The cloud cover instrument
The cloud cover instrument on Japan's multipurpose MTSAT-1R was out of commission for 19 hr. beginning about 1 a.m. Apr. 17 due to a malfunctioning altitude control computer. Controllers were able to restore the instrument after 4 hr., but in the meantime spacecraft temperatures spiked to 130C and...
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