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NASA’s Moonbound CAPSTONE Probe Is Stuck in Safe Mode
gizmodo ^ | Geroge Dvorsky

Posted on 09/12/2022 9:25:15 AM PDT by BenLurkin

CAPSTONE entered into safe mode during the evening of Thursday, September 8, just as the probe was completing a trajectory correction maneuver. CAPSTONE’s mission team “has good knowledge of the state and status of the spacecraft,” NASA said in a painfully brief statement. “The mission operations team is in contact with the spacecraft and working towards a solution with support from the Deep Space Network. Additional updates will be provided as available.” No further updates have been provided since the statement was published on September 10.

CAPSTONE, or Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment, launched to space on June 28 aboard a Rocket Lab Electron rocket. The 55-pound (25-pound) cubesat is on a pathfinder mission for NASA’s Artemis program, which seeks to build a sustained human presence at and around the Moon.

Once at the Moon, the NASA-funded CAPSTONE will enter into a near-rectilinear halo orbit (NRHO)—a fuel-efficient orbit that takes advantage of neutral gravity points produced by the Earth and Moon. It’s within this gravitationally stable orbit that NASA and its partners are planning to build a lunar space station called Gateway. CAPSTONE, built and designed by Terran Orbital, will serve as an advanced scout to confirm theoretical models about this unique halo orbit.

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TOPICS: Astronomy
KEYWORDS: capstone; moon; nasa; probe; rocketlab
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1 posted on 09/12/2022 9:25:15 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Chinese parts?


2 posted on 09/12/2022 9:27:24 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: BenLurkin

REBOOT!


3 posted on 09/12/2022 9:28:28 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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To: PIF
Chinese parts plus Windows OS!
4 posted on 09/12/2022 9:30:58 AM PDT by Nervous Tick (Truth is not hate speech.)
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To: BenLurkin

“good knowledge of the state and status of the spacecraft”

Too funny...the status is:

SNAFU.

;-)


5 posted on 09/12/2022 9:31:34 AM PDT by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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To: BenLurkin

Must be running Windows 10.........................


6 posted on 09/12/2022 9:32:50 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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7 posted on 09/12/2022 9:35:44 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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8 posted on 09/12/2022 9:36:45 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

It beats the blue screen of death that’s for sure


9 posted on 09/12/2022 9:38:24 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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To: cgbg

Or FUBAR


10 posted on 09/12/2022 9:39:21 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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To: V_TWIN

All it needs is a “You are here.” tag.....................


11 posted on 09/12/2022 9:41:40 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Award the project to Musk! He’ll get it done right!


12 posted on 09/12/2022 9:43:07 AM PDT by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: BenLurkin

Yep, you’re supposed to stop when the other party says the “safe word”.


13 posted on 09/12/2022 9:43:34 AM PDT by glorgau
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To: BenLurkin

Reboot!

Probably running Windows.

5.56mm


14 posted on 09/12/2022 9:47:50 AM PDT by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho got to go.)
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To: BenLurkin
I bet they forgot to activate the copy of Windows before launch, and they need an active internet connection to fix it.

Maybe Musk can extend Starlink's coverage to help them out.

15 posted on 09/12/2022 9:49:16 AM PDT by SecondAmendment (This just proves my latest theory ... LEFTISTS RUIN EVERYTHING !!!)
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To: All

no one would ever use windows in a satellite. i hope.


16 posted on 09/12/2022 10:02:43 AM PDT by SteveH (.all)
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To: Red Badger

Yep.

The latest win10 update hosed one of my pc’s. All I get is a black screen and mouse pointer.

The workaround is to unplug the power and boot up in diagnostic mode where an automatic repair dumps the update.

2 days later the win10 update happens and I have to do it all over again.


17 posted on 09/12/2022 10:24:23 AM PDT by sevlex
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To: V_TWIN

Time for its booster!


18 posted on 09/12/2022 10:26:36 AM PDT by Ezekiel (🆘️𓊹 𓌃 "Come fly with US". Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with Mars ♂️)
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To: BenLurkin
The 55-pound (25-pound) cubesat

That should be 55-pound (25-KG) cubesat ...

19 posted on 09/12/2022 10:31:55 AM PDT by Fish Speaker (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Oh, and, "Let's Go Brandon!")
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To: BenLurkin

Well, I’m not going after it this time.


20 posted on 09/12/2022 10:36:43 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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