I'd imagine there were redundant systems that caught it, but it still caused a significant shift in load distribution and possibly the satellite to drop some distance which would impart an acceleration load.
I wonder how much shock the system is going to take to use a persuasion tool (aka mallet) to release it from this "redundant" system you imagine. My imagination is much less prolific and see it wedged in at an angle in a way not imagined by the deigners.
dylan604|4 years ago