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nothis | 2 years ago

>Its solar cells are working again after a shift in lighting conditions allowed it to catch sunlight, the agency said.

>It could not generate power when it landed on 20 January as the solar cells pointed away from the Sun.

Sounds like they were just lucky with the angle of sunlight.

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makeitdouble|2 years ago

Yes. I don't remember the details but they also adjusted the power management to basically make it sleep until the right conditions happen, once they could confirm the angle of the panels.