Shuttle to attempt satellite rescue

Friday 12 January 1996 00:02 GMT
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Shuttle to attempt satellite rescue

Cape Canaveral - The space shuttle Endeavour blasted off on a nine-day mission to retrieve a Japanese satellite. A Japanese astronaut, Koichi Wakata, is to use the shuttle's robot arm tomorrow to snag the four-ton satellite. On Sunday, he is to use the arm to place a Nasa satellite in orbit. Reuter

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