July 17, 1995

July 17, 1995

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AGING ARSENAL POSES DILEMMA

By WILLIAM B. SCOTT8 min

HEADLINE NEWS

DC-X DEMONSTRATES KEY MANEUVER

By MICHAEL A. DORNHEIM5 min

HEADLINE NEWS

HELIOS 1A BOLSTERS EUROPEAN RECON

By CRAIG COVAULT5 min

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AGING ARSENAL POSES DILEMMA

Energy Dept. program will try to gauge the effects of time on nuclear weapons and ensure the arsenal remains an effective deterrent as stockpiles shrink

By WILLIAM B. SCOTT8 min

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DC-X DEMONSTRATES KEY MANEUVER

By MICHAEL A. DORNHEIM5 min

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HELIOS 1A BOLSTERS EUROPEAN RECON

PARIS. The successful launch of Helios 1A, Europe's first imaging reconnaissance satellite, will intensify moves to revise European space policy and spur establishment of a formal European military space organization. The orbital performance of the new Matra Marconi spacecraft, however, has yet to convince Germany to join France in development of a Block 2 Helios program and advanced radar satellite to follow the 1999 launch of Helios 1B.

By CRAIG COVAULT5 min

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U.S., RUSSIA PONDER MIR POWER DRAIN

Controllers are reviewing shuttle-Mir maneuver data for refinements, since efficient power usage is critical to the station's aggressive schedule

By JAMES T. McKENNA3 min

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GALILEO PROBE HEADS FOR JOVIAN ATMOSPHERE

PASADENA, CALIF. The Galileo spacecraft's probe separated from the orbiter last week, and all indications are that the probe is properly on its way to Jupiter. Telemetry shows that the entire separation sequence, which ran from July 5 until the July 13 0530 UTC probe release, went flawlessly.

By MICHAEL A. DORNHEIM3 min

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C-17 COMPLETES DURABILITY TESTING

By BRUCE A. SMITH2 min

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SHUTTLE FLIES WITH BLOCK 1

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EUROPEANS WIN ORDERS

PARIS Aerospatiale and Matra Marconi Space will receive a total of about $1 billion in new communications spacecraft orders under contracts placed by the European Telecommunications Satellite Organization and a Swedish communications firm.
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TITAN/CENTAUR LOFTS CLASSIFIED PAYLOAD

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER A U.S. Air Force Titan 4 booster with a Centaur upper stage has lifted off from Pad 41 here with a classified payload destined for an initial high-inclination orbit, marking the 13th launch of the 41vehicle Lockheed Martin program.
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DESIGNERS TO TEST SKILLS ON 'ULTIMATE PAPER AIRPLANE'

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