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To: ccryder who wrote (6590)	8/9/1999 9:29:00 AM
From: Jeff Vayda	Read Replies (1) of 10852

Hughes considering Shuttle rescue for Orion 3 SPACE RESCUE: NASA astronauts may get a chance to try another satellite rescue like the one they accomplished in May 1992. Hughes is studying whether it can meet NASA's price to rescue Orion 3, an HS-601HP platform built for Loral Space & Communications that was stranded in a low orbit when its Delta III upper stage failed to ignite a second time as planned (DAILY, May 6). From an operational standpoint the rescue probably would be easier than the dicey Intelsat rescue during STS-49, when three spacesuited astronauts had to grab the big Intelsat VI (F-3) platform by hand in an unplanned workaround (DAILY, May 15, 1992). Orion 3 is stable and under ground control, eliminating the need for a capture bar like the one that didn't work in 1992. Instead, a Shuttle commander could carefully position the orbiter where spacewalkers in the cargo bay could hand-grapple it, tie it down and attach a new kick motor designed to boost it to its proper geostationary orbit.

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