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NASA Restores Contact With TRACERS Spacecraft SV1 After Communication Loss

The NASA mission operations team has recovered contact with Space Vehicle-1 (SV1) of the TRACERS mission and is performing recovery actions in order to resume spacecraft operations. Engineers are studying its systems to determine what caused the communication malfunction. After any issues are pinpointed, the team will begin working to bring science operations back online. The TRACERS mission, which stands for Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites, investigates Earth's magnetosphere and energy exchange within the system. NASA Restores Contact with TRACERS Spacecraft According As per NASA, the two satellites have collaborated to track the interplay of magnetic fields and charged particles in the upper atmosphere. This created voids in crucial data when SV1 went out of contact with the partnership. It is thus critical to recover SV1 for the mission to achieve its science objectives. Recovery Steps and Ongoing Efforts Mission specialists are now closely...