August 1, 1983

August 1, 1983

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Editorial

Untangling Spares Pricing

By William H. Gregory

Space Technology

Landsat Failures Spur Shuttle Plan for Repair

By Craig Covault

Space Technology

Goddard Urges Keeping Delta TDRS Option

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Editorial

Untangling Spares Pricing

Congressional complaints and a draft report from the Defense Dept.’s inspector general about pricing for spares have criticized military procurement managers for paying far more than necessary for such hardware. By implication, the report and the furor in Congress have also charged that aerospace companies are habitually gouging the government on spares pricing.

By William H. Gregory

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Space Technology

Landsat Failures Spur Shuttle Plan for Repair

Washington—Multiple failures on the General Electric Landsat 4 thematic mapper spacecraft in polar orbit are forcing emergency launch of the backup Landsat D-prime satellite to maintain a U. S. civil remote-sensing capability. Landsat 4 malfunctions also have prompted planning for a space shuttle mission to retrieve and repair the satellite in space.

By Craig Covault

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Space Technology

Goddard Urges Keeping Delta TDRS Option

1415

MX Funding Voted

1415
Space Technology

TDRS Testing Delays Next Shuttle Launch

1415

Soviets Press Earth Resources Program

1617
Missile Engineering

GBU-15S Destroy Simulated Missile Sites

1617
Space Communications

Inmarsat Adds Proton to Booster List

By Jeffrey M. Lenorovitz

1617
Missile Engineering

Pershing 2 Self Destructs After Liftoff

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Minuteman 1 Fired

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