>trying to spin the satellite at anything approaching 360 RPM might end up dramatically shortening the mission A recent, quite a spectacular example of that wa

>trying to spin the satellite at anything approaching 360 RPM might end up dramatically shortening the mission A recent, quite a spectacular example of that was the Hitomi X-Ray observatory which went into uncontrolled spin due to a faulty inertial unit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitomi_(satellite)#Loss_of_spacecraft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitomi_(satellite)#Loss_of_spa...