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posted by martyb on Monday June 01 2015, @08:53AM   Printer-friendly
from the needed-to-open-all-hailing-frequencies dept.

An update at the Planetary Society homepage is reporting that the LightSail has reopened communications following a suspected software glitch.

"Based upon the on-board timers contained within the beacon (and comparing them to beacons following deployment), it appears that a reboot occurred within the past day," wrote Georgia Tech professor David Spencer, LightSail's mission manager.

[...] LightSail is not out of the woods yet. Its exact position remains fuzzy, complicating two-way communication.

This is an update to the previous article on the LightSail software problem.

 
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  • (Score: 2) by tibman on Monday June 01 2015, @03:17PM

    by tibman (134) Subscriber Badge on Monday June 01 2015, @03:17PM (#190734)

    Makes you wonder why there isn't some kind of cron to perform automated and scheduled tasks. Like truncating a file..

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