| ▲ | pbhjpbhj 5 days ago | |
How locked down are they? Should I expect to see a hacker conference talk "how i revived a weather satellite"? Maybe once they're turned off they're irrecoverable? | ||
| ▲ | sephamorr 5 days ago | parent | next [-] | |
There have been numerous issues in the past with 'dead' satellites waking back up and activating transmitters again, generally making a mess of the spectrum. Some satellites have pyro-fuses on the power lines from the solar arrays that are fired during passivation to make absolutely sure that the sat doesn't ever recharge and wakeup. | ||
| ▲ | rajer 5 days ago | parent | prev [-] | |
It's not impossible | ||