Tether Sat Re-entered

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Bill Bard" <wtba@eci-esyst.com> said -

>The STS-77 CapCom just informed the STS-77 crew that the tethered
>satellite re-entered at about 5:30 AM EDT (0930 UTC) over the Atlantic.

tethered satellite???
TETHERED satellite???
TETHERED SATELLITE???

perchance did you mean to say inflatable antenna experiment?

*sigh* - a couple of minutes earlier and it might have been visible from
Florida!

didn't get to see IAE yesterday or today due to heavy cloud layers, so
strike it from my top ten list of visuals ...



Philip Chien, Earth News - space writer and consultant  PCHIEN@IDS.NET
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