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1985
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SPACEFLIGHT Salyut revisited MOSCOW ~~~ Cosmonauts Vladimir Dzhan- ibekov and Viktor Savinykh continue to reactivate the Soviet Salyut 7 space station for purposes yet to be revealed. After a hiatus of several months, the Soviet Union returned to manned space flight on June 6 with the launch of the two-man Soyuz T-13 (left). With Dzhani- bekov as mission commander and Savinykh as flight engineer, Soyuz T-13 docked with the mothballed Salyut 7 on June 8, after first checking the station's exterior and solar panels. Salyut 7 has been in orbit for three years, and was deac tivated in October 1984, when the Soviets indicated that the station had completed its mission. The reactivation appears to disprove Western speculation that Salyut 7 has been used as a target for ground-based high-energy laser tests unless, of course, the visit is to assess damage inflicted by such a weapon. Recent Soviet launches include three scientific satellites, Cosmos 1654 on May 23, and 1655 and 1656 on May 30; two Earth-resources satellites, Cosmos 1653 on May 22 and 1657 on June 7; and a Molniya-3 TV relay satellite on May 29. NOAA is back GREENBELT A US weather satellite presumed dead after it began tumbling out of control last June has been recovered after a backup attitude control system unexpectedly came back on line. NOAA-8 was the first of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra tion's RCA-built Tiros-N polar-orbiting weather satellites to carry Sarsat search and rescue equipment. AT&T stops at three BASKING RIDGE ~ With the successful deploy ment of its third Telstar 3 communications satellite from Discovery on June 19, AT&T has decided not to proceed with a fourth space craft for launch in 1988. AT&T believes that its existing system of three Telstar satellites plus the Comstar D4 spacecraft leased from Comsat will cope with the expected growth in long distance and international telecommunications, which is slower than anticipated. The move comes as confirmation of overcapacity in commercial satellite communications. Telesat Canada has placed two of its Anik spacecraft in parking orbits awaiting an upturn in business, and insurers trying to sell the recovered Palapa and Westar satellites have yet to find buyers. 6^2 SECOND 50 FLIGHT International, 29 June 19S5
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