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To: Jeff Vayda who wrote (3368)	3/12/1999 9:42:00 AM
From: Valueman	Respond to of 29987

Note the "Russians Rule, Ukranians Suck" comments in the last paragraph. TASS March 12, 1999, Friday -06:01 Eastern Time HEADLINE: Russian specialists to launch 4 US satellites BYLINE: By Veronika Romanenkova DATELINE: MOSCOW, March 12 Russian specialists are planning to launch four U. S. Global Star communication satellites next Monday. The Sojuz carrier rocket, which will place the satellites in orbit, will be launched off the Baikonur cosmodrome at 06:06, Moscow time, a spokesman for the Russian Space Agency told Tass on Friday. The satellites are expected to be placed in a circular orbit with the distance to the Earth surface of 1,350 kilometres and the inclination of 52 degrees. The Ikar boosting unit, produced recently by the Progress design office of Samara, will complete the placing of the satellites in orbit. The forthcoming launching of the Global Star satellites will be the second one in the current year. The first four satellites of that series were launched in February, and another similar launching is scheduled for April 15. Russia plans to carry out a total of 12 launchings and to place in orbit 48 Global Star satellites. The price of the commercial launchings is not disclosed. The first batch of the Global Star satellites -- a total of 12 space vehicles -- were launched last September with the help of the Vinit rocket of Ukraine. An accident took place at that time, however, and all the satellites were destroyed. After that the American side preferred to have their satellites launched with the help of Russian carrier rockets.