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- 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>
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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?
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- 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.
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