Aresearch.62 net.columbia utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ihnss!mhtsa!research!sjb Thu Sep 24 22:29:56 1981 SBS satellite The SBS satellite was successfully launched tonight at 7:09, about 20 minutes behind schedule. It went into a geosynchronous orbit, about 23,000 miles above Earth 25 minutes after launch. ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.