News Kepler telescope in trouble

[Andy44]

Not really sure what the problem is yet but it sounds like it's burning propellant at a higher rate to keep it sun-pointing until they find a way to recover it. The long light-time delay is making it difficult.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/10/tech/nasa-kepler-emergency-mode/index.html

 

[Urwumpe]

Not really sure what the problem is yet but it sounds like it's burning propellant at a higher rate to keep it sun-pointing until they find a way to recover it. The long light-time delay is making it difficult.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/10/tech/nasa-kepler-emergency-mode/index.html

Trouble with Kepler again?

That is really annoying, it already is using solar radiation pressure for attitude control.

 

[orb]

http://www.nasa.gov/feature/mission-manager-update-kepler-recovered-from-emergency-and-stable
http://spaceflightnow.com/2016/04/11/kepler-telescope-recovered-from-spacecraft-emergency/
http://www.space.com/32534-nasa-kepler-exoplanet-spacecraft-recovers-glitch.html
https://www.newscientist.com/articl...rized-kepler-space-telescope-after-emergency/

The Kepler mission operators have successfully recovered the spacecraft and cancelled the emergency. They will work to figure out what caused the issue and make sure the spacecraft is healthy enough to continue its next science mission.