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[i]Some 3.5 hours after launch, a balky close proximity antenna for the Kurs automated rendezvous system on the ISS Progress 31 cargo ship was commanded to deploy to its nominal position and was locked in place. Russian flight controllers are assessing whether the inability to initially deploy the antenna will have any impact on docking Sunday. The antenna in question is one of two so-called "narrow field proximity antennas" used for range and range rate updates to the Progress computers through the final stage of its approach for docking at the Pirs docking compartment.[/i]
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