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Engines Fired Up, After 27 Years Idle . . . July 8, 2014 4:54 am DanS

36-Year-Old NASA Probe’s Engines Successfully Fired Up by Private Team
The team intends to rescue the International Sun-Earth Explorer 3 and then focus on what to use the spacecraft for

7-6-2014 | Elizabeth Howell & SPACE.com

An old NASA spacecraft under the control of a private team fired its thrusters yesterday (July 2) for the first time in a generation.

NASA’s International Sun-Earth Explorer 3 probe (ISEE-3), which the agency retired in 1997, performed the maneuver in preparation for a larger trajectory correction next week. The spacecraft hadn’t fired its engines since 1987, ISEE-3 Reboot Project team members said.

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  • Propulsion System Fails . . . by DanS 2014-07-10 04:04:20
    • I wonder what it uses for power. by bowser 2014-07-10 00:22:55
      • Probably hypergolics for propulsion,,, by ER 2014-07-10 13:02:39
        • Doesn't look to have solar panels. by bowser 2014-07-10 14:58:43
          • Yes it does. On the sides, not on unfolding "wings". by ER 2014-07-10 15:26:29
            • Yeah. And it's original 'nominal' power requirement was only 173 watts. by bowser 2014-07-10 17:29:43
      • Sleeper by ER 2014-07-08 05:36:40

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