Originally Posted by
atakacs
Well this is somewhat embarrassing to say the least. What kind of ground issue could lead to such a persistent failure? I'm sure that all systems muss be redundant !? Sure it was still in deployment phase but this warrants further digging...
Any upload that corrupts the spacecraft or payload software, or commands an inadvertent shutdown, is a "ground issue". I suppose that malicious uploads and jamming fall into this category, but I doubt this is the case.
My bet is that a software update broke the constellation.