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Seems like a good enough satellite to merit making a launching a copy!
1 posted on 05/14/2007 10:49:09 AM PDT by cogitator
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Industry Leaders Call on Congress to Boost NASA Budget

2 posted on 05/14/2007 11:04:20 AM PDT by cogitator
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"QuikSCAT is currently two years beyond its five-year design lifetime"

5-year design lifetime?? Sounds pretty weak, is there some technical reason for that? Don't most satellites last a great deal longer than 5 years?
3 posted on 05/14/2007 3:38:15 PM PDT by Enchante (Reid and Pelosi Defeatocrats: Surrender Now - Peace for Our Time!!)
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