avsdT:willett@avsdS.UUCP (02/14/84)
STS-11 Has been scapped? Due to the malfunction of rocket engines on the satalites of the STS-10 space mission, the STS-11 mission to place the Top Secret(?) military satalite into orbit has been post- poned until the rocket engine faults can be rectified.
philb@shark.UUCP (Phil Biehl) (02/20/84)
My understanding was that STS-11 was canned because of continuing problems with the Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) which is a VERY different booster that the smaller Payload Assist Module (PAM). The top secret bird apparently is large enough to need a IUS instead of a PAM which is used on smaller payloads such as those deplyed on the pervious orbiter missions. Phil Biehl Tektronix, Inc.