巨大而神秘的寂靜衛星被另一枚航天器發現

巨大而神秘的寂靜衛星被另一枚航天器發現
Huge, Mysteriously Silent Satellite Spotted by Another Spacecraft
by Tariq Malik,
SPACE.com Managing Editor
Date: 20 April 2012 Time: 05:17 PM ET
Translation by Autumnson Blog

On 15 April, the French space agency CNES rotated the Pleiades Earth observation satellite to capture this image of Envisat. At a distance of about 100 km, Envisat’s main body, solar panel and radar antenna were visible.
CREDIT: CNES
在4月15日，法國航天機構CNES旋轉昴宿星地球觀測衛星，來捕捉到這一幀Envisat的圖像。在約100公里的距離，Envisat衛星的主體、太陽能電池板和雷達的天線都是可見的。
讚譽：國家空間研究中心

A massive European satellite the size of a school bus that has mysteriously stopped communicating with Earth has been spotted by another satellite in orbit.
一枚大規模如校車般大小、已神秘地停止與地球通信的歐洲衛星，已被另一枚在軌道中的衛星所發現。
The giant Envisat satellite, which is the world's largest imaging satellite for civilian use, was photographed in stunning detail by a French spacecraft that is also designed to snap high-resolution images of Earth, officials with the European Space Agency (ESA) said Friday (April 20).
巨大的Envisat衛星是世界上最大的民用成像衛星，以驚人的細節被一枚法國航天器拍攝到，它亦是設計來快拍地球的高解像圖像，歐洲空間局（ESA）的官員星期五說（ 4月20日）。
The photo of Envisat in space reveals that the $2.9 billion spacecraft is intact and that its huge solar array is deployed. Envisat is a huge satellite that weighs about 17,600 pounds (8,000 kilograms). It is about 30 feet long (9 meters) and 16 feet wide (5 m), not counting the solar wing.
Envisat在太空的照片顯示，29億美元的航天器是完好而其巨大的太陽能排列被部署。 Envisat是一個巨大的衛星重約17,600磅（8,000公斤），長30英尺（9米）和寬16英尺（5米），不計算太陽能翼在內。
ESA satellite operators lost contact with the 10-year-old Envisat on April 8 and have been trying to revive the spacecraft ever since. As part of that rescue effort, ESA officials asked their international partners for aid in investigating the giant satellite's malfunction, and the French space agency CNES volunteered time with its new Pleiades spacecraft.
http://www.space.com/15369-mysteriously-silent-envisat-satellite-space-photos.html