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LightSail-A runs into Trouble

• krschultz 11y ago
  > The Flight Control Software of the craft logged all telemetry beacons sent back to Earth in a single .csv file. With a beacon transmitted every 15 seconds, this file quickly grew in size until a point was reached when the flight system crashed. Ouch. Hopefully they can recover, it would be tough to lose a spacecraft over log handling.
  • TheLoneWolfling 11y ago
    There is something to be said for KISS, but man...