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Excellent - thank you. I found this after looking at various items about orbital mechanics. Most of it I know, but I hadn't seen this piece of "news". I also
by RiderOfGiraffes 16y ago
Excellent - thank you.
I found this after looking at various items about orbital mechanics. Most of it I know, but I hadn't seen this piece of "news". I also searched here on HN to see if it had been submitted. I couldn't find it, I thought it was interesting, and hence I submitted it.
- hga 16y agoYou're welcome. I think it was reported but I'm not sure much note was made of it then on this forum. It is quite interesting ... perhaps they made the satellite too redundant! I.e. the stabilization and service (vs. control) radio systems are working just fine but they can't talk to it or what they're trying to talk to got zapped. If this is at all likely to happen again (probably not), future satellites ought to have a deadman system to turn off the service radio system if they haven't been in contact with home for too long.