What other space vehicles were affected by cold welding?

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The Wikipedia page on cold welding states that

Mechanical problems in early satellites were sometimes attributed to cold welding.

But only mentions Galileo as an example of spacecraft were cold welding occurred. What satellites encountered problems most likely due to cold welding?

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$\begingroup$ @uhoh For Galileo, cold welding does seem to be the accepted explanation web.archive.org/web/20180208192609/https://ntrs.nasa.gov/… history.nasa.gov/sp4231.pdf $\endgroup$
– usernumber
Aug 25, 2021 at 13:43
$\begingroup$ ah, I see you've made an edit :-) $\endgroup$
– uhoh
Aug 25, 2021 at 14:25

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