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From: ecl@ahutb.UUCP (ecl)
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Subject: Shuttle mission coding
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Date: Thu, 14-Mar-85 11:00:26 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar 14 11:00:26 1985
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I know this question was answered a while back, but I forgot to save it.  How
does one decode the names of the shuttle missions?  For example, one was called
"STS 41-G"--I believe the 4 means 1984, 1 means Canaveral was the launch site,
and the lettering is sequential through the year.  But I thought there was also
a digit/letter telling which orbiter was used.

Help?  (By e-mail, please--I'll summarize to the net.)

					Evelyn C. Leeper
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