linebeck

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by linebeck 1y ago
Cool post. I'd be interested in seeing models likes this deployed to the satellites themselves. Typically, data gathered from satellites needs to wait for the satellite to do a pass over a dedicated ground station before it can be proc
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by linebeck 2y ago
I think it's highly dependent on the significance of the memento. I have physical credentials I received for a major athletic event I competed in, and never in my life would I consider taking a picture of them and throwing them away. I
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by linebeck 2y ago
It’s likely they know someone they’ve effectively already offered the job to, but equal opportunity laws require a job posting to be made. So while they are technically “hiring”, the job posting is fairly meaningless.
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by linebeck 2y ago
Blue Origin's New Glenn achieves successful booster recovery and payload to orbit delivery. Initially this is seen as huge win and they emerge as potential challengers to SpaceX, however manufacturing issues with BE-4 engines and quest
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by linebeck 2y ago
FSW development is done by a different team than mine but I believe it's just managed through gitlab. Releases are done through tags, and any updates that need to be made have tickets created for them and are developed by the FSW team.
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by linebeck 2y ago
There are faults IDs that trip if certain telemetry goes outside of a normal range. If a safemode were to occur, we would investigate which faults tripped and at what time, and use those to construct a "story" of what happened on
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by linebeck 2y ago
Having discussed this same question with the more experienced members of my team, the only conclusion I can draw is that the customer (US Government) is incredibly risk averse. Any unexpected entry into safemode would require a report, mult
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by linebeck 2y ago
Author here: I should clarify the satellite is not running Windows. Instead, it’s running its own custom OS written in C called Flight Software (FSW) specifically designed for the satellite onboard computer. Re-reading the post, I see how
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How to avoid a BSOD on your 2B dollar spacecraft(clarkwakeland.com)
190 points by linebeck 2y ago|152 comments
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by linebeck 2y ago
Exoplanet detection is a very precise measurement. The two main methods we have (doppler shift of host star from the planet's orbit and the transit of the planet across the star) are not exhaustive by any means and biased towards disco