May 30, 1994

May 30, 1994

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WESTERN PARTNERSHIPS KEY TO RUSSIAN INDUSTRY SURVIVAL

By JEFFREY M. LENOROVITZ

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GORIZONT LAUNCH BOOSTS RUSSIAN SATELLITE SECTOR

By JEFFREY M. LENOROVITZ

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LATIN AIRLINES PURSUE NEW STRATEGIES

By EDWARD H. PHILLIPS

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WESTERN PARTNERSHIPS KEY TO RUSSIAN INDUSTRY SURVIVAL

MOSCOW Russian engine design bureaus and production factories are turning increasingly to the West for cooperative efforts as the ex-Soviet Union's propulsion sector struggles to stay alive in the face of mounting financial and organizational problems.

By JEFFREY M. LENOROVITZ

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GORIZONT LAUNCH BOOSTS RUSSIAN SATELLITE SECTOR

BAIKONUR COSMODROME, KAZAKHSTAN The successful launch of Gorizont-42 has provided a significant commercial boost for Russia's cash-strapped satellite sector, and bolstered the competitive position of the Rimsat telecommunications organization that will utilize the spacecraft for Pacific and Asian coverage.

By JEFFREY M. LENOROVITZ

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LATIN AIRLINES PURSUE NEW STRATEGIES

ORLANDO, FLA Facing the threat of market domination by U.S. airlines, Latin American carriers are forming alliances, upgrading computer reservation systems and creating frequent-flier programs to compete more effectively.

By EDWARD H. PHILLIPS

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OZONE MAPPER TO AID AVIATION

REDONDO BEACH, CALIF. TRW is preparing the fourth of its "Eagle" class of light satellites for launch in late June, carrying a single NASA instrument to map global ozone concentrations. The total ozone mapping spectrometerEarth probe (TOMS-EP) satellite also is to be used to find volcanic ash clouds that pose a serious hazard to aviation, and attempt to map oceanic wind patterns (AW&ST Feb. 15, 1993, p. 26).

By MICHAELA. DORNHEIM

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WESTERN 'GREEN' AGENDA HITS ASIA

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA Asian transportation leaders anticipate setting the world's travel agenda in the coming century, but they are facing costly new environmental standards that are being set by Western policy makers. Worldwide, airlines may have to spend $850 billion to phase out aircraft with the worst noise and emission controls.

By MICHAEL MECHAM

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LACK OF FUNDING PREVENTS NK-93 PROPFAN FLIGHT TEST

MOSCOW_ Russia's Trud design bureau is continuing the development of its NK-93 counter-rotating shrouded propfan, but a lack of funding is preventing the large powerplant from entering the flight test and certification phase. A total of seven full-scale NK-93s have been built—including five that are close to the final production configuration— and the engine's 18,000-kg. (39,000lb.)-thrust goal has been surpassed during runs on ground-based test stands, according to company chief designer Valentin S. Anisimov.
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SOUTHWEST THRIVES ON EAST COAST

The transplanting of the carrier's formula to the seacoast has produced extraordinary traffic gains in a very short time

By JAMES OTT

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PEGASUS-LAUNCHED STEP-2 IN LOWER THAN EXPECTED ORBIT

EDWARDS AFB, CALIF. The TRW STEP-2 satellite's Signal Identification Experiment (SIDEX), placed in a lower-than-planned orbit by a Pegasus booster, is expected to have degraded data-gathering capability, according to U.S. Air Force officials.

By BRUCE A. SMITH

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HUBBLE FINDS PROOF THAT BLACK HOLE EXISTS

WASHINGTON The first decisive detection of a supermassive black hole is being heralded as the most important discovery made to date with the Hubble Space Telescope. NASA scientists said the "seemingly conclusive evidence," which consists of both images and spectrograms, could not have been gathered before the telescope's flawed optics were corrected.

By JAMES R. ASKERI

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KELLEHER TAKES STEPS TO COUNTER CANCELLATION OF CRS PRESENCE

Southwest Airlines is linking its computer reservations system with top travel agencies to counter the cancellation of its schedule and pricing information from screens of all but American Airlines' Sabre system. Personal computers and ticket-writing printers have been installed in the top 25 Apollo/Galileo travel agencies, Herbert J. Kelleher, Southwest's chairman and CEO, said.

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