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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:

AsiaSat Contracts With Hughes To Build AsiaSat 4
Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited has contracted with Hughes Space and Communications International, Inc to build AsiaSat 4. [full article]

Loral May Reconfigure ChinaSat 8 For WildBlue
WildBlue Communications has reported that they have reached an agreement with Loral Space & Communications to convert Chinasat 8 into WildBlue 1. [full article]

ACeS Garuda 1 Experiences Antenna Problems
Garuda 1, a recently launched mobile-telephone satellite, is likely to have reduced call-handling capacity due to unexplained problems with the main antenna. [full article]

Iridium Liquidation Proceeding; Bids Remain On Table
Motorola Inc. has received court approval to decommission the Iridium constellation. CMC International, Porterville, CA, has revised its bid for Iridium's satellite constellation and other assets. [full article]

Proton Successfully Launches Sirius Radio 2
Sirius Radio 2 was successfully launched into a highly elliptical orbit by a Proton K/DM4 from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Complex 81 pad 23, at 0943:58.022 UTC on September 5. [full article]

Ariane 4 Successfully Launches Eutelsat W1
An Ariane 44P successfully launched Eutelsat W1 from pad ELA 3, Centre Spatial Guyanasis (CSG), near Kourou, at 2233 UTC on September 6. [full article]

GE Americom Completes Purchase Of Columbia Corp.
GE American Communications Inc. (GE Americom) has completed its acquisition of Columbia Communications Corp. as of September 1. [full article]

Shuttle Atlantis Launches Cargo/Servicing Mission To International Space Station
The Space Shuttle Atlantis, with a crew of 7, launched from Kennedy Space Center, pad 39B, at 1245:47.066 UTC on September 8. [full article]

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September 11, 2000