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Re: Choice of launch sites for geosync. satalites

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From: Steve Hix
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1988 20:15
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In article <1264@devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV>, des@jplpro.JPL.NASA.GOV (David Smyth) writes:
> Many people who have the choice do - they launch on Ariane from
> Honduras.  We don't have that choice, of course.  We don't need
> it, we have the Shuttle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So who's launching Ariane from Honduras?  I'm sure the French would
like to find out who's been swiping their rockets. :}
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From: fiddler%concertina@Sun.COM (Steve Hix)
Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Choice of launch sites for geosync. satalites
Keywords: Why use anywhere > 5 or 10 deg from the equator?
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Date: 10 Feb 88 20:15:36 GMT
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