{"id":1163638,"date":"2023-07-21T14:59:23","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T18:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1163638"},"modified":"2023-07-21T14:59:23","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T18:59:23","slug":"a-promising-internet-satellite-is-rendered-useless-by-power-supply-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1163638","title":{"rendered":"A promising Internet satellite is rendered useless by power supply issues"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Enlarge<\/a> \/<\/span> An Astranis satellite is seen in the company’s factory. (credit: Astranis)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

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Astranis, a company seeking to provide Internet connectivity from geostationary space, said in May that its “Arcturus” satellite<\/a> was successfully deployed following a launch on a Falcon Heavy rocket.<\/p>\n

After taking control of the satellite, Astranis then began to send commands and update the flight software before raising Arcturus’ orbit and slotting it into a geostationary position overlooking Alaska. Once there, the satellite linked up with an Internet gateway in Utah and communicated with multiple user terminals in Alaska.<\/p>\n

Sometime after this, however, the satellite experienced what Astranis characterized as an abrupt anomaly with a supplier’s component on the solar array drive assembly. In an update on Friday<\/a>, Astranis co-founder John Gedmark explained that this assembly rotates to solar arrays to ensure they are always pointed at the Sun, allowing the spacecraft to remain fully powered at all times.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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