The French contribution to the final tracking of Skylab is described. Interagency collaboration within the French scientific community and French cooperation with NASA are detailed. Global tracking operations organization are also described, as well as the tracking equipment used. A rundown of significant events affecting operations support over the final 24 hr of Skylab orbital lifetime is presented. An eyewitness account (Skylab public release information No. 19) of the vehicle reentry and breakup is given. A chronological recapitulation of messages exchanged between the French space agency and NASA is also given.


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    Title :

    Reentry of Skylab: Operational Aspects


    Contributors:
    J. C. Caroff (author) / J. Y. Trebaol (author) / I. Legoff (author) / J. Sculfort (author)

    Publication date :

    1981


    Size :

    201 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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