Engineering changes made on the Voyager spacecraft during their explorations of the outer solar system are discussed. A recovery from a scan actuator fault, achieved by ground testing, in flight capability enhancement and testing, conservation of actuator usage and a set of contingency plans to substitute roll motion of the spacecraft for motion of the scan platform in the AZ direction, is discussed. General engineering improvements made are addressed, including a scan platform anticreep patch modification, an improvement of dynamic performance during maneuvers, and adaptive control of the attitude control deadband. Changes made in the power management are described. Finally, engineering improvements made in order to enhance scientific findings at the Uranus encounter are reviewed in detail. The two most important were the increased gyro drift turn rate capability to accommodate image motion compensation for the close fly-by of Miranda and the reduction in spacecraft rates to accommodate increased imaging exposure times without incurring excessive image smear.


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    Title :

    Voyager engineering improvements for Uranus encounter


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    Publication date :

    1986-01-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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