[FPSPACE] FW: [JAXA:0162] "KIZUNA" (WINDS) Anomaly in the Solar Sensor Signal Processing

[LARRY KLAES]

>From: "JAXA Press Release Mail Service" <jaxapr at jaxa.jp>
>To: ljk4 at msn.com
>Subject: [JAXA:0162]  "KIZUNA" (WINDS) Anomaly in the Solar Sensor Signal 
>Processing
>Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:56:26 +0900
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>Wideband InterNetworking engineering test and Demonstration Satellite
>                              "KIZUNA" (WINDS)
>                Anomaly in the Solar Sensor Signal Processing
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>
>                                                    March 3, 2008 (JST)
>                              Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
>
>At 4:00 p.m. on March 2, 2008 (Japan Standard Time, JST), the Japan
>Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) found an anomaly in the signal
>processing of the main system of the sensor that detects the direction
>of the Sun (Sun sensor) onboard the Wideband Internet working
>engineering test and Demonstration Satellite, KIZUNA (WINDS,) which
>was launched on February 23, 2008.
>
>Currently the satellite attitude is stably controlled with its Earth
>sensor (which detects the direction of the Earth) and the gyro.
>
>JAXA is investigating the cause of the anomaly while revising the
>operation process in order not to cause any trouble for the future
>operation of the satellite.
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