NASA... GOES-13 Going Again

The GOES-13 spacecraft, which had its sounder and imager instruments taken out of service because of technical trouble in late September, returned to full operations on Thursday, October 18, 2012. The trouble stemmed from a motor vibration, which caused a lubricant buildup that obstructed the spinning motion of the filter wheel in the sounder. A team of engineers from NOAA, Boeing and ITT suppressed the vibration, the filter wheel restarted and is running smoothly, with improved performance. More

(Source: SatNews Publishers - Oct 20)