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Galileo High-Gain Antenna Failure

United States · Science / Technology. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1991

Torrence Johnson1991

Science / Technology

Galileo's high-gain antenna fails to deploy fully, forcing the mission to rely on its lower-bandwidth low-gain antenna.

Names involved

Torrence Johnson

Provenance

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