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Article #5989Launch-on-time capability (USA)
From: Steve Hosgood
Date: Tue, 23 May 1989 14:18
Date: Tue, 23 May 1989 14:18
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Have NASA ever managed to run cleanly through the countdown sequence and launch a shuttle mission at the first attempt? The Magellan mission nearly qualified, but ran into trouble about 1hr:30 before launch, and finally aborted at T - 31sec. I don't remember *any* clean launches, but then again, we get virtually no media coverage over here :-( Steve
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!ukc!reading!cf-cm!cybaswan!iiit-sh From: iiit-sh@cybaswan.UUCP (Steve Hosgood) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Launch-on-time capability (USA) Message-ID: <458@cybaswan.UUCP> Date: 23 May 89 14:18:27 GMT Reply-To: iiit-sh@cybaswan.UUCP (Steve Hosgood) Organization: Institute for Industrial Information Technology Lines: 9