The investigation into solar-array damage on the Intelsat IS-19 telecommunications satellite has cleared the Sea Launch vehicle from responsibility and is focusing on the Space Systems/Loral-built spacecraft, industry officials said.The unusually long investigation -r- the satellite was launched in May and had trou' ble deploying one of its two solar arrays upon separation from the rocket - has led to concerns in the industry that the inquiry would end the same way as a 2004 investigation into a similar anomaly, when another Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) satellite separated from a Sea Launch rocket with major damage.
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