October 23, 1995

October 23, 1995

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HEADLINE NEWS

WOUNDED ESA SETS STATION PLAN

By CRAIG COVAULT

HEADLINE NEWS

GALILEO TEAM SCRAMBLES TO BYPASS RECORDER FLAW

By MICHAEL A. DORNHEIM

HEADLINE NEWS

TITAN TESTS TO PROBE SECOND-STAGE MOTOR

By BRUCE A. SMITH

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WOUNDED ESA SETS STATION PLAN

French, German initiative and ESA "loan" to Italy prove critical for European station funding decision, while a separate action slows agency's space science program

By CRAIG COVAULT

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GALILEO TEAM SCRAMBLES TO BYPASS RECORDER FLAW

By MICHAEL A. DORNHEIM

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TITAN TESTS TO PROBE SECOND-STAGE MOTOR

By BRUCE A. SMITH

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ASTRA 1E LAUNCHED

TOULOUSE, FRANCE The European Astra SES satellite group and Hughes are completing solar array and antenna deployments on the advanced Astra 1E spacecraft, launched Oct. 18 on an Ariane 42L booster. Astra 1E is the first all-digital television direct broadcast satellite launched by SES, the Luxembourg-based Societe Europeene des Satellites.
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ASTRONAUTS INCHED OUT

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GAMA EYES UPSWING

By EDWARD H. PHILLIPS

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F-16XL FLIGHTS COULD AID IN HSCT DESIGN

Suction panel on left wing can be tuned in real time to increase laminar flow during supersonic flight

By BRUCE A. SMITH

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CONGRESSIONAL IMPASSE DISRUPTS MILITARY BUDGETS

WASHINGTON With no progress in sight on Capitol Hill toward a compromise military appropriations bill, the Pentagon has begun examining the advantages and drawbacks of operating without a formal budget for Fiscal 1996. The big plus from the Pentagon's point of view: avoiding some of the more onerous of $6.6 million in unrequested congressional add-ons if the appropriations stalemate is not resolved.

By DAVID A. FULGHUM

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POWERED JSOW FLIES AT CHINA LAKE

WASHINGTON JSOW is a key standoff weapon designed for carriage in the small-weapon bays of stealth aircraft. Now the range of the glider weapon has been extended to an estimated 100+ naut. mi. with the addition of a small turbojet engine. The powered JSOW is pictured in its recent first flight at China Lake Naval Air Weapons Center.
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MILITARY PROCUREMENT CRISIS LOOMS IN FRANCE

PARIS French defense industry officials fear the effects that additional cuts in procurement spending will have on their companies in the absence of a post-Cold War strategic policy that would redefine the nation's security interests.

By PIERRE SPARACO

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