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For Release: May 14, 1999
Media Advisory m99-097b

Summary:

-- News Release: Student-Built Satellite Scheduled To Launch May 18

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STUDENT-BUILT SATELLITE SCHEDULED TO LAUNCH MAY 18

     The TERRIERS satellite, built by students at Boston University and 
scheduled for launch on May 18, could provide a much better 
understanding of how changes in the ionosphere -- the electrically 
charged region of the upper atmosphere -- affect global communication 
systems, satellites, cell phones and pagers. The Tomographic Experiment 
using Radiative Recombinative Ionospheric Extreme ultraviolet and Radio 
Sources, TERRIERS, named for the University's mascot, the Boston 
Terrier, will launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA, at 1:10 a.m. 
EDT on May 18.  

Contact at Headquarters: Donald Savage, 202/358-1727;
Contact at Goddard: Susan Hendrix, 301/286-7745;
Contact at Boston University: Shauna LaFauci or Joan Schwartz, 617/353-
2399.

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