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To: Matt who wrote (2611)	4/14/1998 4:54:00 PM
From: Snake	Respond to of 10852

Matt, The G* 10K states there are supposed to be 2 Zenit launches before G* sats go up in July. I have only seen 1 scheduled (from launchspace.com ). Anyone here of if and when there is a second Zenit scheduled before July? Here is the 10K quote: A Zenit launch vehicle carrying a Russian military satellite suffered a launch failure on May 20, 1997. Yuzhnoye, the Zenit manufacturer, in conjunction with Russian space agencies, has investigated, but not yet released its report regarding the cause of this failure, the fourth in this rockets last 28 launches. Two launches are planned on the Zenit prior to Globalstar's initial launch on this vehicle. Thanks, Bill

To: Matt who wrote (2611)	4/15/1998 7:29:00 AM
From: Jeff Vayda	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10852

Sounds like a full plate. Page 14 of the Rocket Scientist's Handbook states: "The difficulty of the task is directly related to the square of the number of people involved and the cube of the importance of the people watching" It is tough enough to get everyone and everything talking together when you are all from the same country. The length of this slip is not of any concern yet. Zenit folks have pushed a pad turn around times of 2 weeks (give or take) so there is a lot of fat in the schedule to get some launches off before July's G*. Jeff Vayda