June 20, 1997 Paris Air Show Special #5 ============================== 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 === * The cryogenic core stage of the 2nd ARIANE 5 vehicle was erected in Kourou, French Guiana, on June 17. It was mated with the upper stage and vehicle equipment bay on June 18 and 19. Solid boosters will be strapped on the vehicle on June 21 and 23. The new VULCAIN engine will arrive in Guiana on July 9 and will be mounted on the vehicle late the same month. A launch rehearsal is planned on September 4 with a targeted launch date on September 30. * The first firing of a KB KHIMAVTOMATIKI RD-0120 engine for the second phase of the RECORD test program led by SOCIETE EUROPEENNE DE PROPULSION of Suresnes, France, was successfully performed at TsNIIMASH test center in Sergyev-Posad, Russia, on June 10. A second static firing is planned early next week. * DAIMLER-BENZ AEROSPACE, of Munich, Germany, and MATRA MARCONI SPACE, of Velizy, France, have signed a contract worth about DM30-million (US$17-million) for the procurement of 14 attitude control systems (SCA) to be used on ARIANE 5 vehicles #503 to 516. SCA provides attitude control during upper stage boost and payload injection. * McDONNELL DOUGLAS AEROSPACE, of Huntington Beach, California, has awarded a contract to MATRA MARCONI SPACE-UK (MMS-UK), of Stevenage, Great-Britain, for the procurement of at least one DUAL LAUNCH PAYLOAD ADAPTER to be flown in 1999 to allow the launch of two 1-t NASA payloads in low Earth orbit on a Delta 2-7320 vehicle. MMS-UK provides SPELDA dual launch structures currently used for dual launches on ARIANE 4. * STARSEM, of Suresnes, France, the French-Russian consortium in charge of marketing the SOYUZ launcher, has awarded a contract to its parent company AEROSPATIALE, of Paris, France, for the development of a payload dispenser for the deployment of GLOBALSTAR satellites in orbit after their launch on SOYUZ-IKAR vehicles in late 1998. * E'PRIME AEROSPACE CORP. (EPAC), of Titusville, Florida, and SPACEPORT SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL (SSI), of Lompoc, California, are planning to launch several EAGLE launch vehicles from SSI's CALIFORNIA SPACEPORT, in Vandenberg AFB, California. EPAC is developing the EAGLE family of launchers from deactivated MX PEACEKEEPER intercontinental ballistic missile. * ALLIEDSIGNAL AEROSPACE, of Torrance, California, has been selected to provide Vehicle Management System (VMS) for the K-1 reusable two-stage- to-orbit vehicle under development by KISTLER AEROSPACE of Kirkland, Washington. 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 #5 ------------------
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