This is rather scary

Dec 28, 2021 Last reply: 4 years ago 6 Replies

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

mostly +15 years ago?

It seems to only effect satellites launched before 1996

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.

Murphy's law in action, I hate it:

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I meant silver whiskers; never thought it was possible.

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