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PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE
JET PROPULSION LABORATORY
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
PASADENA, CALIF. 91109.  TELEPHONE (818) 354-5011

                     GALILEO MISSION STATUS
                        December 30, 1992

     The Galileo spacecraft is operating normally in the dual-
spin mode and is transmitting coded telemetry at 1200 bits per
second.  It is about 16.5 million kilometers (10.25 million
miles) from Earth, and about 152 million kilometers (94 million
miles) from the Sun.

     Yesterday, December 29, after approximately 20 hours of
warming in sunlight, the antenna-deploy motors were turned on to
"wind up" the system and then pulsed to "hammer" it in an effort
to free the stuck ribs of Galileo's high-gain antenna.  The
procedures began at 6:55 a.m. PST and continued until 2:48 a.m.
PST this morning, December 30.  A total of 2160 pulses were
executed by the motors during this period.  The stuck ribs were
apparently not freed.  This morning the spacecraft was returned
from the warming attitude to the normal cruise mode.

     No spacecraft activities are scheduled during the holiday
weekend.  Activities will resume next week.

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