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Ball and JPL Robotic Spacecraft Negotiations
Pasadena - May 18, 1999 - JPL has selected Ball Aerospace for negotiations for a new contract that will lead to the development of instruments and subsystems for robotic spacecraft used in space exploration and Earth-orbiting missions. The Flight Instrument and Subsystem Tasks (FIST) contract consists of a 5-year commitment to provide subsystem hardware for JPL projects, and includes two 5-year options. The contract is worth up to approximately $350 million over 15 years. "With the combination of downsizing at JPL and an increasing workload, we're forging more partnerships with industry to fill the gap, and this contract is an example," said Fred Vescelus, deputy program manager for JPL's Earth Science Flight Experiments Program Office. "Work performed by the contractor will help us keep up with engineering development of spacecraft subsystems, detailed assembly piece/part work, and total system contracting," Vescelus said. The contractor will perform various tasks, including designing, building and testing hardware for JPL programs. Some tasks will require building hardware from existing designs, while other tasks will require new designs.
PanAmSat Revises Launch Schedule
Greenwich - May 18, 1999 - PanAmSat said Monday that as a result of manufacturing delays the company has revised its upcoming satellite launch schedule and now expects to launch the Galaxy XI satellite in late 1999, followed by five satellites in 2000 and one in 2001. |
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