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From: alb@alice.UUCP (Adam L. Buchsbaum)
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Subject: RMS Attempt to be Made
Message-ID: <2692@alice.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 9-Apr-84 06:22:38 EST
Article-I.D.: alice.2692
Posted: Mon Apr  9 06:22:38 1984
Date-Received: Tue, 10-Apr-84 08:49:55 EST
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill
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Grond controllers at the Goddard Space Center succeeded
over the night in stabilizing the SMM satellite to some 
extent, bringing its momentum into the range that a body
can have if the RMS system is to safely grab it.  They
also were able to reorient its solar panels, so the satellite
is out of danger from failing batteries.  NASA then decided
that an attempt to snare the satellite directly with the
remote arm will be made, either Monday or Tuesday.  A
failure to grab it would mean a one-day curtailment of the
mission; a success would mean a one-day extension.