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To: G. H. who wrote (5861)4/23/1999 12:47:00 PM
From: jim black  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 10852
 
Can you say Republicans out to get Bill, can you say politics, can you say no space on board, can you say those nasty Chinese? <g> JB



To: G. H. who wrote (5861)4/23/1999 1:13:00 PM
From: Ok2Launch  Respond to of 10852
 
Re: G.H. - choice the of Delta 3 . . .

The Orion 3 satellite is extremely heavy (9,480 pounds), and there are not many alternatives for launch vehicles available. The Delta II has only half the payload capacity of the Delta 3. I think that the only other choices would be the Sea Launch Zenit, or the Ariane 5, neither of which has much of a track record.



To: G. H. who wrote (5861)4/23/1999 1:32:00 PM
From: Jim Parkinson  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 10852
 
I don't believe Lor selected the launch provider. This is a Hughes built sat for Orion which I believe was under contract before Lor acquired Orion. In any event, it needs a big rocket as Ok points out. This is only a delay, not a crash and I would much rather have the former.