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| FINAL STAGES -- Technicians make adjustments to the Brasilsat B-3 satellite as
it nears completion in the Hughes Space and Communications Company factory near
Los Angeles. In the foreground is the payload section of the HS 376W
spacecraft, with its antenna folded down and a ring of solid-state power
amplifiers visible. The amplifiers power the satellite's 28 active
transponders. In the background is the satellite's cylindrical solar array. In
orbit, the satellite will be 12 feet in diameter and 27 feet tall with the
telescoping solar arrays opened and the antenna deployed. The satellite was
built for EMBRATEL, the leading Brazilian telecommunications company, and is set for launch Jan. 30, 1998. |
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