The satellite continued through the Atlantic south toward Africa, but it was unlikely the satellite got that far if it started falling over the Pacific.

这颗卫星继续沿着大西洋向南飞向非洲，但如果卫星在太平洋上空开始坠落，它不太可能飞行如此远。

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From there, the track continued through the Atlantic south toward Africa, but it was unlikely the satellite got that far if it started falling over the Pacific.

从那里，轨迹继续穿过大西洋向南飞向非洲，但如果卫星在太平洋上空开始坠落，它不太可能飞行如此远。

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Data collected by the MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Terra satellite of cloud properties over the western Pacific Ocean off Russia's Kamchatka peninsula on August 10, 2001.

2001年8月10日由国家航天局的Terra卫星的MODIS设备收集到的西太平洋俄罗斯堪察加半岛的云层特征的数据。

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And more recently, in the year 2000, NASA maneuvered a satellite to a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.

NPR: Spy Satellite Expected to Return to Earth Soon

Nasa says its six-tonne UARS satellite plunged to Earth over the Pacific Ocean, off the US west coast.

BBC: Nasa's UARS satellite falls off west coast of US

Similar satellite technology was used on the Pacific species of walruses, not considered endangered, but never on the Atlantic species, which is considered rare and threatened.

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