[amsat-bb] Re: way of satellite recovery?

[Greg D.]

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> Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:38:42 +0000
> From: m5aka at yahoo.co.uk
> To: AMSAT-BB at amsat.org; amprorg at yahoo.it
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: way of satellite recovery?
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> Nice idea , however costs make it unfeasable, 
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> Somebody can I'm sure post the costs of the Shuttle Missions that have recovered/repaired satellites. I suspect each mission cost many tens of millions of dollars. No unmanned mission has ever retrieved a satellite. 
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...especially one that is likely leaking some pretty nasty stuff.

Greg  KO6TH

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