Fraser Cain on Nostr: ESA's Euclid spacecraft started its primary mission of mapping the dark Universe a ...
ESA's Euclid spacecraft started its primary mission of mapping the dark Universe a few months ago, but ice is starting to build up in a thin layer on its optical system. The water is gradually released from components inside the telescope, pulled out by the vacuum of space. This is expected and has been a problem for other missions, but the mission team has been planning for this. They're going to heat individual components, de-icing them piece by piece.
https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Euclid/Operations_begin_to_de-ice_Euclid_s_vision 
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