On April 11, 1991, the Galileo spacecraft executed a sequence that would open the spacecraft's High Gain Antenna. The Antenna's launch restraint had been released just after deployment sequence, the antenna, which opens like an umbrella, never reached the fully deployed position. The analyses and tests that followed allowed a conclusive determination of the likely failure mechanisms and pointed to some strategies to use for recovery of the high gain antenna.


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    Title :

    The Galileo high gain antenna deployment anomaly


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    Publication date :

    1994-05-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




    The Galileo High Gain Antenna Deployment Anomaly

    Johnson, M. R. / United States; National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Lockheed Missiles and Space Company | British Library Conference Proceedings | 1994