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NASA fixes Hubble Space Telescope using backup power supply unit, payload computer

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Re: YAY NASA!

'Scaling up' suborbital to orbital is ... not easy. The Δv they need from their current velocity (which Wikipedia says is 4,000km/h to orbital velocity (7.5km/s) is almost the same as orbital velocity.

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