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NA\SA News
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
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James S. Lacy
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
(Phone: 301/344-5565)
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The RCA-D and future RCA spacecraft are designed for launch
by the Space Shuttle or the Delta 3910/PAM-D launch vehicle. The
satellies total transfer orbit weight, including the Star 30 apo-
gee motor, is 1,082 kilograms (2,385 pounds) as compared to 907
kg (2,000 lb.) for the earlier Satcom I/II satellites.
RCA Earth stations are located near New York City, San Fran-
cisco and Los Angeles, and at Anchorage, Juneau, Nome, Bethel,
Valdez and Prudhoe Bay in Alaska.
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Location at Injection:
Latitude 2.24 degrees
Longitude 15.46 degrees (W)
Operational Orbit
FOLLOWS.)
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RCA-D) DE.SCRIPTION
The RCA Domestic Communications
Satellite (RCA Satcom III-R)
is a 2 4 -channel spacecraft to
provide
to Alaska, Hawaii and the Contiguous commercial communications
48 states. RCA Satcom III-R
will distribute programming
to the nation's cable television
systems.
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NASA/RCA-D TEAM
NASA Headquarters
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Wayne L. McCall
Chief, Delta Operations
Division
David C. Bragdon
Spacecraft Coordinator
CONTRACTORS
RCA Americom Spacecraft management
RCA Astro Electronics Division development/production
Princeton, N.J.
Major Subcontractors
SPAR Aerospace Division Antenna Input and Output
Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue,
Quebec, Canada
Charles Stark Draper Labs Momentum Wheel Assembly
Cambridge, Mass.
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Subcontractors (cont'd.)
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