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   Niklas Holsti to The Running Man   
   Re: Hubble to operated in one-gyro   
   05 Jun 24 17:57:28   
   
   From: niklas.holsti@tidorum.invalid   
      
   On 2024-06-05 15:26, The Running Man wrote:   
   > On 04/06/2024 14:30 Snidely  wrote:   
   >> Per NASA newsconference, HST will begin operating in one-gyro   
   >> mode. Three gryos are dead, the three improved gyros are still   
   >> operating but one has been giving bad data from time to time,   
   >> causing safe-mode operations.  This will be kept offline as "from   
   >> time to time" becomes more frequent.   
   >>   
   >> Hubble annual operations about $95 million.   
   >>   
   >> (The improvement is in corrosion resistance.)   
   >>   
   >> (Questions were asked about the proposed Polaris reboost mission)   
   >>   
   >   
   > I very much doubt Hubble can be repaired by a Polaris (Crew Dragon)   
   > mission since they don't have a platform to attach Dragon to Hubble.   
      
      
   The Polaris mission is for reboost, not repair. At the NASA news   
   conference, NASA said they believe that thanks to the improved   
   corrosion-resistant gyros, Hubble can very likely operate in the   
   one-gyro mode to the end of the 2020's, and has about a 70% chance of   
   operating into the low 2030's (IIRC). So a repair does not seem very urgent.   
      
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