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[โ€“] Sylver@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Usually itโ€™s accomplished with gyroscopes, not RCS fuels. It has a schedule where it auto-orients itself to point back toward Earth, that next scheduled self-fix is in October.

As for how it knows what exact point to look at, Iโ€™m not sure! Maybe weโ€™re constantly streaming a radio signal for it to see