Great article!
But a question that has always nagged me... Perhaps someone on the BB knows
the answer?
I understand that the early Oscars got their ride into space by replacing a
piece of concrete (or similar dead weight material) with our satellite. That's
why they have the shape that they do (looking like a segment of a ring).
But what about the antenna? Was it deployed after launch, or did it ride into
space already sticking out the side? An on-orbit deploy would have been
excessively complicated for that era (it's even difficult today!), but I can't
see something like that surviving launch intact, either.
Anybody know?
Greg KO6TH
> Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:07:25 +0000
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