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From: rjnoe@ihlts.UUCP (Roger Noe)
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Subject: TDRS malfunction
Message-ID: <585@ihlts.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 8-Oct-84 16:44:43 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct  8 16:44:43 1984
Date-Received: Tue, 9-Oct-84 04:00:35 EDT
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL
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Apparently there has been a malfunction of TDRS-A, the Tracking and Data
Relay Satellite deployed from Challenger in April, 1983.  This may be due
to a solar flare.  Details are very sketchy at the moment.  The problem
this presents to the current mission is it makes transmission of data
gathered by instruments aboard Challenger very difficult.  A limited amount
of tape remains on board, but if they cannot reestablish communications with
TDRS, much Earth observation data will be lost.  The fuel transfer EVA (space
walk) is still planned for 11:00 a.m. EDT Thursday.
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Roger Noe			ihnp4!ihlts!rjnoe