{"id":4155,"date":"2022-01-19T08:18:08","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T08:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/01\/19\/update-on-stricken-sentinel-1b-imaging-satellite-the-register\/"},"modified":"2022-01-19T08:18:08","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T08:18:08","slug":"update-on-stricken-sentinel-1b-imaging-satellite-the-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/01\/19\/update-on-stricken-sentinel-1b-imaging-satellite-the-register\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on stricken Sentinel-1B imaging satellite \u2022 The Register"},"content":{"rendered":"

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ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher has addressed the issue of the space agency’s borked Copernicus Sentinel-1B spacecraft in his first annual press conference.<\/p>\n

The last useful bit of data from the Earth observation satellite came last year, and as of yesterday<\/a> attempts to revive the equipment to normal working order have come to naught.<\/p>\n

It’s an interesting anomaly: the spacecraft remains under control and, according to<\/a> Aschbacher, “the thermal control system is properly working and the regular orbit control manoeuvres are routinely performed.” However, attempts to reactivate the power unit that’s holding back the transmission of image data have proven unsuccessful.<\/p>\n

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