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It's Alive! LightSail Spacecraft Restored After Being Silenced by Software Issue

Thread starter ARRL
Start date Jun 2, 2015

ARRL

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Jun 2, 2015

After going silent for a few days, The Planetary Society’s LightSail™ spacecraft has resumed transmitting. A suspected software glitch had caused the satellite to stop sending telemetry back to Earth. The communication issue now out of the way, the LightSail team will soon determine when to attempt deployment of the spacecraft’s Mylar® solar sails.

“Our LightSail called home! It’s alive!” The Pl...

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It's Alive! LightSail Spacecraft Restored After Being Silenced by Software Issue

ARRL

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