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BID : ANS-124.05
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Subj: Pegasus Puts GALEX In Orbit
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To : SAT@AMSAT
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 124.05 From AMSAT HQ
Silver Spring, MD. May 4, 2003
To All Radio Amateurs
BID: $ANS-124.05
Orbital Sciences Corporation successfully launched the National Aeronauti=
cs
and Space Administration (NASA)'s Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX)
satellite into its targeted orbit aboard the company's Pegasus rocket
Monday.
The 312-kilogram (690-pound) GALEX scientific satellite, which Orbital
designed and built at its Dulles, Virginia satellite manufacturing facili=
ty,
was accurately delivered into its targeted orbit approximately 690
kilometers (420 miles) above the Earth, inclined at 29 degrees to the
equator.
[ANS thanks Space Daily for the above information]
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