Test Broadband Satellite Back Under Control, Facebook Says
A Facebook experimental satellite launched Sept. 2 to test means of improved broadband connectivity experienced an attitude control issue and "is currently under control," a company spokesperson emailed us after our report was published Monday (see 2009140001). The company reported…
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to the FCC that the satellite developed "increasing spin rates" during its first few orbits, and ground interventions brought attitude under control. It said special temporary authority to communicate using earth stations in Alaska and Hawaii would let partners add to diversity of earth stations communicating with the satellite and accelerate its return to normal operations.