During a scheduled contact with NASA's Kepler space telescope on Thursday, July 28, the team found the photometer--the camera onboard the spacecraft--powered off. The photometer was turned on again and the flight system returned to autonomous science operations on Monday, Aug. 1. They will confirm that science operations have been resumed within a week. The team is currently investigating the cause; the spacecraft is otherwise operating normally.
During a scheduled contact with NASA's Kepler space telescope on Thursday, July 28, the team found the photometer--the camera onboard the spacecraft--powered off. The photometer was turned on again and the flight system returned to autonomous science operations on Monday, Aug. 1. They will confirm that science operations have been resumed within a week. The team is currently investigating the cause; the spacecraft is otherwise operating normally.
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