[amsat-bb] Re: DMSP F18's launch vehicle far exceeds mission requirements

[Rocky Jones]

> Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:54:47 -0700
> From: karn at philkarn.net
> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
> Subject: [amsat-bb] DMSP F18's launch vehicle far exceeds mission	requirements
> 
> Seems like a missed opportunity for a secondary payload. Sigh.

Yeap there were two oppurtunities.  45 pounds of ballast on the secondary slot of the Centaur...and the Centaur itself.

Robert WB5MZO
 		 	   		  
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