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Satellites Are Rife With Basic Security Flaws (www.wired.com)
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[–] ramielrowe@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

At it's most basic, a satellite will have two systems. A highly robust command and control system with a fairly omnidirectional antenna. And then the more complex system that handles the payload(s). So yea, if the payload system crashes, you can restart it via C&C.