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Latin America: Learning the Tricks of the Trade
June 14, 2000
By Rob Fernandez For the satellite industry, the developing regions of the world offer a particularly fertile market for its unique telecommunications services. Latin America is one region that is...
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June 07, 2000
The Atlas 3A rocket, powered by new Russian-built RD-180 engine, successfully completed its maiden flight May 24 by carrying the Eutelsat W4 satellite into the proper orbit after liftoff from...
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June 07, 2000
Spot Image Corp., the U.S. subsidiary of Spot Image system, has licensed the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA), formerly the Defense Mapping Agency, to release Spot Image’s older images...
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June 07, 2000
A combined “national team” has been established by three major satellite manufacturers–the Lockheed Martin Space Systems subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT], the Hughes Space and Communications subsidiary of Hughes...
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June 07, 2000
High-resolution satellite imagery could pose a realistic threat to U.S. national security. Industry companies currently commercializing these pixels claim no long-term adverse effects will occur. “After seven months of operations,...
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June 07, 2000
Arianespace’s sales and net income for 1999 slipped slightly from 1998 levels, the France-led launch organization reported at its annual meeting May 30. Sales for 1999 fell to about $908.5...
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June 07, 2000
Ames Research Center–Information technology development, flight research, experimental aircraft development, early aircraft design; Dryden Flight Research Center–X-plane flight tests, early Space Shuttle tests, early Space Shuttle landings, current X-craft flight...
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June 07, 2000
Astrium recently inked a significant deal with Arianespace to provide 20 Ariane 5 vehicle equipment bays (VEBs). The contract is worth more than 150 million euros or US$140 million. Under...
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June 07, 2000
A flair of entrepreneurial spirit rocked the aerospace industry May 17 when the five-member Web start-up company Dreamtime Holdings Inc. snagged a NASA contract to commercialize the agency’s 85-year-old film...