SPACEandTECH Digest - Headlines (14 August 2000)

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SPACEandTECH Digest is a weekly roundup of the latest space news. Our concise summaries are selected because they address topics or areas of interest to the space industry professional.

In this issue:

Survivor Producer Proposes TV Contest With Trip To Mir For Winner
Mark Burnett, producer of CBS series “Survivor” has proposed a reality based TV series titled “Destination Mir”. [full article]

Orbcomm Struggles With New Layoffs, Misses Debt Payment
Orbcomm is struggling with slow subscriber growth while announcing additional layoffs. [full article]

Iridium Court Date Set
The next hearing for a U.S. bankruptcy court to discuss additional bids for assets belonging to Iridium LLC has been set for August 23. [full article]

Venezuela Protests As Work On Beal's Spaceport In Guyana To Begin
Despite continuing protests by Venezuela, Guyana expects work on a new spaceport to launch rockets for Beal Aerospace Technologies Inc. to start within 18 months. [full article]

New Regulations On Satellite Imaging Published By U.S.
The U.S. published new regulations on satellite imagery. Among the changes is the lifting of a cap on foreign investment and a requirement that U.S. companies licensed to operate imaging satellites retain absolute control over their satellites. [full article]

West Indian Space Changes Name To ImageSat, Announces Product Offerings
West Indian Space has changed its name to ImageSat International offering satellite and data imagery offered to commercial customers, government agencies and private individuals. [full article]

Starsem Soyuz Launches Last Two Cluster Satellites For ESA
A Soyuz U/Fregat launched two ESA Cluster satellites, Rumba and Tango, from Baikonur Cosmodrome, at 1113 UTC August 9. [full article]

British Aviation Insurance To Acquire Associated Aviation Underwriters
The British Aviation Insurance Group is acquiring the U.S. aviation and satellite syndicate manager Associated Aviation Underwriters Inc. [full article]

DirecTV Renames Satellites
DirecTV is renaming four of its five existing satellites and all future satellites with the brand "DirecTV". [full article]

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August 14, 2000