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Aalice.227 net.columbia utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ARPAVAX:mhtsa!alice!sjb Sat Dec 12 10:26:34 1981 Intelsat The launch of Intelsat V, that organization's fifteenth satellite, was delayed one day because of a possible fault in the range safety system. Also [get this!] they had an oil pressure problem [sound familiar?]. The launch was aborted but one minute before schedule [they never got to T-:31.] Each satellite can carry 12,000 phone calls and 2 color television channels. Intelsat's satellites provide for about 66% of the world's overseas communications and domestic communications in 14 countries; it has 106 member stations.

The launch will be aboard an Atlas Centaur rocket.

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