In February 1990, ESA began reactivation of the Giotto spacecraft, which had been dormant for the previous four years, via the omnidirectional low-gain antenna mounted atop the Giotto. By the end of April 1990, spacecraft temperatures had been reduced to levels at which the experiments could be activated; of the original complement of ten experiment modules, the magnetometer, energetic particle analyzer, and optical probe experiment were fully functional, and an additional three instruments were partly damaged but usable. A mission that targetted Comet Grigg-Skjellerup 214 million km from the earth was then put into effect.


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    Title :

    The Giotto Extended Mission (GEM) - High risk, high payoff


    Contributors:
    Nye, H. R. (author) / Morani, A. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1993-02-01



    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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