Satellite “mom” tells story of Lab's small satellites
When the first of the Laboratory's small satellites, ALEXIS, was released into space in the spring of 1993, one of the spacecraft's solar panels tore free of its hinge attachment during launch, sending its ground crew into frustration and despair.

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