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From: fisher@dvinci.DEC (Burns Fisher, MRO3-1/E13, DTN 231-4108.)
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Leasat
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Date: Mon, 16-Sep-85 10:32:31 EDT
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Has anyone heard anything about the Leasat that was launched (not repaired)
on the last shuttle flight?  Last I heard, it reached orbit sucessfully, but
it had had some serious control problem, and might be lost.  Then it dropped
out of the national news (not known for their incredibly consistent follow-ups).

Also, does anyone have any statistics about satellite failures?  Does the latest
bunch of failures/near failures (TDRSS, Westar, Palapa, Leasat, Ariane) look
like a ramp on the historical failure rate, or is there just more press (HA!)
or perhaps the launch rate is higher of late?  Whatever the case, I can sure
see why the space insurance folks are worried.

Burns


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