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From: JPAnderson.DODCSC%MIT-MULTICS@sri-unix.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Space Shuttle mission designator explanation
Message-ID: <15691@sri-arpa.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 18-Jan-84 09:23:00 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan 18 09:23:00 1984
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The upcoming space shutttle mission has been designated as 41B, the 4
corresponding to the fiscal year, the 1 corresponding to the launch
site, and the B corresponding to the payload item of the FY. The first
payload of the FY, A, was spacelab. The launch site designators are 1
for Kennedy and 2 for Vandenberg.