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Philip Member Posts: 5952 From: Brussels, Belgium Registered: Jan 2001	posted 08-29-2009 10:53 AM Can anyone find out what the weight was of the Spacelab 2 X-Ray Telescope flown on STS-51F? And the weight of the Spartan-1 deployed on STS-51G?
Tom Member Posts: 1597 From: New York Registered: Nov 2000	posted 08-29-2009 06:17 PM Spartan 1 weighed 2190 lbs, with associated equipment weighing in at 2275. You may want to check this site which gives you access to every shuttle press kit.
cspg Member Posts: 6210 From: Geneva, Switzerland Registered: May 2006	posted 08-30-2009 12:30 AM And you can go here where you have the press kit and the Media Resource Kit (MRK).
Philip Member Posts: 5952 From: Brussels, Belgium Registered: Jan 2001	posted 08-30-2009 09:21 AM Thanks guys, found the data and bumped into this interesting website.

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