'Resume Proton launches from August 31, 1999'
Russian and Kazakhstani governmental commissions finished their investigation on August 31 and cleared the Proton velicle for launches from Baykonur. Russia has already paid $0.28 million covering environmental damage from the July 5 Proton failure. |
 Protons being prepared for future launches
Proton launch manifest for the rest of 1999. Production numbers of each vehicle are given, as well as payload and customer. |
 Atlases are ready for flights
Lockheed Martin and Pratt & Whitney found causes of Centaur upper stage failure, and Atlas Centaur launches can be resumed. |
 Thiokol cuts some rockets but markets others
Ukrainian Design Bureau Yuzhnoye and Thiokol Productions are completing destruction of the Soviet ICBMs UR-100N/RS-18/SS-19 that remained in the Ukraine. At the same time, Thiokol received exclusive rights for marketing launchers based on R-36M2/RS-20/SS-18 outside Russia and Ukraine. |
 Marshall Center selects new projects
MSFC selected 13 proposals aimed to reduce cost of space transportation. |
 Contract on Fastrac
MSFC awarded Summa Technology Inc. production and commercialization contract for the Fastrac engine of the X-34 craft. |
New GenCorp Aerojet Engine
Development of the Rocket-Based Combined Cycle engine at Aerojet continues. |
 Fiery Summer in Japan
H-2A and LE-7A tests in Japan are reviewed. |
 Demonstrators, their purpose and tasks
Review of X crafts currently under development in the U.S. |
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