September 10, 1990

September 10, 1990

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HEADLINE NEWS

Magellan Switched to Safer Mode; Computer Faults Still Puzzle Controllers

Magellan Switched to Safer Mode; Computer Faults Still Puzzle Controllers

New Japanese Broadcast Satellite Suffers Partial Failure After Last Month's Launch

Magellan Switched to Safer Mode; Computer Faults Still Puzzle Controllers

Another Leak Stalls Shuttle Program; Ulysses Mission Has Flight Priority

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HEADLINE NEWS

Magellan Switched to Safer Mode; Computer Faults Still Puzzle Controllers

LOS ANGELES Magellan controllers commanded the Venus-orbiting spacecraft to a safer operating mode on Sept. 1 and are still trying to understand the rea son for continuing problems with onboard computers. On Sept. 4 another glitch occurred but was caught by computer safeguards with out interrupting the processor.
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Magellan Switched to Safer Mode; Computer Faults Still Puzzle Controllers

New Japanese Broadcast Satellite Suffers Partial Failure After Last Month's Launch

HONG KONG Japan's just-launched BS-3A broadcast satellite has experienced a solar power failure that will leave it partially opera tional if engineers cannot solve the problem from the ground. The BS-3A was launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan on Aug. 28 using a Japanese-built H-i boost er (AW&ST Sept. 3, p. 44).
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Magellan Switched to Safer Mode; Computer Faults Still Puzzle Controllers

Another Leak Stalls Shuttle Program; Ulysses Mission Has Flight Priority

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER Leaking fuel again stalled the U. S. space shuttle program, forcing a scrub of the Astro mission Sept. 5 and raising the possibility that NASA will leapfrog this flight to assure a launch opportunity for the Ulysses solar-polar mission early next month.
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FARNBOROUGH AIR SHOW 1990

Established Military Aircraft Dominate Performances At Air Show

American, British, French and Soviet fighters dominated the flying demonstrations at the 1990 Farnborough air show in the absence of any brand-new military aircraft. The U. S.-designed General Dynamics F-16 and McDonnell Douglas CF-18 and France’s Dassault Mirage 2000 and Alpha Jet performed daily, as did the Soviet Mikoyan MiG-29 and Sukhoi Su-27.
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PERSIAN GULF CRISIS

Saudi Support Contributes to Successful First Phase of Desert Shield Operation

SOMEWHERE IN EASTERN SAUDI ARABIA These stories were written under Defense Dept, rules for covering U. S. forces in Saudi Arabia. The rules prohibit identifying exact locations of military facilities and the number of weapons deployed.

By JEFFREY M. LENOROVITZ

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Saudi Support Contributes to Successful First Phase of Desert Shield Operation

Armed Struggle Seems Inevitable In Complex Middle Eastern Situation

TEL AVIV The stage is set for war in the Middle East. Who will be involved, when it will start and where the main battleground will be are still to be decided. But barring a totally unforeseen miracle, there will be an armed struggle with Iraq for the simple reason that no nation in the area can afford to leave things as they are.

By DAVID A. BROWN/TEL AVIV

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Saudi Support Contributes to Successful First Phase of Desert Shield Operation

Role of 436th Shifts From Airlift to Resupply

DOVER AFB, DEL. Lengthy refueling on the ground and incidents of delayed on-loading of cargo are chief constraints facing the U. S. Air Force’s 436th Military Airlift Wing as it shifts operations from airlifting combat materiel to resupplying troops in Saudi Arabia.

By EDWARD H. PHILLIPS

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Saudi Support Contributes to Successful First Phase of Desert Shield Operation

Military Threat Boosts Tourist Traffic in Eilat

EILAT, ISRAEL Threat of military action in the Persian Gulf paradoxically has generated a modest boost in tourist traffic to this southernmost city in Israel, which is located a few hundred yards from the Jordanian port of Aqaba. “We’ve got wall to wall television crews down on the beach,” one Israeli official said about two weeks after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.

By DAVID A. BROWN

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AVIATION WEEK PILOT REPORT

Aerospatiale TB-20 Trinidad Combines French Styling, High Performance

SALISBURY, MD. Aerospatiale’s high-performance TB-20 Trinidad features bold French Styling, benign handling characteristics and a comfortable cabin that should make it a strong contender in the U. S. general aviation market. This AVIATION WEEK & SPACE TECHNOLOGY pilot flew a new production Trinidad with William Monroe, director of marketing for Aerospatiale General Aviation in the U. S.

By EDWARD H. PHILLIPS

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AEROSPACE EMPLOYMENT

Commercial Sector No Longer Able To Absorb Laid-Off Defense Workers

NEW YORK Unemployment in the U. S. aerospace industry will soar this year as companies position themselves to cope with shrinking defense procurements and budgets. Since January, more than 45,000 defense-related jobs at major manufacturers have been earmarked for elimination in the next 18 months, and an additional 90,000135,000 positions in the aerospace vendor base could be lost as a consequence of cutbacks at the prime contractors.

By STANLEY W. KANDEBO

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