RADARSAT TUMBLING
Controllers have halted imaging operations on Canada's Radarsat-1 while they work on the spacecraft's faltering attitude control system. The second of two pitch momentum wheels was taken off line Nov. 27 when it began displaying signs of excessive friction and heating, the same problem that shut...
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