# The 10-Month Curse: Two Dead Japanese Satellites, One Unresolved Mystery, and the 2027 Mission That Will Finally Look - Date: 2026-04-16 - Category: Space & Aerospace ADEOS-II died 10 months after launch in 2003. Nobody knows why. In 2027, a Japanese inspection spacecraft will fly within meters of the wreckage — and the answers have been sitting there for 23 years. ---