premier satellite missions that gather information on planet-warming pollution and other climate vital signs beginning as soon as October, sources inside and outside of the agency told CNN.
The destruction of the satellites — which will be abandoned and allowed to eventually burn up in a fiery descent into Earth’s atmosphere — marks the latest step by the Trump administration to scale back federal climate science.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/13/climate/nasa-satellites-trump-budget-cuts-weather
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