No Chris , theres a passenger in there....looks like possibly a gap filler
or STP 1
* FY '06 Atlas 5 . STP 1
Launch window: TBD
Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
The Lockheed Martin Atlas 5-400 rocket will launch the Space Test
Program 1 experimental research satellite for the U.S. Air Force. This
launch is one of seven transferred from Delta 4 to Atlas 5 as Boeing's
penalty with wrongdoing in the EELV procurement process. [July 28]
FY '06 Atlas 5 . WGS 3
Launch window: TBD
Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
The Lockheed Martin Atlas 5-500 rocket will launch the third Wideband
Gapfiller Satellite. Built by Boeing, this communications spacecraft will
serve U.S. military forces. This launch is one of seven transferred from
Delta 4 to Atlas 5 as Boeing's penalty with wrongdoing in the EELV
procurement process. [July 28]
* SpaceFlight now.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Jones" <clj@panix.com>
To: <SeeSat-L@satobs.org>
Cc: "satcom" <john@satcom.freeserve.co.uk>
Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 6:03 PM
Subject: Re: New Horizons
> On Tuesday 17 January 2006 05:39 pm, satcom wrote:
>> On the pad and ready to go.......good NASA sat tv pics coming into the
>> UK.
>>
>> Can anyone tell me why this launcher has such a large fairing , for such
>> a
>> small payload ?
>
> I was wondering the same thing. All I can think of is the solid rocket
> third stage requires it for some reason (width?).
>
>
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