https://spacewatch.global/tag/francisco-cordova/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Tue, 18 Aug 2020 05:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/francisco-cordova/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2020/08/broken-cable-damages-arecibo-observatory/ Tue, 18 Aug 2020 05:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=25218&preview=true&preview_id=25218 One of the auxiliary cables that helps support a metal platform in place above the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, broke on Monday (Aug. 10) causing a 100-foot-long gash on the telescope’s reflector dish. Operations at the UCF-managed observatory are stopped until repairs can be made. ]]>