NASA's IBEX reset its flight computer Feb. 18 and has been unresponsive to commands ever since, agency officials said Friday (Feb. 24).
Flight controllers have been unsuccessful in"regaining command capability" despite resetting hardware and software on the ground, the agency said in the."Flight software still is running, and the spacecraft systems appear to be functional," the statement added, but noted commands are not processing aboard IBEX.
IBEX was launched nearly 15 years ago to"discover the global interaction between plasma from the solar wind and the interstellar medium at the boundary region of the solar system,"The spacecraft made its first map of the heliosphere in the first year after its launch, in 2009, and continues to map the entire sky every six months.
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