July 13, 1987

July 13, 1987

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CHINA’S XICHANG LAUNCH SITE

Chinese Expand Launch Facilities to Attract Satellite Customers

By Craig Covault13 min

Air Transport

Safety Experts Cite Need for Increased Monitoring

By James Ott11 min

SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Europe Seeks Additional Opportunities for Microgravity Space Experiments

By Jeffrey M. Lenorovitz7 min

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CHINA’S XICHANG LAUNCH SITE

Chinese Expand Launch Facilities to Attract Satellite Customers

Xichang—The People’s Republic of China is building many new facilities at its launch site here to support a growing flight rate and lure international satellite payloads to this remote space center where rice paddies surround the launch pad.

By Craig Covault13 min

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Air Transport

Safety Experts Cite Need for Increased Monitoring

Evanston, III.—Several proposals for monitoring airline safety emerged from a recent three-day conference at Northwestern University that addressed the effects of economic deregulation on the safe operation of aircraft. John K. Lauber, National Transportation Safety Board member, proposed establishing and monitoring a set of safety indicators, similar in concept to leading economic indicators.

By James Ott11 min

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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Europe Seeks Additional Opportunities for Microgravity Space Experiments

Anacapri, Italy—Europe is accelerating its work on commercially oriented microgravity space flight opportunities to ease an increasingly critical lack of missions tailored for experimentation and processing in the near zero-g environment of low Earth orbit.

By Jeffrey M. Lenorovitz7 min

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AVIONICS

European Fighter Programs Spur Development of Advanced Radars

Le Bourget—The launching of new fighter aircraft programs in Europe has spurred the development of digital, multimode radars that feature high-speed programmable signal processing and advanced range-gated pulse Doppler techniques.

By William B. Scott7 min

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SPACE INITIATIVES REPORT

Ride Panel Will Urge Lunar Base, Earth Science as New Space Goals

By Craig Covault6 min

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Space Technology

Panel Doubts Nasa Can Hold to Space Station R&d Budget

By Theresa M. Foley6 min

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REMOTE SENSING

Canada Approves Development of Scaled-back Radarsat

Washington—The Canadian government gave approval June 25 to begin development of a scaled-back Radarsat remote sensing satellite for launch in 1994, following a year-long effort by Radarsat officials to reduce the program cost to an affordable level.

By Theresa M. Foley6 min

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Management

U. S. Credits Afghan Resistance with Thwarting Soviet Air Power

By Michael Mecham5 min

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AIR TRANSPORT

Industry Group Urges Stage 2 Phase-out, Halt to Noise Limits

By Cecilia Preble5 min

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MANAGEMENT

Navy Master Plan Emphasizes Airborne Asw Systems

By John D. Morrocco5 min

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