alb@alice.UUCP (08/02/83)
STS-8 was rolled to pad 39A today, leaving the VAB shortly after midnight, and arriving about seven hours later. Liftoff is scheduled for 30 August, between 0215 and 0249 EDT. The narrow launch window is due to the need for the ejection of an Indian communications satellite to be in a precise place over India at the right time.