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- From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
- Subject: Galileo Update - 07/24/92
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- Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 02:45:07 GMT
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- Forwarded from Neal Ausman, Galileo Mission Director
-
- GALILEO
- MISSION DIRECTOR STATUS REPORT
- POST-LAUNCH
- July 17 - 23, 1992
-
- SPACECRAFT
-
- 1. On July 17, realtime commands were sent to verify the commandability of
- the spacecraft following the Command Processor Assembly (CPA) configuration
- problem on Wednesday, July 15. A single frame command followed by a
- multi-frame command were sent and successfully received by the spacecraft.
-
- 2. On July 19, real-time commands, previously attempted on July 15 and
- unsuccessfully received by the spacecraft, were sent to change the System Fault
- Protection (SFP) to turn off the LGA-2 (Low Gain Antenna #2) motor if the
- sequence memory load is terminated. This change prevents a continuous
- undervoltage situation in the low probability scenario of a relay failure
- causing a DC bus short circuit while retracting the LGA-2 antenna. The
- commands were successfully received by the spacecraft (see Special Topic
- No. 2).
-
- 3. On July 20, the Dual Drive Actuator (DDA) pulse/Low Gain Antenna 2 (LGA-2)
- stow sequence memory load was sent to the spacecraft. The sequence was loaded
- on the spacecraft without incident (see Special Topic No. 2).
-
- 4. On July 20, realtime commands were sent to insert sun gate data into
- telemetry Map 1 variable Packet No. 9. This change will allow wobble data and
- sun gate data to be obtained simultaneously during the DDA pulse/LGA-2 stow
- mini-sequence (see Special Topic No. 2).
-
- 5. On July 21, realtime commands were sent to change the System Fault
- Protection (SFP) AACS-INIT (Attitude and Articulation Control Subsystem)
- pointing slot from the Earth to the Sun prior to the DDA pulse/LGA-2 stow
- activities. This change will allow the spacecraft to return to a sun-pointed
- attitude if an AACS Power on Reset (POR) occurs during DDA pulse/LGA-2 stow
- activities (see Special Topic No. 2).
-
- 6. On July 21, the DDA pulse/LGA-2 stow sequence memory load went active.
- The warming turn to a 31-degree off-sun attitude commenced at approximately
- 1757 UTC and completed at 1804 UTC. The first of two motor turn on pulses
- occurred at 1946 UTC for approximately 2 seconds, as planned. The DDA motor
- temperature was approximately minus 25 degrees C at turn on. Initial results
- indicate the motor stalled at 100 milliseconds with inconclusive evidence of
- ballscrew rotation (see Special Topic No. 2).
-
- 7. On July 22, after approximately 24 hours at the warming attitude, the
- second motor turn on pulse occurred at 1801 UTC for approximately 2 seconds,
- as planned. The DDA motor temperature was approximately minus 6 degrees C at
- turn on. Initial results are that the motor stalled at 126 milliseconds
- indicating some ballscrew rotation occurred. Additionally, the spacecraft
- under stored sequence control, was commanded back to a 5 degree off-sun
- attitude at approximately 18:07 UTC. After the sun acquisition, sun gate data
- was collected to determine if an antenna rib is still obscuring the sun gate
- signal. Data analysis indicates that the sun gate is still obscured,
- indicating no ribs released (see Special Topic No. 2).
-
- 8. On July 23, the Low Gain Antenna (LGA-2) motors were turned on at
- approximately 1946 UTC for a duration of 16 seconds to stow the LGA-2 antenna
- and collect spacecraft dynamics data from the activity. Additionally, realtime
- commands were sent to perform an open loop wobble compensation. Data analysis
- is in progress.
-
- 9. During the week, the DC bus imbalance reading has continued to change
- significantly. The DC measurement has ranged from 92DN (10.6 volts) to 151DN
- (17.8 volts) and now reads 108DN (12.5 volts). This measurement variation is
- consistent with the model developed by the AC/DC special anomaly team. The AC
- measurement has remained relatively unchanged and reads 3.1 volts.
-
- 10. The Spacecraft status as of July 23, 1992, is as follows:
-
- a) System Power Margin - 51 watts
- b) Spin Configuration - Dual-Spin
- c) Spin Rate/Sensor - 3.15 rpm/Acquisition Sensor
- d) Spacecraft Attitude is approximately 5 degrees
- off-sun (leading)
- e) Downlink telemetry rate/antenna-40 bps (coded)/LGA-1
- f) General Thermal Control - all temperatures within
- acceptable range
- g) RPM Tank Pressures - all within acceptable range
- h) Orbiter Science- UVS, EUV, DDS, MAG, EPD, and HIC are
- powered on
- i) Probe/RRH - powered off, temperatures within
- acceptable range
- j) CMD Loss Timer Setting - 264 hours
- Time To Initiation - 263 hours
-
- UPLINK GENERATION/COMMAND REVIEW AND APPROVAL:
-
- 1. The Dual Drive Actuator (DDA) pulse/LGA-2 stow mini-sequence memory load
- was approved for transmission by the Project on July 17, 1992. This
- mini-sequence covers spacecraft activities from July 21, 1992 to July 24, 1992.
-
- 2. The EE-7 (Earth-Earth 7) final sequence and command generation package was
- approved by the Project on July 23, 1992. This sequence covers spacecraft
- activities from August 10, 1992 to November 23, 1992.
-
-
- TRAJECTORY
-
- As of noon Thursday, July 23, 1992, the Galileo Spacecraft trajectory
- status was as follows:
-
- Distance from Earth 125,608,000 miles (1.35 AU)
- Distance from Sun 166,926,000 miles (1.80 AU)
- Heliocentric Speed 46,300 miles per hour
- Distance from Jupiter 670,891,000 miles
- Round Trip Light Time 22 minutes, 38 seconds
-
-
- SPECIAL TOPIC
-
- 1. As of July 23, 1992, a total of 8062 real-time commands have been
- transmitted to Galileo since Launch. Of these, 3190 were pre-planned in the
- sequence design and 4872 were not. In the past week, 28 real time commands
- were transmitted; 25 were pre-planned in the sequence design and 3 were not.
- In addition, 5453 mini-sequence commands have been transmitted since March
- 1991; 3201 were pre-planned and 2252 were not. In the past week, 414
- mini-sequence commands were transmitted. Major command activities this week
- included commands to verify the commandability of the spacecraft, update the
- System Fault Protection (SFP), uplink the DDA pulse/LGA-2 stow sequence memory
- load, update the telemetry map variable packets, and perform wobble
- compensation.
-
- 2. The High Gain Antenna (HGA) DDA pulse/LGA-2 stow activities are scheduled
- from July 21 to July 24, 1992. The warming turn to a 31 degree off-sun
- attitude along with the first DDA two second motor turn on was performed on
- July 21. The spacecraft remained at the warming attitude for approximately
- 24 hours. The second DDA motor turn on was performed on July 22 just prior
- to the spacecraft turning back to a 5 degree off-sun attitude. Sun gate data
- was collected after the sun acquisition completed. The LGA-2 motors were
- turned on for 16 seconds on July 23 and the LGA-2 antenna was successfully
- stowed. The star scanner checkout, along with collection of sun gate and
- wobble data is scheduled during the July 23-24 time period.
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