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Technology Stocks : Loral Space & Communications -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jeff Vayda who wrote (2931)	5/14/1998 6:48:00 PM
From: Ok2Launch	Respond to of 10852

Re: Jeff on Zenits . . . Jeff - I have been wearing out the chips in my computer trying to get info on the Zenit, and as you know, it ain't easy. The launch date of June 23 is from Launchspace, and I have know way of knowing if it is accurate. I will pass on the following items from Readware on the AOL/Fool board: "Since the last launch, the Zenit has been completely redesigned. The separation mechanism was designed for the new Zenit 2 by Saab-Erricson. It has 130 successful launches, with no fails. Zenit 2 employs a varient of the Locheed DM Block -that of the Proton, which has one fail in the last 3 years. The diameter payload varient was constructed by Boeing, whose launch success is 98%." I believe Readware got this info at the Launch Design and Engineering Conference in Washington, DC March 9-11. He also said that Loral engineers will be going to Baikonur on June 8th, which would suggest that things must be reasonably on schedule.