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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:

Ariane Wins Two Launch Contracts
Arianespace announced a pair of launch contracts N-Star C and Stellat. [full article]

Hispasat To Invest In Additional Capacity
Hispasat S.A. was awarded access to Brazil's 61 W by the Brazilian regulatory authorities on September 27. [full article]

Qualcomm Joins SkyBridge
Qualcomm Incorporated has become a SkyBridge shareholder and limited partner. SkyBridge's will enter into licenses with Qualcomm for its Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) technology for use in both user terminals and gateways. [full article]

ESA Approves 5 Science Missions
The European Space Agency's (ESA) Science Directorate announced the selection of five future space missions under the Horizon 2000+ program proposed by the Space Science Advisory Committee. [full article]

Proton Successfully Launches GE 6
A Proton K/DM3 successfully launched GE-6 from Baikonur Cosmodrome at 0451 UTC on October 22 (9:54 p.m. PDT, October 21). [full article]

Sea Launch Orbits Thuraya 1
A Zenit 3SL carrying Thuraya 1 was successfully launched from the Odyssey floating platform at 0552 UTC on October 21. [full article]

Atlas Launches U.S. Air Force Communications Satellite A Lockheed Martin built Atlas 2A successfully launched a U.S. Air Force Defense Satellite Communications System spacecraft, DSCS 3 B11, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, pad 36A, at 0040 UTC on October 20. [full article]

Soyuz Launches Progress M-43 To Resupply Mir Space Station
A Soyuz U carrying Progress M-43 was successfully launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome at 2127 UTC on October 16. [full article]

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October 23, 2000