If you backed the KickSat project in hopes of getting your own tiny satellite into orbit, youll want to brace yourself for some bad news. The host vehicles master clock has unexpectedly reset while in space, pushing the mini satellites release back to May 16th — after the main craft is likely to burn up on reentry. Its possible to force a deployment once the hosts uplink radio gets enough power, but that might not happen quickly enough to avoid a calamity.
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