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SPACEandTECH Flash! Archive
is
a collection of past SPACEandTECH featured articles. Our concise
summaries are selected because they address topics or areas of
interest to
the space industry professional. The following headlines are
indexed by week:
April 30,
2001
Space Tourist Launched to International Space Station
India’s GSat 1 Stranded Short of Geosyncrhonous Orbit
Loral’s Telstar 6 Fails / Service Recovered
Galaxy IIIR Shifts to Backup Control After Failure
Inmarsat Negotiating to Launch Satellites Using Atlas V
Loral Contracts for Delta 4 Launch of Brazilian Satellite
Loral Wins DirecTV 7S Contract
Alcatel Contracts with ILS to Launch Two GE Satellites
Astrium to Build Eutelsat W3A Satellite
New Chinese Solid Propellant Launch Vehicle First Flight Planned
for 2002
Japanese Joint-Venture Announced to Develop and Market J-2 Rocket
LeoLink Incorporated to Market Shavit Derivatives
Turkey’s Spy Satellite Delayed
Orbital to Sell Magellan and Navigation Solutions Subsidiaries
April
23, 2001
Loral
Contracts for Delta 4 Launch of Brazilian Satellite
Loral
Wins DirecTV 7S Contract
Alcatel
Contracts with ILS to Launch Two GE Satellites
Astrium
to Build Eutelsat W3A Satellite
Galaxy
IIIR Shifts to Backup Control After Failure
Commercial Antibiotic Production Experiment to Begin on Space
Station
Shuttle Endeavour Successfully Launches STS-100 Mission to Space
Station
India’s GSLV / Krunivhev’s KVRB First Launch a Success
Insurance Payout for Garuda 1 Antenna Problems
Spain Competes Military Satellite
Intersputnik Holding Talks With Iraq
Orbital Selling Shares of Canadian Subsidiary
Sirius Satellite Radio Debut Delayed to Fourth Quarter
EMS
Takes Write-down on NetSat 28 Delays
Atlas V Still Seeking Customer One Year Before First Launch
Lockheed
Martin Forms Navigation Systems Business Unit
EADS Establishes U.S. Office
Goodrich Adopts New Name
April
19,
2001
Shuttle
Endeavour Successfully Launches STS-100 Mission to
Space Station
India’s GSLV /
Krunivhev’s KVRB First Launch a Success
Pratt
& Whitney Announces Plans to Develop RL60 Upper Stage Engine
USAF to Review X-33 Options
Alcatel Suing Loral
Iridium Satellites Could Fly on Rockot in October
Orbcomm Goes to Number Two Auction Bidder
Orbital Picks Up Missile Contract Lost by Coleman Research
NASA to Buy Beal Test Equipment
Boeing and Rosaviakosmos Enter Into Cooperative Agreements
Japan Takes First Steps Toward One Space Agency
Sing-Tel Bid for Optus in Trouble
Another Satellite Planned for Indonesia
April 9,
2001
Proton
M Debuts With Successful Ekran Launch
Delta Launches Odyssey to Mars
NASA Selects Delta 2 to Launch Swift Gamma Ray Burst Explorer
AstroVision Selects Ball for Two AVStar Satellites
Intelsat Issues RFP for Broadband Satellite System
Europe Proceeding With Galileo Navigation Satellite Constellation
Astrium Developing Reusable Launch Vehicle Demonstrator
Soyuz Increasing Production
Iridium Ownership Revealed
Globalstar SEC Filing Includes a Remote Bankruptcy Option
Orbital Annual Report Filing With SEC Delayed
April
2, 2001
SES
to Acquire GE Americom
Ariane to Launch Astra 3A for SES
Iridium Resumes Satellite Phone Service
Sea Launch to Launch Two Spaceway Satellites
New Skies Contracts With Boeing / Sea Launch
FCC Grants New Skies Access to U.S. Market
Delta 4 Announces Contract to Launch Indonesian M2A
Loral Delays Telstar 9 to Include Ka-band Transponders
Global Radio to Provide Europe With Digital Audio Radio Services
Pegasus
to Launch Spectrum Astro C/NOFS Satellite for USAF
New Jersey Company to Use Indonesian Satellite
Senate Space Subcommittee Changes Leadership
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