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Re:Rival to SpaceX's Starlink Goes Dark After Failing to Acc... by nitwit005 on Sunday January 05, 2025 @12:20AM (#42599951)
The typical time libraries don't deal with satellites. Clocks are running at a slightly different rate in orbit.
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Re:Rival to SpaceX's Starlink Goes Dark After Failing to Acc... by JPLeRouzic on Sunday January 05, 2025 @06:08AM (#42601015)
“The root cause was identified as a software issue within the ground segment”
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Re:Rival to SpaceX's Starlink Goes Dark After Failing to Acc... by nitwit005 on Sunday January 05, 2025 @08:35AM (#42601654)
Yes, a thing that interacts with satellites, where you would expect that code to be.
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