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AXAF Final Assembly

November 1997

TRW Space and Electronics Group at Redondo Beach, CA has notified NASA that it has experienced delays in assembly and testing of AXAF.

The delay is primarily due to TRW's difficulty in configuring and programming its Integrated Spacecraft Automated Test System to test the observatory before it is delivered to NASA. It is anticipated that the launch of AXAF, originally scheduled for August 1998, will be pushed back to November 1998.

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