Update: NASA ends attempts to fully recover Kepler spacecraft
Submit on Tuesday, August 20th, 2013 22:57
Following months of analysis and testing, the team is ending its attempts to restore the spacecraft to full working order as the recent pointing test proved unsuccessful. On 8 August, engineers conducted a system-level performance test using Reaction Wheel 1 (RW1), 2 and 3. RW1 and 3 are the “good” wheels that have shown no signs of degradation.
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