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From: ken@argus.UUCP (Kenneth Ng)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Hubble Space Telescope
Message-ID: <1387@argus.UUCP>
Date: 13 Dec 89 09:17:44 GMT
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In article <1254@ispi.UUCP>, jbayer@ispi.UUCP (Jonathan Bayer) writes:
: The HST is designed to be serviced in orbit.  If necessary it can be
: taken aboard the shuttle and reboosted into a higher orbit, or brought
: back to earth for repairs.

I'm just curious, does anyone know how HST will be lifted into a
higher orbit?  Will it be put into the shuttle and the shuttle
takes it higher?  Will an arm grab onto it and tow it?  Will
the shuttle get in back and push? :-)  Perhaps the shuttle will
refuel it and the HST station keeping rockets will raise it?
How about put the HST on a long tether and as the shuttle descends
the HST will orbit faster until the cable is released and the HST
is propelled into a higher orbit?  Am I making sense?