supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz to Spaceflight@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 months agoReaction wheel failures leave Swift rescue mission spinning in orbitarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down10
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minus-squarellamacoffeeMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoThat’s tough. I hope they can figure this out.
minus-squareburble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoIdk, man, they’re at the point of trying to use their eprop to stop tumbling. I’m sure the power situation isn’t great. It reminds me of when Starfish had an emergency deployment and burned everything out trying to despin.
That’s tough. I hope they can figure this out.
Idk, man, they’re at the point of trying to use their eprop to stop tumbling. I’m sure the power situation isn’t great. It reminds me of when Starfish had an emergency deployment and burned everything out trying to despin.