Over five years, the researchers tagged 25 females with satellite tracking devices strapped or drilled to their shells as they left their hatching grounds in Africa to seek food across the Atlantic.
The satellite was deactivated in 2005 as it ran out of fuel and was left orbiting Earth like a big piece of space junk.
这颗卫星于2005年由于燃油耗尽报废,并像一大块宇宙垃圾一样被扔在了飞行轨道上。
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The remains of the satellite are unlikely to be recoverable, said a Nasa spokesman: "I'm not sure there'll be much of the satelliteleft." He added that fairing failures are not a regular occurrence.