Poor SuitSat didn’t have a very good first launch, appearing to freeze before returning any good data. NASA TV reports that it made two orbits before going completely dark. Check out the list of comments, none of which were positive, from various coordinates below.

The official SuitSat website leaves the following message: “Thanks to everyone that participated, and hopefully the failure will result in knowledge that can be applied to the next attempt.”

Update 6:02pm PST: SuitSat not dead? The SuitSat monitoring website was redeployed 2 hours 58 minutes ago and: “Current thinking is SuitSat is transmitting, but far weaker than expected. Several reliable reports of short snatches of the voice and SSTV signals have been reported. It is recommended that you continue to listen during passes over your area. Please report any positive contact only.”

Did this post make you go hmm?

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