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[vsnet-chat 3738] Galileo's Star Scanner
- Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2000 09:56:18 +0000
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- Subject: [vsnet-chat 3738] Galileo's Star Scanner
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Fraser et al
I've been reliably informed that the Galileo star scanner in question is
attached to the rotating bit of the spacecraft, which goes through 360
degrees in 20 seconds.
So, it doesn't directly look at delta Vel or Canopus etc, but at whatever
happens to come into its line of sight dependant upon its attitudinal
position at the time.
Cheers
John
JG, UK
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