Brazilian fisher line up European satellite detritus in Amazon riverhttp://t.co/kGiXDsH9Rqpic.twitter.com/TLH3i62hmU
— BBC News ( World ) ( @BBCWorld)April 29 , 2014
A Brazilian fisherman floating down the Uriandeua river in northerly Brazil bumped into perhaps the last thing you ’d expect to discover in the Amazon : a huge chunk of metalthat the UK Space Agency order come from the launching of Europe ’s large telecommunication planet last year . How in the snake pit did it get there ?
Asthe BBC reports , the metal slice has been describe as a launch fomite payload shroud from theAlphasatlaunch last yr . The launching took position in French Guiana , to the north of Brazil , meaning the metal chunk likely put down in the Atlantic ocean and floated inland toward the municipality of Salinopolis in Brazil .
While the piece of alloy was found on Saturday , it was only after the story hit the international media that authorities came to retrieve it . Maybe the European Space Agency postulate to invest in an Iron gargantuan - elan reassembling system . [ BBC ]
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