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Sat Dec 12 10:26:34 1981
Intelsat
The launch of Intelsat V, that organization's fifteenth
satellite, was delayed one day because of a possible fault
in the range safety system. Also [get this!] they had an
oil pressure problem [sound familiar?]. The launch was
aborted but one minute before schedule [they never got to
T-:31.] Each satellite can carry 12,000 phone calls and
2 color television channels. Intelsat's satellites provide
for about 66% of the world's overseas communications and
domestic communications in 14 countries; it has 106 member
stations.
The launch will be aboard an Atlas Centaur rocket.
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