This is rather scary...

[David Lesher]

<https://nepp.nasa.gov/whisker/failures/index.htm>


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[Lasse Langwadt Christensen]

tirsdag den 28. december 2021 kl. 02.57.11 UTC+1 skrev David Lesher:

https://nepp.nasa.gov/whisker/failures/index.htm

mostly +15 years ago?

 

[Robert Baer]

David Lesher wrote:

https://nepp.nasa.gov/whisker/failures/index.htm


SILVER??

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[Jasen Betts]

On 2021-12-28, David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com> wrote:
><https://nepp.nasa.gov/whisker/failures/index.htm>

It seems to only effect satellites launched before 1996


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[server]

On Tue, 28 Dec 2021 01:57:05 -0000 (UTC), David Lesher
<wb8foz@panix.com> wrote:

><https://nepp.nasa.gov/whisker/failures/index.htm>

I guess whiskers can grow in vacuum. I thought moisture had something
to do with them.

Another unexpected satellite failure mode was Farnsworth
secondary-emission oscillations in RF power amps.

Shiny <> good.



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[David Lesher]

Jasen Betts <usenet@revmaps.no-ip.org> writes:

On 2021-12-28, David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com> wrote:
https://nepp.nasa.gov/whisker/failures/index.htm

It seems to only effect satellites launched before 1996

Gee, maybe the satellite designers got smarter.

That does not say others did as well, like automotive
parts manufacturers.


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[Robert Baer]

Jasen Betts wrote:

On 2021-12-28, David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com> wrote:
https://nepp.nasa.gov/whisker/failures/index.htm

It seems to only effect satellites launched before 1996


I meant silver whiskers; never thought it was possible.

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