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From: brody@eos.UUCP (Adam Brody)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Launch-on-time capability (USA)
Summary: at least 2 on time
Message-ID: <3773@eos.UUCP>
Date: 26 May 89 17:00:42 GMT
References: <458@cybaswan.UUCP>
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, California
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In article <458@cybaswan.UUCP>, iiit-sh@cybaswan.UUCP (Steve Hosgood) writes:
> Have NASA ever managed to run cleanly through the countdown sequence and
> launch a shuttle mission at the first attempt? The Magellan mission nearly
> qualified, but ran into trouble about 1hr:30 before launch, and finally aborted
> at T - 31sec.
> 
> I don't remember *any* clean launches, but then again, we get virtually no
> media coverage over here :-(
> 
> Steve

Fortunately, the two launches I attended (STS-7, and 61-B) went up without
any problems.  STS-7 was supposed to be the first landing at KSC and many
people stayed in Orlando for the week but it ultimately did not land there.