Re: HST Array

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On Wed, 2 Apr 1997, Pouplier Alphonse wrote:
> My identification prgm gives "HST Array 1 22920U 90037C"
> as being the most probable one.
> 
> But what is it "HST Array 1 22920U 90037C" ???

On the first Shuttle mission to repair Hubble Space Telescope, one job 
was to replace the old solar array panel.  One was taken on board the 
shuttle.  The other panel could not be folded enough, so it was cast off 
into space.  

To the chagrin of a fellow Seesater here, I became the first person on 
earth to see the solar panel in orbit.  It was slowly flashing a little 
ahead of the shuttle.  I was quite excited to see it then.

Jay Respler
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