Re: Galileo update?

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From: Chuck Shotton
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 17:22

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In article <27JAN199316252809@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov>,
baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke) wrote:
> 
> I don't think that would be a wise thing to do.  The motor firing has be
> done at a precise time with the spacecraft in the proper attitude.  If the
> hammering was done during the motor firing, and the antenna was to pop
> open, it could change the spacecraft attitude enough to really mess up the

What's to say it won't pop open anyway?

> orbit insertion.  Besides, the spacecraft will very busy as it is during
> the orbit insertion, collecting the probe data, performing a 1000 km Io flyby 
> and collecting science data on Jupiter.

Will there be an attempt to open the antenna AFTER Galileo is in orbit (on
the assumption that the firing may have jarred things loose)?

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From: cshotton@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu (Chuck Shotton)
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Subject: Re: Galileo update?
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