Hubble telescope has new lease on life after computer swap appears to fix glitch

Re:Hubble telescope has new lease on life after computer swa... by jordan314 on Friday July 16, 2021 @02:27PM (#27859501)

I can't believe the shuttle chased down a satellite to fix it in five spacewalks. How many satellites have had service missions like this?

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Re:Hubble telescope has new lease on life after computer swa... by reportingsjr on Friday July 16, 2021 @02:57PM (#27859869)

The public doesn't really know. The shuttle did a handful of secret missions that could have involved satellite service.

There is also a sort of mini shuttle that has launched a number of times in the last decade called the X-37B which some have speculated might be used for servicing satellites.

It's definitely an interesting concept! The way you say the shuttle chased down satellites makes me laugh, as if the satellites were trying to escape and were zig zagging around! In reality, every mission to the ISS does the same thing as the shuttle rendezvousing with the Hubble.

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