• Hubble telescope: Here's what went wrong.

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 19 19:58:17 2021
    Hubble telescope revived after a grueling month of darkness. Here's
    what went wrong.

    NASA scientists think the problem came from a wonky power circuit,
    which told the satellite's computer to shut down.
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    "The team's analysis suggests that either the voltage level from the
    regulator is outside of acceptable levels (thereby tripping the
    secondary protection circuit), or the secondary protection circuit has
    degraded over time and is stuck in this inhibit state," NASA wrote on
    July 14.

    NASA technicians got around this problem by switching operations over
    to the satellite's backup payload computer, and activating a backup
    Power Control Unit.

    https://www.space.com/hubble-space-telescope-revived-from-safe-mode

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