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[–] Gork@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How is it able to do that? Wouldn't that use up it's limited RCS mass? How does it know where to point?

[–] Sylver@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Usually it’s accomplished with gyroscopes, not RCS fuels. It has a schedule where it auto-orients itself to point back toward Earth, that next scheduled self-fix is in October.

As for how it knows what exact point to look at, I’m not sure! Maybe we’re constantly streaming a radio signal for it to see