HIFI aan boord van de Herschel-telescoop back in business
HIFI, Nederlands meest geavanceerde ruimte-instrument, heeft de opstartfase van het back-upsysteem goed doorstaan. Door een storing in de elektronica was HIFI meer dan 160 dagen buiten bedrijf.
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HIFI resumes quest for water in Universe
The back up system of HIFI, the state of the art Dutch space instrument on ESA's Herschel space telescope, has been switched on successfully. Due to an unexpected voltage peak in the electronic system HIFI has been inactive for more than 160 days, but on Thursday evening 14 January Mission Control in Darmstadt confirmed that HIFI is now fully capable of performing groundbreaking observations in space again.
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