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wait that reminds me, what happened with the SWIFT rescue attempt recently to lift it into a higher orbit? * https://science.nasa.gov/mission/swift/swift-boost
by ck2 3mo ago
wait that reminds me, what happened with the SWIFT rescue attempt recently to lift it into a higher orbit?
* https://science.nasa.gov/mission/swift/swift-boost-mission/ https://science.nasa.gov/mission/swift/swift-boost-mission/
* https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/swift/ https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/swift/
- eichin 3mo agoThey should be close to the end of the checkout stage, then it'll take 4 weeks to get in the right orbit and another 2 weeks of inspection ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swift_boost_mission#Boost_operation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swift_boost_mission#Boost_oper... has an easier all-in-one-place timeline than the NASA pages.)
- eichin 3mo agohttps://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7487913846473416704/ https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7487913... via https://bsky.app/profile/jfoust.bsky.social/post/3mrqa6o24as2c https://bsky.app/profile/jfoust.bsky.social/post/3mrqa6o24as... says that they're having attitude control problems including "Currently, the LINK spacecraft has two of three reaction wheels non-functional and partial RCS functionality" but they have already made some attempts to use the thrusters to stabilize it and they seem to be working. The note comes across as "busy but hopeful" (and pleasantly but unusually transparent.)