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Subj: This Week's News in Brief
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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 229.05 From AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD. August 17, 2003
To All RADIO AMATEURS
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** SCISAT was launched 15 August at 0210 UTC, approximately 160 km
offshore from the Vandenberg Air Force Base. The 150 kg satellite was packed
in the nose of a Pegasus XL rocket dropped at 40,000 feet over the Pacific
Ocean from a Lockheed-1011 aircraft. The satellite was successfully brought
to its 650 km-high polar orbit by the 3-stage Pegasus rocket. --SpaceDaily
** Rocket propellant leaked at Space Launch Complex No. 40 at
approximately 2200 UTC on 15 August as the propellant was being loaded onto
a Titan IV rocket. The second stage of the Titan IV uses nitrogen
tetroxide, a toxic hypergolic oxidizer. The plume dissipated harmlessly
before reaching populated areas of Kennedy Space Center, just west of SLC
40. As a precautionary measure, KSC officials were notified about the
incident. The cause of the leak is under investigation and the status of
the Titan IV launch, which was scheduled for Aug. 18, is unknown at this
time. --SpaceDaily
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