
The transponders will be removed from Gaia at Kourou and returned to Europe, where the potentially faulty components will be replaced and verified. To avoid potential problems, they will be replaced.

The issue concerns components used in two transponders on Gaia that generate ‘timing signals’ for downlinking the science telemetry.

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