Re: GE-1 - was Re: NEWLY DISCOVERED SYNC FLASHER

Anthony Beresford (starman@camtech.net.au)
Wed, 30 Jul 1997 03:07:56 +0900

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At 11:05 AM 7/29/97 -0600, you wrote:
>Thanks Philip,  I assumed you would answer this question.  Since
>it is 3-axis stabilized, why would it exhibit characteristics
>associated with spinning/tumbling?
Perhaps they use momentum wheels for stabilization, mainly
and have [presumably on a scheduled maintenance basis] taken
the satellite out of service while they slowly spin( using gas jets) it to
dump the angular momentum of the wheels/gyros?
Tony Beresford

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