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Article #6781Re: Galileo's high-gain antenna still stuck
From: Peter J. Scott
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1993 18:28
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1993 18:28
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In article <1993Jan2.234235.16100@ee.ubc.ca>, davem@ee.ubc.ca (Dave Michelson) writes: > In article <2JAN199323293310@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov> baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke) writes: > >The hammering sessions will continue all the way through the entire month > >of January, if necessary. Even though the first hammering attempt didn't > >open up the antenna all the way, it did have a postive effect. > > !! It did? I sure don't remember seeing reference to that in the last > report but I'm glad to hear it. > > What was the "positive effect"? How was it determined or measured? The GLL nav team chief told me the other day that although nothing had unfurled, the degree of bowing had increased. This was determined from sun sensor data. On the premise that any movement is better than none, this is a positive effect. They're quite prepared to break the HGA if necessary, assuming they can. -- This is news. This is your | Peter Scott, NASA/JPL/Caltech brain on news. Any questions? | (pjs@euclid.jpl.nasa.gov)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ogicse!network.ucsd.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!euclid.JPL.NASA.GOV!pjs From: pjs@euclid.JPL.NASA.GOV (Peter J. Scott) Newsgroups: sci.space Subject: Re: Galileo's high-gain antenna still stuck Keywords: Galileo, JPL Message-ID: <1993Jan3.182812.13825@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov> Date: 3 Jan 93 18:28:12 GMT Article-I.D.: elroy.1993Jan3.182812.13825 References: <1992Dec30.223543.23648@news.arc.nasa.gov> <C0443L.8w2@news.iastate.edu> <2JAN199323293310@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov> <1993Jan2.234235.16100@ee.ubc.ca> Sender: news@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov (Usenet) Reply-To: pjs@euclid.jpl.nasa.gov Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA/Caltech Lines: 20 Nntp-Posting-Host: euclid.jpl.nasa.gov