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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:

U.S. Government Interested In Seeing Iridium Salvaged
For the past seven months U.S. government agencies have been working with Motorola and and Iridium on various issues, including saving the satellite constellation. [full article]

Satmex's Solidaridad HS 601 Fails
Solidaridad I ceased transmitting on August 27 at 1545 UTC. [full article]

Sirius Satellite Radio Spare Satellite Damaged In Factory
Sirius Satellite Radio’s spare satellite, Sirius Radio 4, was damaged while being manufactured by Loral. [full article]

Japan Selects H-IIA To Launch MTSat Replacement
The Japanese Transport Ministry has selected the H-IIA to launch MTSat 1, in 2002. [full article]

Alcatel Wins Contract To Build Turkish Spy Satellites
The Turkish National Defense Ministry, after reopening competition, has selected Alcatel Space to design and build two observation satellites for the Turkish Intelligence Satellite Supply Project. [full article]

China Launches Observation Satellite
A Long March 4B successfully launched Zi Yuan 2 at 0325 UTC September 1 from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center . [full article]

China Orders Oceanic Observation Satellite
China's State Oceanic Administration has ordered an oceanic observation satellite from the Chinese Academy of Space Technology. [full article]

EarthWatch QuickBird Satellites Delayed By Gyro Problems
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has granted EarthWatch Inc. more time to construct QuickBird 1 and 2. [full article]

NPO-PM To Build Express-A1 Replacement
NPO Prikladnoy Mekhaniki (NPO PM), Krasnoyarsk, will build a communications satellite to replace the Express-A1 satellite. [full article]

U.S. Production Of RD-180 Engines Delayed
Production of Russian RD-180 rocket engines may not begin in the United States before 2005. [full article]

RD-191 Engine To Begin Ground Tests
NPO EnergoMash plans to begin ground-tests of the new RD-191 engine, a single-chamber derivative of the four-chamber RD-170/171 and dual-chamber RD-180 engines, in late 2000. [full article]

Proton Launches Classified Russian Satellite
A Russian Proton K/DM-2 launched classified Kosmos 2372 from Baikonur Cosmodrome at 1908 UTC on August 28. [full article]

iSKY Renames As WildBlue Communications
iSky, previously known as KaStar Communications, has changed its name to WildBlue Communications. [full article]

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September 4, 2000