January 7, 1985

January 7, 1985

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SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS

Video Programing, Cost Decreases Boost Home Earth Station Use

By Jay C. Lowndes

BUSINESS FLYING

Weyerhaeuser Operates Flight Department for Two Companies

By David M. North

BRITISH AEROSPACE 146 IN SERVICE

Air Wisconsin Uses New Aircraft To Enter Noise-Sensitive Markets

By James Ott

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SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS

Video Programing, Cost Decreases Boost Home Earth Station Use

Washington—Availability of television programing from satellites operating at C band and decreasing costs of receiving equipment have boosted U. S. installations of Earth stations on homeowner premises toward the one million mark. Legislation defining the legality of using the equipment portends an acceleration of this approach to satellite penetration of the consumer market.

By Jay C. Lowndes

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BUSINESS FLYING

Weyerhaeuser Operates Flight Department for Two Companies

Seattle—Weyerhaeuser Corp. operates 16 aircraft to satisfy executive travel needs for two companies, as well as a number of missions related to timber management and harvest. The Weyerhaeuser corporate flight department, located here at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, reflects two trends that have emerged in business flying since the early 1980s.

By David M. North

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BRITISH AEROSPACE 146 IN SERVICE

Air Wisconsin Uses New Aircraft To Enter Noise-Sensitive Markets

By James Ott

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Satellite Communications

FCC Considers Policy Favoring Competition With Intelsat

Washington—Federal Communications Commission has begun consideration of private competition with the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization amid controversy between the Reagan Administration and Intelsat’s executive arm over whether the global satellite consortium could be competitive, without a monopoly, in the international market.

By Jay C. Lowndes

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BRITISH AEROSPACE 146 IN SERVICE

Dan-Air Route Expansion Utilizes Short-Field, Low-Noise Capabilities

By David A. Brown

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SPACE COOPERATION GOAL

U. S. Plans Soviet Talks On Joint Manned Mission

Washington—The Reagan Administration plans to initiate formal discussions with the Soviet Union as early as this week on the possibility of a new joint U. S./Soviet manned space mission as the focal point for better relations between the two countries.

By Craig Covault

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Satellite Communications

Canada Firm Uses Scrambled TV Signal, Decoder

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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Grumman Will Complete Initial X-29A Flight Tests This Month

Edwards AFB—Grumman Aerospace Corp. plans to conduct the final three contractor test flights of the Grumman/Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency X-29A forward-swept-wing demonstrator this month before sharing further work with a government test team.

By Keith F. Mordoff

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AVIONICS

General Electric Centralizes Effort On Gallium-Arsenide Technology

Syracuse, N. Y.—General Electric has centralized its expanding gallium-arsenide technology effort here in its Electronics Laboratory, an effort that is focused on analog devices and monolithic microwave microcircuits but which is expanding also to encompass digital microcircuits.

By Philip J. Klass

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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

ESA Seeks U. S. Tracking Agreement, New Downrange Station for Ariane

Kourou, French Guiana—European space officials are seeking a new agreement on U. S. Ascension Island tracking services for launches of Ariane vehicles after the National Aeronautics and Space Administration closes its Ascension facility in September.

By Jeffrey M. Lenorovitz

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