[net.columbia] STS-11 Mission Scapped

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.