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Andy G - 24 Oct 2006 23:11 GMT

May have asked this before here, but here goes.

I won in error at an Aurora Auction an apparently flown "IPS PEA".

What the heck is it?

Its made by Dornier and has all the flight labels etc. Someone told me it
flew on the shuttle as part of a pointing device for an orbital mission
maybe Topex/Poseidon?

Anyone got any ideas?

Cheers

Andy

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Jorge R. Frank - 25 Oct 2006 00:12 GMT

> May have asked this before here, but here goes.
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> Anyone got any ideas?

The only IPS I'm aware of that's flown on the shuttle is the Spacelab
Instrument Pointing System used on the Astro missions. This site confirms
it was made by Dornier:

<http://directory.eoportal.org/pres_IPSInstrumentPointingSystem.html>

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Andy G - 25 Oct 2006 20:25 GMT

Thank you so very much.

This group is a fantastic repository for people with amazing knowledge.

Thank you for your time and help, it is really appreciated

With my best regards

Andy

Mr Andrew R Green B.Sc(Hons) FRAS.

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> <http://directory.eoportal.org/pres_IPSInstrumentPointingSystem.html>

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