We are outnumbered Robert.......... General conscensus is that there isn't a secondary...............although I still aint convinced :O) John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert W. Fisher" <rwfisher@mindspring.com> To: <SeeSat-L@satobs.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 7:34 PM Subject: Re: New Horizons > I'd speculate that there is a secondary payload. If you look at the image > available at http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=27603 > you'll notice that the 3rd "kick" stage for the New Horizons spacecraft > appears to fit into the upper fairing. You can see the lower faring > mounted on the stack at > http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=27514 > > -RF > > -----Original Message----- >>From: satcom <john@satcom.freeserve.co.uk> >>Sent: Jan 17, 2006 12:39 PM >>To: SeeSat-L@satobs.org >>Subject: New Horizons >> >>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 ? >> >>John >> >> >> >>------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: >>http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html >> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: > http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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