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From: wd9get@pur-ee.UUCP (Keith E Brandt)
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Subject: STS 61-C General Info
Message-ID: <3587@pur-ee.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 24-Dec-85 17:58:50 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec 24 17:58:50 1985
Date-Received: Wed, 25-Dec-85 04:00:00 EST
Reply-To: wd9get@pur-ee.UUCP (Keith E Brandt)
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Here's some general information on the upcoming STS 61-C mission.


   NASA-Select television coverage of Shuttle mission 61-C will
be carried on a full satellite transponder:

   Satcom F-2R, Transponder 13, C-Band
   Orbital Position: 72 degrees west longitude
   Frequency: 3954.5 MHz vertical polarization
   Audio Monaural: 6.8 MHz

   The television schedule will be updated daily to reflect
changes dictated by mission operations. Television schedules also
may be obtained by calling COMSTOR (713/280-8711). COMSTOR   is a
computer data-base service requiring the use of a telephone modem.

      		SHUTTLE MISSION 61-C QUICK LOOK

Crew:  Robert L. Gibson, Commander
       Charles F. Bolder, Jr., Pilot
       George D. Nelson, Mission Specialist (MS-1)
       Steven A. Hawley, Mission Specialist (MS-2)
       Franklin R. Chang-Diaz, Mission Specialist (MS-3)
       Robert J. Cenker, Payload Specialist (PS-1)
       C. William (Bill) Nelson, Payload Specialist (PS-2)

Orbiter: Columbia (OV-102)

Launch Site: Pad 39-A, Kennedy Space Center, Fla.

Orbital inclination: 28.45 degrees

Insertion orbit: 201 mi. circular

Mission Duration: 5 days; 79 full orbits; landing on  orbit 80

Primary landing site: Kennedy Space Center, Fla., runway 33
   Weather alternative: Edwards AFB, CA, Runway 22
   Trans-Atlantic Abort: Dakar, Senegal
   Abort-once-around: Edwards AFB



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--Keith E. Brandt	                      "Back off man -- I'm a scientist"
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