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From: alb@alice.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Subject: Problems Testing TDRS-1
Message-ID: <2055@alice.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 20-Jul-83 08:31:55 EDT
Article-I.D.: alice.2055
Posted: Wed Jul 20 08:31:55 1983
Date-Received: Thu, 21-Jul-83 20:00:02 EDT
Organization: Bell Labs, Murray Hill
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Problems in the testing phase of TDRS-1 may delay the next launch
or two, unless NASA can check the satellite out in time.  The trouble
is not with the satellite itself but rather with ground equipment.
Software errors (!) prevented technicians at the ground station at
White Sands from locking onto the satellite.  That was corrected
last Friday, but subsequent power and backup generator failures have
hampered the testing effort.  NASA is currently hoping for a 20 August
STS-8 launch and a 30 September STS-9 launch.