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ADVISORY TO NEWS AND ASSIGNMENT EDITORS

LIVE SATELLITE COVERAGE IS PLANNED FOR JAN. 17 LAUNCH OF NEW

GENERATION U.S. AIR FORCE GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM SATELLITE

Launch of a McDonnell Douglas Delta II rocket carrying a NAVSTAR Block IIR spacecraft, the first of a new generation of U.S. Air Force Global Positioning System satellites, is scheduled for Friday, Jan. 17. The launch window will open at 11:28 a.m. and close at 11:58 a.m. EST.

There will be satellite coverage of the launch Friday from 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. EST, on GALAXY 9, Transponder 22H. GALAXY 9 coordinates: 123 degrees west longitude; uplink frequency,

6365 vertical; downlink frequency, 4140 horizontal, 36 MHz.

Jan. 16, 1997

NOTE TO EDITORS: McDonnell Douglas representative Anne Toulouse can be reached via pager (see above) or at the Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel, Cocoa Beach, Fla., (407) 783-9222.