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How can it be lost? Don't they have a tracking device on it?
by shafyy 9y ago
How can it be lost? Don't they have a tracking device on it?
- jrcii 9y agoYep, they stuck an iPhone 6 in there so they could use Find My iPhone for situations like this.
- oh_sigh 9y agoCan't tell if you are being serious or not, but assuming the satellite didn't burn up and re-enter the atmosphere, they probably know exactly where the satellite is. But, if there are bad control parameters, for example maybe it is spinning wildly, they can't communicate with it because the radios can never get a lock on each other.
- shafyy 9y agoI am being completely serious - not sure why I got downvoted? Yes, I understand that it probably burned upon re-entry, but then it's not lost but rather burned. "Lost" makes it sound like they lost in the ocean and can't find it anymore. So I was confused by the article. And thanks for clarifying regarding the bad control parameters. PS: Also, when I added this comment, the title of this was "U.S. Spy Satellite Believed Lost After SpaceX Mission Fails"