Hubble Space Telescope has featured his age for a while, but the new problem proved to be very frustrating. As a AP report, NASA has spent almost a week (such as this writing) who tries to correct mistakes on the Hubble charge computer. The system broke down on June 13, and the operating team did not succeed in restoring the computer on the 14th or switching to the backup memory module. Agancey also failed in a repeat effort with both modules on the night of June 17.
The telescope and scientific instruments are still in “good health,” said agency, even though the operator places an instrument in safe mode as a precautionary measure.
This is not the first mistake of this year. NASA spent the day reviving Hubble in March after software errors on the main flight computer. It also found that the camera voltage level 3 wide fields have dropped for decades, to the point where the Meambers team needs to reduce this level to prevent future problems.
Like the camera, age can play a role in this latest mistake. The Hubble Payload System uses the era of NASA Spacecraft Compancraft-1 (NSSC-1) which includes two computers and four CMOS 64K memory modules. Only one computer module and memory are used at a certain time, but it might not matter if more than one component fails. In that light, the Space James Webb telescope cannot come soon – while it has been billed as the successor of Hubble, it is probably the only choice if the older machine continues to fail with this kind of frequency.