That's exactly my point Robert , I think in the SpaceWarn bulletin they mean re-boost rather than recovery. I did exchange emails with SES yesterday concerning Spacewarn 589.....but we will just have to wait for the next official statement to find out exactly what they are going to do.....the insurers could well be looking to recover/re-boost rather than let it burn. John. > the satellite does not have to fit in the payload bay. They could > strap a booster to the satellite to send it on its way to geostationary > orbit. > > With the expense of a shuttle mission and hardware like a booster, > I figure why bother. Just let Astra 1K decay and use the insurance > proceeds to build another satellite. > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > Robert Smathers - Albuquerque, New Mexico USA > Satellite Services Guide columnist, MONITORING TIMES Magazine > (robertsmathers@monitoringtimes.com) or (roberts@nmia.com) > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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