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- From: lip@s1.gov (Loren I. Petrich)
- Subject: What Progress in Opening Up Galileo's Antenna? (was Re: Galileo Update - 01/08/93)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan11.032017.24509@s1.gov>
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- References: <9JAN199318252344@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 03:20:17 GMT
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- In article <9JAN199318252344@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov> baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke) writes:
-
- >10. On December 29, after approximately 20 hours at the warming attitude, the
- >DDA-5 windup/hammering activities commenced at 1455 UTC. A total of 2160
- >hammer pulses were executed along with three 20 second windup sequences. Data
- >analysis indicated the ballscrew rotated approximately 360 degrees for a total
- >ballscrew rotation beginning with the initial deployment attempt of
- >approximately 6.4 rotations. There was no indication of a rib release
- >(see Special Topic No. 2).
-
- 1 rotation added to 6.4 rotations.
-
- Not bad.
-
- >11. On December 30, the spacecraft, under stored sequence control, was
- >commanded back to a 5 degree off-sun attitude at approximately 1048 UTC.
- >After the sun acquisition, sun gate data was collected to determine if an
- >antenna rib is still obscuring the sun gate signal. Preliminary data
- >analysis indicates that the sun gate field of view is still obscured although
- >the signature appears to have changed. Initial analysis indicates that rib
- >No. 2 may have moved out to a 43 degree angle. Also, preliminary results may
- >indicate that the antenna mesh is covering the sun gate field of view.
-
- "Rib No. 2"? What rib it is does not have much meaning unless
- one knows which are the stuck ones.
-
- It was reported that 2 or 3 ribs had been stuck. If one of
- them is now unstuck, then it's 1 or 2 to go, I suppose.
-
- Moving out to a 43-degree angle? Is that the angle that the
- already-open ones are out to?
-
- "Signature appears to have changed" -- what's that?
-
- > Additionally, real-time commands were sent to open the star scanner (SS)
- >shutter, reacquire celestial reference, and select scan type 6 to perform
- >precise wobble estimation. The wobble estimate indicated a change of 0.3
- >milliradians which collaborated the motor current data indicating that no
- >ribs released (see Special Topic No. 2).
-
- This change of 0.3 milliradians would presumably mean that the
- ellipsoid of inertia has changed by some comparable fraction. I'm not
- sure about Galileo's weight and dimensions, but I would presume that
- if the spacecraft weighs 1 ton, then this wobble change corresponds to
- a motion of a mass of about 300 grams across the dimensions of the
- spacecraft.
-
- > After approximately two hours at the warming attitude, hammering of the
- >HGA (High Gain Antenna) motors commenced. Five 180 hammer pulse sequences
- >were sent beginning at 2225 UTC and ending at 0442 UTC. The motor hammering
- >sequences were executed with the HGA motor temperature at 19.3 degrees C,
- >29.8 degrees C, 34.4 degrees C, 36.2 degrees C, and 40.6 degrees C.
- >Preliminary analysis indicated that the ballscrew was stalled with no
- >appreciable ballscrew rotation. There was some suggestion of minor rotation
- >with the HGA motor temperature at 29.8 degrees C. There was no indication of
- >a rib release (see Special Topic No. 3).
-
- Disappointing.
-
- [Later such HGA motor hammering mentioned...]
-
- Any further results?
-
- --
- /Loren Petrich, the Master Blaster
- /lip@s1.gov
-