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EOS array arrives at Lockheed Martin
TRW has delivered to Lockheed Martin the solar array for NASA's Mission to Planet Earth spacecraft, the Earth Observing System, EOS AM-1 is planned for launch in June 1998. The 5,400kg craft will carry five synergistic instruments to study the Earth's clouds, water vapour, aerosol particles, trace gases and other ...
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Abu Dhabi signs Hughes for $1.2 billion Thuraya deal
Hughes Space and Communications has won a $1.2 billion contract to build and launch a communications-satellite system, including the ground segment of the installation, for Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications of Abu Dhabi. One ground spare will also be constructed. The satellite, to be launched in 2000, will extend mobile-communications ...
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PanAmSat PAS 5 is put in orbit
Tim Furniss/LONDON A Russian Proton K booster, operated by ILS International Launch Services, placed PanAmSat's PAS 5 communications satellite into orbit on 28 August after launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The launch brings to 16 the number of PanAmSat communications satellites in orbit. The constellation also ...
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Insurance consortium
China has established its first space-insurance consortium consisting of nine insurance companies, including People's Insurance of China, China Pacific Insurance and Pingan Insurance. It will complement its commercial-launcher service, which received a boost on 20 August with the successful launch of the Long March 3B, China's most powerful geostationary-orbit launcher. ...
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It's not only the young who suffer
Sir - I would like to sympathise with Christopher Stone and the difficulties he is encountering (Letters, Flight International, 20-26 August, P51), but I would like to put the older viewpoint. I am a 37-year-old professional person, wanting to fly commercially. Being driven, committed, enthusiastic and mature, I ...
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AIAA
E C "Pete" Aldridge has become the new president of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). He was president of the electronic-systems division of McDonnell Douglas until 1992 and has since been president of The Aerospace Corporation, a non-profit-making organisation dedicated to science and technology transfer. ...
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Meggitt
UK aerospace and electronics group Meggitt, of Wimborne, Dorset, has appointed Mike Farge managing director of its new subsidiary, Meggitt Asia Pacific, based in Singapore. He was formerly group director of marketing. Richard Needham, a former Minister of State at the Department of Trade and Industry, is named a special ...
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Lufthansa
Dieter Heinen has been named senior vice-president for Northern and Eastern Europe at the Lufthansa Passenger Airline business unit, based in London, UK. He was previously senior vice-president for Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Africa. Claus Tilgner has become managing director of Lufthansa Shannon Turbine Technologies, the Irish subsidiary of ...
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Barnes
Cedric Beckett has been appointed president of Bristol, Connecticut-based components manufacturer Barnes Aerospace OEM and Advanced Fabrications. Before joining the Barnes Group in 1994, Barnes was with Hamilton Standard for eight years. Marian Acker-Quinn has been named group controller. She was formerly corporate manager of accounting. ...
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AIAA
John Bernard has been appointed vice-president of sales, eastern region, and Ted Malys vice-president of sales, central region, at US carrier American Trans Air (ATA). Bernard was previously director of transportation at Boston, Massachusetts-based TNT Vacations. Malys joined ATA in 1982 as regional sales manager. Source: ...
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Simcom
Tracy Brannon has become vice-president for training at US simulator-training firm Simcom International, of Orlando, Florida. She is succeeded by Thomas Evans as Orlando training-centre manager. He was formerly Pilatus PC-12 programme manager and Piper Navajo programme manager . Source: Flight International
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IBA
UK aviation consultancy the International Bureau of Aviation (IBA) has appointed Phil Seymour, formerly vice-president, technical at Exxtor, as director of technical services. He has also worked at British Airways, Dan-Air, Air Europe, Ambassador and Saudi Arabian Airlines. Source: Flight International
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Intertechnique pumps
British Aerospace Airbus has selected Intertechnique of France to supply the fuel boost and transfer pumps for the Airbus A320 family. Its mixed-flow, liquid-ring type pumps have a canister allowing removal without draining the aircraft's fuel tanks. Source: Flight International
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Orbital sensor
Orbital Sciences has been awarded a $5 million contract by the US Government to develop a next-generation ozone-monitoring sensor for satellites. Source: Flight International
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Guardian in China
Hughes has completed the testing and site acceptance of its Guardian flight and radar data-processing system at Chengdu, Guangzhou and Zhenzhou for the China United Airlines air-traffic-control system. The remaining sites, at Beijing, Chanchun, Fuzhou and Shenyang are due to be commissioned this month. Source: Flight ...
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Ametek interfaces
Ametek Aerospace Products of Pennsylvania is supplying signal-conditioning units to interface existing aircraft systems with the Honeywell advanced common flightdeck for Boeing's MD-10 upgrade of the McDonnell Douglas DC-10. Ametek will also supply interface units to process signals from engine and nacelle sensors on the Bell Boeing 609 civil tilt-rotor. ...
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Orbital sensor
The US Early Bird commercial remote-sensing satellite will be launched into orbit by a Russian Start 1 rocket from the Svobodny Cosmodrome on 22 October. It will be the second launch from the new base in the country's eastern Amur region. The launch will be for EarthWatch, a joint venture ...
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ISS connector
The first of two pressurised mating adaptors (PMAs) for the International Space Station (ISS) have arrived at the NASA Kennedy Space Center. The Boeing PMA is a cone-shaped connector which will eventually serve as a passageway between the ISS' Node 1 and the Russian Functional Cargo Block. The PMA and ...