{"id":4359,"date":"2013-09-07T19:29:57","date_gmt":"2013-09-07T19:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4359"},"modified":"2013-09-08T16:44:32","modified_gmt":"2013-09-08T16:44:32","slug":"ladee-overcomes-start-up-glitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4359","title":{"rendered":"LADEE overcomes start-up glitch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NASA\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/LADEE\" target=\"_blank\">LADEE<\/a> science probe had a problem with its <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reaction_wheel\" target=\"_blank\">reaction wheels<\/a> shortly after the launch by the Minotaur V last night (see <a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4345\">earlier post<\/a>), but it doesn&#8217;t look too serious:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/ladee\/main\/index.html#.Uit0kH-3Jhs\" target=\"_d\">NASA&#8217;s LADEE Mission &#8211; NASA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/science\/moon-probe-has-small-glitch-after-launch-nasa-says-8C11101538\" target=\"_d\">Moon probe has small glitch after launch, NASA says\u00a0 &#8211; NBC News.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The local area enjoyed the launch: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.delmarvanow.com\/article\/20130907\/ESN\/309070026\/Eastern-Shore-of-Virginia-NASA-Wallops-LADEE-launch?nclick_check=1\" target=\"_d\">VA SHORE LAUNCH: One small step for space exploration, one giant leap for a region &#8211; The Daily Times\/delmarvanow.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Update<\/strong>: More about the flight and the reaction wheel issue: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spaceflightnow.com\/minotaur\/ladee\/130907launch\/#.UiyotX-3Jhs\" target=\"_d\">Minotaur Launch Report | Moon mission blasts off, overcomes pointing problem &#8211; Spaceflight Now<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA\u2019s LADEE science probe had a problem with its reaction wheels shortly after the launch by the Minotaur V last night (see earlier post), but it doesn&#8217;t look too serious: NASA&#8217;s LADEE Mission &#8211; NASA Moon probe has small glitch after launch, NASA says\u00a0 &#8211; NBC News.com The local area enjoyed the launch: VA SHORE &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4359\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">LADEE overcomes start-up glitch<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-space-science","category-the-moon"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-18j","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4345,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4345","url_meta":{"origin":4359,"position":0},"title":"Night launch of Minotaur V with lunar probe","author":"TopSpacer","date":"September 7, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"1:15 am ET\/Sept.7.13:\u00a0 This fact sheet from Emily Lakdawalla outlines the tasks for LADEE in the coming days and months. 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