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Cassini to swap to backup thrusters
Del Palmer
post Feb 3 2009, 10:13 AM
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http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2009-014

"This is only the second time in Cassini's 11 years of flight that the engineering teams have gone to a backup system." smile.gif
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jasedm
post Mar 12 2009, 09:57 PM
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Good news from Pasadena - the thruster swap was successfully carried out late on Wednesday.


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post Mar 13 2009, 02:56 PM
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One assumes if these ones break they can swap back ?
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- Del Palmer   Cassini to swap to backup thrusters   Feb 3 2009, 10:13 AM
- - stevesliva   Have to stretch that fuel out for another decade...   Feb 3 2009, 03:06 PM
- - jasedm   Good news from Pasadena - the thruster swap was su...   Mar 12 2009, 09:57 PM
|- - MahFL   One assumes if these ones break they can swap back...   Mar 13 2009, 02:56 PM
- - elakdawalla   Yes, but the performance degradation was a real is...   Mar 13 2009, 03:41 PM

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