Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!mike
From: mike@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Mike Smithwick)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Which sat. will shuttle be monitored on?
Keywords: shuttle monitor satellite tv
Message-ID: <10961@ames.arc.nasa.gov>
Date: 28 Jun 88 16:03:05 GMT
References: <8@bambam.UUCP>
Reply-To: mike@ames.arc.nasa.gov.UUCP (Mike Smithwick)
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
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In article <8@bambam.UUCP> hjp@bambam.UUCP (Howard J. Postley) writes:
>Anybody know which satellite NASA will be monitoring the
>shuttle on for the upcomming mission?  I'm talking about
>TV monitoring.  They used to use F1 (Satcom 3?) but now
>they have their own (I think). 

They've been ensconced on Satcom 2/xpndr 13 for the past 4 years or so.
In the "early" days, they would bounce all around, popping up on 
different, and sometimes multiple satillites each mission. 

The Utah SRB test was broadcast there, and the Discovery rollover. I
expect the rollout to be transmitted also, that should be tomorrow I think.


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			   *** mike (starship janitor) smithwick ***
"Being a dwarf does have it's shortcomings"
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