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Subj: PHASE 3-D WILL LAUNCH ON ARIANE 502
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HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 216.04 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, AUGUST 03, 1996
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-216.04
It's now official...AMSAT's Phase 3-D International Satellite will be a
passenger on the next launch of the European Space Agency's (ESA) Ariane 5
mission, AR 502.
The launch of Phase 3-D on AR 502 has now been formally slated by ESA to
occur "within the first six months of 1997". However, AMSAT officials are
now working to complete all integration and testing efforts for the Phase
3-D satellite in time for a launch that could come as early as
mid-February, 1997.
The latest announcement came on July 27 during a joint AMSAT-DL/AMSAT-NA
presentation on Phase 3-D's status to the 1996 AMSAT-UK Colloquium at the
University of Surrey in England. The decision to re-confirm launch of
Phase-3-D via AR 502 was made immediately following a series of high level
meetings between AMSAT and ESA officials at ESA's Headquarters in Paris,
France on July 23rd and 24th attended by Phase 3D Project Leader Dr. Karl
Meinzer, DJ4ZC, AMSAT-NA Executive Vice President Keith Baker, KB1SF and
AMSAT-NA Vice President for Engineering Dick Jansson WD4FAB. These
meetings occurred in conjunction with ESA's public announcement of results
from their formal Inquiry Board investigating the failure of the first
Ariane 5 launch, AR 501, in early June.
[ANS thanks Keith Baker, KB1SF, for providing this special bulletin
information. ]
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