alb@alice.UUCP (Adam L. Buchsbaum) (02/06/84)
The Challenger crew today dispatched Palapa-B from the shuttle and this time kept the shuttle oriented so that they could see the PAM fire. The firing went well, but nearly three hours later, Indonesia still had not received confirmation from the satellite that it had achieved the proper orbit, a message that usually comes 90 minutes after the firing. Officials are hoping that the satellite is just oriented wrong, but they do not know.