{"id":22634,"date":"2021-07-30T18:16:12","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T10:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/update-new-oft-2-launch-date-new-space-station-module-causes-loss-of-attitude-control-control-since-regained\/"},"modified":"2021-07-30T18:16:12","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T10:16:12","slug":"update-new-oft-2-launch-date-new-space-station-module-causes-loss-of-attitude-control-control-since-regained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/update-new-oft-2-launch-date-new-space-station-module-causes-loss-of-attitude-control-control-since-regained\/","title":{"rendered":"[UPDATE: New OFT-2 Launch Date] New Space Station module causes loss of attitude control; Control since regained"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The new \u201cNauka\u201d Space Station module arrived at the ISS early this morning. Since then, it has caused the station to lose attitude control by firing its thrusters without being commanded. The ISS has since regained attitude control.<\/p>\n

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Space Station looses atitude control<\/h2>\n

This incident started at 11:45 AM CDT (16:45 UTC) with errant firings of the Nauka module thrusters while Russian Cosmonauts were integrating the newly docked module with the station\u2019s logic computers. These module\u2019s thruster firings were unexpected and caused the space station to lose attitude control. Attitude control is what keeps the station in a specific orientation relative to itself. The station has sets of thruster throughout that are used to make adjustments. <\/p>\n

As soon as the issue arose, Russian controllers began work to stop the thruster firings. The thrusters firing on the Nauka module caused the station to \u201clean\u201d around 45 degrees off-axis. The Zvezda module detected the station beginning to lean off-axis and began trying to correct it. Shortly after, Russian controllers enabled the thrusters on the Progress resupply vessel to regain control rather than the Zvezda module. As of writing this, reports appear to show that the thruster firings occurred over a span of roughly 45 minutes before control was regained and the station returned to a normal attitude. <\/p>\n

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