Balky Solar Arrays
The solar arrays on the newest U.S. geosynchronous weather satellite have quit tracking the Sun, prompting controllers to put the $200-million spacecraft into a powered-down safe mode. Late last week, engineers at NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and satellite builder...
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