Planetary Society’s LightSail-A Seeks Reboot After Going Silent

HOUSTON – The Planetary Society’s novel LightSail-A orbital deployment demonstration mission is seeking a computer reboot with help from Mother Nature after a loss of communications was linked to a suspected software problem. The LightSail-A is one of 10 CubeSat secondary payloads launched May 20...

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