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From: tneff@dasys1.UUCP (Tom Neff)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: programming
Message-ID: <4338@dasys1.UUCP>
Date: 9 May 88 21:19:57 GMT
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Reply-To: tneff@dasys1.UUCP (Tom Neff)
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In article <5757@uwmcsd1.UUCP> jschafer@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Jack C Schafer) writes:
>	I am the chief engineer of a campus cable system with 
>about 2000 subscribers.  My supervisors are wondering if we could carry 
>the next shuttle launch from transponder 13 on satcom 2.  Does 
>anyone know about the legalities of this?   What other programming if any
>does NASA carry on this transponder and what is telecast during launches?

I can't speak with authority on this subject, Jack, but as far as I know
NASASELECT is free and clear for you to carry.  It's publicly funded, there
is no fee.  Besides live TV feeds from the launch pad and flight crew, it
carries briefings, lectures and such.  There used to be a 300 bps number
you could call to download the latest schedule, but I have no idea what's
happened since Challenger.

I have often tried without success to get my local cable operator to carry 
NASASELECT on a spare channel during missions.  If you decide to carry it,
I may have to move to Wisconsin this fall!  :-)
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