For anyone reading only headlines and comments, from TFA: > If the watchdog timer has not been restarted and instead times out after ~30 seconds, the satellite

For anyone reading only headlines and comments, from TFA: > If the watchdog timer has not been restarted and instead times out after ~30 seconds, the satellite enters something called safemode. Safemode is when all non critical functions are automatically shut down and the satellite becomes entirely focused on generating power by pointing its solar panels towards the Sun and trying to reestablish any communication that was lost. It’s a state the vehicle goes into when something bad happens [...] the satellite equivalent of a blue screen of death. If only Windows would be so kind!