As the result of a launch vehicle malfunction, the Intelsat VI(F-3) communications satellite failed to achieve geostationary orbit. The satellite is presently safe in a low-earth orbit pending a NASA Space Shuttle Program (SSP) mission to retrieve it and attach a solid rocket. This paper describes the recovery hardware design and the overall mission efforts undertaken to recover and reboost the satellite.


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    Title :

    Intelsat VI (F-3) reboost mission


    Contributors:
    Virdee, L. (author) / Dest, L. (author) / Rubin, C. (author) / Davis, S. (author) / Haynes, M. (author) / Seaman, C. (author) / Huning, S. W. (author) / Roberts, W. (author) / Wardlaw, R. (author)

    Publication date :

    1992-03-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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