supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz to Spaceflight@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 months agoReaction wheel failures leave Swift rescue mission spinning in orbitarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down10
arrow-up117arrow-down1external-linkReaction wheel failures leave Swift rescue mission spinning in orbitarstechnica.comsupersquirrel@sopuli.xyz to Spaceflight@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square2linkfedilink
minus-squareburble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 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.
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.