Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!dcdwest!ittvax!qumix!zentec!amd!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-dvinci!fisher From: fisher@dvinci.DEC (Burns Fisher, MRO3-1/E13, DTN 231-4108) Newsgroups: net.space Subject: Satellite Retrieval Message-ID: <4079@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Thu, 1-Nov-84 07:58:48 EST Article-I.D.: decwrl.4079 Posted: Thu Nov 1 07:58:48 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 5-Nov-84 19:33:28 EST Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: DEC Engineering Network Lines: 10 >> if the apogee kick motor (of Palapa and Westar) have been fired, this >> would get rid of about...increasing the delta V capability... The AKM were fired several months ago. I believe they were used to circularize the orbits, although they were still high. Perhaps they also fixed the plane. The hydrazine thrusters then lowered the orbit and will be/have been used to slow the spin of the satellites. Burns