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美空军担心,由于航天飞机舰队数目有限,一旦发生事故或其他问题,就会减少发射业务。因此空军正在考虑:在轨道上贮存重要的同步轨道卫星,以减少上述情况发生造成的影响。这种方法,实际上国防部和商用通信卫星的经营者在某种程度上已经采用。空间系统和指挥、控制及通信主任伯纳德·P·伦道夫准将对美国宇航协会讲,在轨道上贮存卫星,可以发挥美国的长处,研制效率高、寿命长和多用途的卫星。轨道贮存卫星方案打算在1987年以后实施,不影响目前已经公布的航天飞机有效载荷发射日程
The U.S. Air Force fears that as a result of the limited fleet of spaceflight aircraft, launch operations will be reduced in the event of an accident or other problem. Therefore, the Air Force is considering the following: Storing important orbiting satellites in orbit to reduce the impact of the above situation. This approach, in fact, has been adopted to some extent by DoD and commercial communications satellite operators. Brigadier-General Bernard P. Randolph, Space Systems and Director of Command, Control and Communications, told NASA that satellites orbiting satellites could benefit from the United States and develop efficient, long-lived and multi-purpose satellites. The orbital storage satellite program is planned to be implemented after 1987 and does not affect the already announced space shuttle payload launch schedule