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- From: phk@aristotle.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Pieter Kallemeyn)
- Subject: Re: Galileo Update - 07/20/92
- Message-ID: <1992Jul21.152417.219@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov>
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- Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA/Caltech
- References: <1992Jul20.193308.16649@news.arc.nasa.gov> <1992Jul20.230933.2346@cco.caltech.edu>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 15:24:17 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul20.230933.2346@cco.caltech.edu> kwp@wag.caltech.edu (Kevin W. Plaxco) writes:
- >In article <1992Jul20.193308.16649@news.arc.nasa.gov> baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov writes:
- >
- >> Tomorrow, the turn to the warming attitude in preparation for the Dual
- >>Drive Actuator (DDA) pulse is scheduled to begin at approximately 10:57PDT.
- >>The first of the two Dual Drive Actuator pulses is scheduled at 12:46 PDT for
- >>approximately a 2 second duration. Tracking is scheduled over DSS-43.
- >
- >This, I presume, represents an attempt to free the HGA by using the LGA-2
- >deployment motor to shake the S/C. Presuming this is correct: How many
- >pulses can be generated in 2 seconds? Is this just a test of the pulse
- >proceedure, and therefore limited to one stow/deployment cycle? And
- >why is this being done at the warming attitude since the HGA is less tightly
- >stuck when cold?
- >
- >-Kevin
-
- The warming turn is for the benifit of the DDA motor itself, which works
- better at higher temperatures. As for the number of pulses, there will be
- only one on/off cycle for this 2-second duration test. Another 2-second
- on/off cycle is planned a few days later after the DDA motors have had a chance
- to warm.
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- Pieter Kallemeyn | phk@aristotle.jpl.nasa.gov
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory | - or -
- California Institute of Technology | phk@cabrilho.jpl.nasa.gov
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