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CX2SA > SAT 17.04.05 14:50l 29 Lines 1015 Bytes #999 (0) @ AMSAT
BID : ANS-107.03
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Subj: PCSAT2 One Step Closer to Launch
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From: CX2SA@CX2SA.LAV.URY.SA
To : SAT@AMSAT
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 107.03
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
April 17, 2005
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-107.03
With the Space Shuttle Discovery and PCSAT2 now at the launch pad,
workers at Kennedy Space Center in Florida successfully completed the
next crucial step in the Space Shuttle's Return to Flight -- a tanking
test of Discovery's redesigned External Tank.
On Thursday, 14 April 2005, the launch team successfully performed an
11-hour External Tank integrated tanking test. The test also readied
Discovery's main propulsion system; allowed technicians operating the
hardware to gain first-hand experience on the redesigned tank; and
allowed crews to evaluate the overall operation of ground systems in
preparation for launch of Discovery's Return to Flight mission (STS-114)
planned for next month.
For more information and pictures about PCSAT2 visit
http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/pcsat2.html
[ANS thanks NASA for the above information]
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