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From: alb@alice.UUCP (Adam L. Buchsbaum)
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Subject: Laser Test Fails -- Satellite Deployed
Message-ID: <3875@alice.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 19-Jun-85 23:09:49 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jun 19 23:09:49 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 20-Jun-85 12:30:51 EDT
Organization: Bell Labs, Murray Hill
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A laser beam was shot at the space shuttle today in a test
to see how laser light diffuses as it travels through the
atmosphere.  Unfortunately, numbers fed by ground control
into the shuttle autopilot were in feet instead of nautical
miles with the result that the mirror on the shuttle that
should have reflected the beam back to Earth was on the
wrong side at the appointed time.  NASA said there will
be another chance on Saturday.

Meanwhile, Telstar-3D was successfully deployed and NASA
reported a successful PAM burn, making this mission 3 for 
3 in satellite deployments.