> It's also interesting that one of the options mentioned is shuttle > recovery.....I presume they mean "re-boost" as 1K will not fit into the > payload bay AFAIK. the satellite does not have to fit in the payload bay. They could strap a booster to the satellite to send it on its way to geostationary orbit. With the expense of a shuttle mission and hardware like a booster, I figure why bother. Just let Astra 1K decay and use the insurance proceeds to build another satellite. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Robert Smathers - Albuquerque, New Mexico USA Satellite Services Guide columnist, MONITORING TIMES Magazine (robertsmathers@monitoringtimes.com) or (roberts@nmia.com) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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