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From: murray@t4test.UUCP (Murray Lane)
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Subject: Re: Westar VI Possibly Found -- Palapa B to be Launched
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Date: Thu, 16-Feb-84 00:31:22 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb 16 00:31:22 1984
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Regarding not being able to pick up Westar because it has no RMS handle.
One of the plans that was discussed a year or two ago (and I thought 
approved) was to send out an astronaut in a jet backpack, have him grab
the handle-less satelite and 'glue' a handle on it. If this is true
(I think it is) then the only reason not to pickup errant satelites is
because they are in the wrong orbit (too high or too North-South).
From what the news reports have said, both of the lost satelites are low
enough, does anybody know about their inclination?

					Murray at Intel-t4test