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Article #6673Galileo's high-gain antenna still stuck
From: Marc N. Barrett
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 07:14
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 07:14
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In article <1992Dec30.223543.23648@news.arc.nasa.gov> baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke) writes: > 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. Well, what now? What else is being planned to free the antenna? And is it expected to work? --- | Marc Barrett -MB- | email: barrett@iastate.edu --------------------------------------------------
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Newsgroups: sci.space Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!hobbes.physics.uiowa.edu!news.iastate.edu!barrett From: barrett@iastate.edu (Marc N. Barrett) Subject: Galileo's high-gain antenna still stuck Message-ID: <C0443L.8w2@news.iastate.edu> Keywords: Galileo, JPL Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA References: <1992Dec30.223543.23648@news.arc.nasa.gov> Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 07:14:08 GMT Lines: 17