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To: David who wrote (2488)	5/21/1998 5:45:00 PM
From: David	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3506

Trimble's PR on the Mount Everest project: go2net.newsalert.com

To: David who wrote (2488)	5/27/1998 3:19:00 PM
From: arun gera	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3506

Orbital Sciences - Combined Ashtech/Magellan Sales and Margins Ashtech had $11 million in sales for the quarter, probably lower than the previous year... Magellan revenues rose a little, probably due to the acquisition of the Neverlost business. Satellite Access Products. Revenues from sales of navigation, communications and transportation management systems and products increased to $29,754,000 for the 1998 first quarter as compared to $15,646,000 for the comparable 1997 period. The first quarter of 1998 includes approximately $11,000,000 of sales generated by the company's industrial navigation operations that were acquired as a result of the December 1997 merger of Ashtech Inc. with the company's subsidiary, Magellan Corporation ("Magellan"). Satellite Access Products. Gross margins for satellite access products were 34.0% for the first quarter of 1998 and 35.8% for the first quarter of 1997. This decrease in gross margin percentage is due to lower unit sales prices for satellite navigation recreational products in the 1998 period.