PRESS RELEASE 93-40

Immediate 
<h3>Media Advisory</h3> <h3>Experimental Communications Satellite to 
be Launched in Mid-July Aboard Shuttle Discovery</h3> WHAT:

A press briefing to discuss the Advanced Communications Technology 
Satellite (ACTS) developed and managed by Lewis engineers. And, an 
overview of the experiments program and participation of private 
industry and academia in the program.

WHO:

Participants include:

Dr. Richard Gedney - Lewis Research Center 
Manager, ACTS Project Office

Rodney M. Knight - Lewis Research Center
Deputy Project Manager, Operations and Experiments

Dr. Don Flournoy
ACTS Project manager and director of the Institute for 
Telecommunication Studies
Ohio University

John Voss
Senior Vice President and Director of Information Systems and Services
The Huntington Service Company

WHEN:
Thursday, July 8, 1993
10 a.m.

WHERE: 
NASA Lewis Research Center
21000 Brookpark Road
Bldg. 55 - ACTS Master Ground Station
Cleveland, Ohio
For more information contact:

Mary Ann Peto/Linda Ellis
NASA Lewis Research Center
(216)433-2902 or 433-2900

Dorothy Brownley
The Huntington Bank
(614)463-4531

Dwight Woodward
Ohio University
(614)593-1886

Please call Mary Ann Peto at (216) 433-2902 if you plan to attend.



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