[net.columbia] Atlantis Delivered to KSC

alb@brunix.UUCP (Adam L. Buchsbaum) (04/14/85)

The space shuttle Atlantis arrived at KSC today,
and workers began unmounting it from its jumbo
jet host.  It will be towed to the OFP for preparation
for its maiden voyage this year.  Atlantis is
the first shuttle capable of launching the new
liquid-fueled Centaur upper stage, designed to
lift heavy payloads into geosynchronous orbits
and launch payloads into deep space trajectories.
Currently slated for Centaur launch from the shuttle
are the Galileo project to Jupiter and a satellite
that will orbit the sun's poles.