1 00:00:01,220 --> 00:00:02,920 Challenge 2. 2 00:00:04,720 --> 00:00:11,700 The satellite is spinning out of control because the Attitude Determination and Control System, ADCS, has been manipulated. 3 00:00:11,740 --> 00:00:13,920 We suspect sabotage. 4 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:15,040 The challenge? 5 00:00:15,040 --> 00:00:20,280 Teams must repair the ADCS system as quickly as possible to stop the dangerous spinning. 6 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:21,660 Here's how they do it. 7 00:00:21,660 --> 00:00:26,900 Teams may first search the provided documentation for the appropriate command to reset the ADCS. 8 00:00:26,900 --> 00:00:29,060 They find it and execute it. 9 00:00:29,060 --> 00:00:30,880 But the reset does not work. 10 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:35,700 The ADCS system begins communicating again, but it is not functioning properly. 11 00:00:35,860 --> 00:00:41,120 Teams discover that the ADCS configuration tables have been altered and must be restored. 12 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:46,500 They have to find the nominal parameters for the configuration tables from the provided user documentation. 13 00:00:46,580 --> 00:00:51,600 The teams then have to upload a new table to the vehicle and command the ADCS to load the table. 14 00:00:51,740 --> 00:00:55,440 This is how they will restore nominal operation of the ADCS. 15 00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:56,740 Good news! 16 00:00:56,740 --> 00:01:05,680 With the ADCS configuration table updated, they receive nominal status from the ADCS, but the majority of the ADCS commands still don't work. 17 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:17,420 Teams realize that they can point the satellite by uploading various ADCS configuration tables each with different pointing modes and configuration parameters and loading them at different points in the orbit of the satellite. 18 00:01:17,420 --> 00:01:23,860 This allows the teams to stop the spin of the vehicle and point the solar arrays at the sun to charge the batteries.