On October 11, 1995, the Galileo spacecraft executed a sequence to record three approach images of Jupiter on the spacecraft's tape recorder, rewind the tape, and play back the images at the appropriate data rate consistent with the downlink performance. The recording of the images was performed and the spacecraft computer commanded the tape recorder to rewind the tape to the beginning of the first image. The rewind command was started at the proper time but the tape never got to the beginning of the image data. The analyses and tests that followed allowed a conclusive determination of the failure mechanism and indicated a strategy that could be used to prevent the untimely demise of the mission.


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    Title :

    The Galileo Tape Recorder Rewind Operation Anomaly


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    Publication date :

    1997-05-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


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    Language :

    English




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