June 18, 1997 Paris Air Show Special #3 ============================== THE ORBITAL REPORT ON-LINE ============================== Space Executive's Weekly News Digest This issue of Takyon International's latest on-line newsletter was published in cooperation with New Space. (www.newspace.com) OReOL covers space industry news, market trends, and provides the necessary background information for immediate analysis. Please feel free to contact us for any comment. ********************************************************************* * SPOUTNIK MAGAZINE * * The first and unique magazine about space conquest (in French) * * Discover the history of the most important * * human and technological adventure of the 20th century ! * * For more info: Phone +33 (0) 561 00 4848, Fax +33 (0) 561 00 4738 * ********************************************************************* === FROM THE PARIS AIR SHOW === * ALCATEL ALSTHOM and LORAL SPACE & TECHNOLOGY will combine their efforts to develop and launch their US$1.6-billion SKYBRIDGE and US$3.5-billion CYBERSTAR constellations of broadband communication satellites. ALCATEL and LORAL have also agreed to invest US$30 million in each other's venture. The 64-satellite SKYBRIDGE constellation in low Earth orbit, the Ku-band part of the business, could be launched as soon as 2001. Three Ka-band CYBERSTAR satellites are planned for launch beginning in 1999. * MOTOROLA has unveiled its intent to build a US$12.9-billion broadband satellite system, dubbed CELESTRI, which could provide worldwide interactive multimedia services in Ka-band in 2002. This new system would be based on a 63-satellite constellation in low Earth orbit. * A Russian PROTON K vehicle has successfully launched a cluster of 7 IRIDIUM satellites into their targeted orbit from Baykonur today. * STARSEM, the French-Russian joint-venture in charge of marketing the Soyuz vehicle, has agreed with RKA, the Russian space agency, to begin the marketing of two new versions of the vehicle. The SOYUZ-FREGAT, and later the SOYUZ 2-FREGAT, will allow to launch more voluminous payloads. The FREGAT upper stage will first be test-launched in 1999. Two SOYUZ- FREGAT are due to loft the CLUSTER 2 satellites in 2000. * FIAT AVIO is studying a new concept for its proposed VEGA launcher incorporating Ukrainian liquid propulsion technology from NPO YUZHNOE in its third and fourth stages. * NASA has awarded a US$54-million contract to LOCKHEED MARTIN for the development and manufacturing of a Solar X-Ray Imager which will be carried aboard NOAA's future Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES-N, O, P & Q). * INPE, the Brazilian space science institute, has signed a US$4-million contract with AEROSPATIALE, of France, for the procurement of the mechanical/optical system of the CIMEX optical instrument. This equipment will fly on the US SPACE SHUTTLE. For more information regarding these topics and much, much more ! Please refer to the next issue of THE ORBITAL LAUNCHER REPORT The Monthly Space Transportation Newsletter (Vol.3, N°9, is due July 7) ********************************************************************* * As part of the New Space Journal, two interactive columns are now * * being published. "Minimum Cost Design" by Arthur Schnitt focuses * * on the MCD criteria and its application to space launch vehicles. * * "Reality Check" by Rick Fleeter takes a critical look at current * * space industry issues and concepts from the perspective of a * * seasoned veteran. You can view these columns on the web: * * * * www.newspace.com/schnitt -or- www.newspace.com/fleeter * ********************************************************************* The Orbital Report On-Line is published 3 to 4 times per month by Takyon International (RCS Paris B 401 465 398) 34, boulevard Exelmans, 75016 Paris, France Phone: +33 (0) 146 566 490 * Fax: +33 (0) 146 561 355 Editorial hotline: +33 (0) 607 995 056 E-mail: [email protected] Chief Editor: Stefan Barensky Technical Contributor: Samuel Szdat © Takyon International - June 1997 Takyon International also publishes The Orbital Launcher Report, a monthly space transportation newsletter. --------------- End of Paris Air Show Special #3 ------------------
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