G-SWITCH SUSPECT IN GALILEO GLITCH
Engineers' best guess on why the Galileo probe parachute deployed 53 sec. late is that the two g-switches feeding the chute timer algorithm were wired backwards. Switch G1 was designed to toggle up at 6g in an increasing direction and back down at 4.5g, while G2 toggled up and down at 25g and 20g...
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