Something as simple as software to prevent extended firings of a thruster for any reason would have worked. In a LEO satellite it&#x27;s constantly being exposed to night&#x2F;day cycles and isn&#x27;t in danger of draining the batteries in safe mode, no matter what orientation it is. LEO satellites have low-bandwidth TT&amp;C (tracking telemetry and control) omnidirectional antennas and radio systems in the L and S bands that don&#x27;t particularly care about the orientation of the satellite. Code as simple as &quot;if thruster tries to fire for greater than period of time, call exception, place satellite in safe mode&quot; would have worked. Using ground based TT&amp;C systems it&#x27;s possible to manually reorient a satellite in safe mode, or query what its star tracker sees.