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... ; the global hurricane watch program that continues in operation today was started using TIROS IV in September 1962. Daily global weather coverage started with TIROS IX in January 1965, ... .com note 17 Report on Project Share, “The Chinese National Television University”, ''Intelsat Technical Report'' , Washington, D.C. note 18 ''ibid '' note 19 ...

... cost estimation methods: i) cost by comparison, ii) cost by analogy, iii) parametric costing, iv) Grassroots costing. Cost by comparison is the riskiest estimation method from the perspective ... global space industry. One is the former International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (now known as Intelsat Ltd., a corporation licensed in Bermuda). The other is the former Interna-tional Mobile ...

... (ABRES) program. ''(Aero Tech, 1/1/68, 13)'' Communications with NASA's MARINER IV Mars probe, launched Nov. 28, 1964, were terminated because of greatly reduced telemetry availability ... buildings. Station, which would initially handle TV and 120 two-way telephone conversations via INTELSAT satellites over the Atlantic, would be completed within one year. ''(Hughes Release; Montgomery, NYT ...

At State Dept. meeting of more than 60 INTELSAT member nations, U.S. delegation chairman Leonard H. Marks said, "I can think of no ... Mariner missions. Mariner VI TV pictures would contain 3.9-million bits of information; Mariner IV contained 240,000 bits in 1965. Mariner VI would transmit science data at basic rate ... . 4, 1964), had failed to achieve desired orbit when shroud remained attached to spacecraft. Mariner IV (launched Nov. 28, 1964) had transmitted first close-up photos of Mars in July 1965 ...

... transmitted via Intelsat-Ill F-6 to earth station at Raisting, West Germany. ''(NYT, 1/31/71)'' NASA and ARPA announced selection of ARC as site for ILLIAC IV computer. ILLIAC iv program ... . Program had started at Univ. of Illinois in 1966 and was approaching manufacturing phase. ILLIAC iv computer was being built by Burroughs Corp. and would be moved to ARC after completion ...

... of May 18 launch of Nimbus B , Aug. 10 launch of Ats IV, and Sept. 18 launch of Intelsat III-which had brought its launch record down to 0.500 average. Before ... by its long string of launch successes." Seven-man board to investigate failure of first Intelsat III mission met for organization session. Board, convened by Dr. John E. Naugle, NASA Associate ...

... composition of Venusian atmosphere were made. This information was uninterruptedly transmitted to earth." Venus IV (launched June 12, 1967) had reached Venus Oct. 18, 1967; Venus VI (launched Jan. ... Europe, Near East, Africa, Asia, and Australia. Move would be made soon after launch of Intelsat-III F-4 May 21. Future satellites would be modified for additional redundancy. ''( ComSatCorp ...

... MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER MSFC announced that SPAR IV, fourth of the space-processing applications rockets, would be launched June 21 carrying four experiments ... and down-converter units to be used with time-division multiple-access test-bed equipment. ( INTELSAT Release 77-13-M) The National Space Development Agency of Japan had decided to build ...

... desired accuracy, (ii) flight stability, (iii) the likely thrust misalignments of the main propulsion systems, (iv) three-dimensional flight path variations, and (v) the perturbations to the trajectory. Some of these ... that the more “mundane” subsystems in the program can lead to spacecraft failure. In the Intelsat 5 program, defects in the DC to AC power converters led to a satellite failure ...

... checkout and launch. (NASA Release 85-22) INTELSAT 's Assembly of Parties, representatives of INTELSAT member nations, rejected a proposal by 21 nations that all INTELSAT parties and signatories boycott interconnection discussions with ... - INTELSAT satellites, Aviation Week reported. INTELSAT signatories, telecommunications organizations that operated ground facilities and represented INTELSAT member nations in organization management, had resolved in April 1983 that diversion of international traffic would threaten INTELSAT ...

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