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Article: Skypix Corp. cancels transponder leasing contract with Hughes. (Hughes Communications Inc.)
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- Satellite News
- Article date:
- May 18, 1992
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Dear Executive:
Last Thursday evening at 8:40 EDT, a McDonnell Douglas Space Systems Co. Delta 2 booster, version 7925, successfully launched the Hughes Aircraft Co. -built, HS 376, Palapa B4 satellite for PT Telekomunlkasi Indonesia, the state-owned telecommunications company (SN, May 11, p. 2). The booster, Delta 209, was scheduled to be launched last Monday. but the mission was delayed due to a problem with an interior bridge crane at launchpad 17B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The crane is needed for fairing installation. The spacecraft will orbit at 97.5[Degrees]E. Palapa B4 joins three Palapa satellites already in orbit. It is the fifth ...