Hitomi satellite failure

[MartG]

After analysis of available data, a software update is being blamed for the loss of the Japanese Hitomi X-ray telescope satellite. It is believed that a software bug caused its two independent attitude control systems to disagree with each other, causing the satellite to begin rolling at a high enough rate for it to disintegrate

http://hackaday.com/2016/05/02/software-update-des...

Edited by MartG on Tuesday 3rd May 12:51