EARTHWATCH INC. LOST CONTACT

EARTHWATCH INC. LOST CONTACT with its EarlyBird-1 high-resolution commercial imaging satellite on Dec. 28, four days after a successful launch on a Russian Start-1 booster (see p. 29). EarthWatch officials, who initially kept the problem under wraps, admitted the loss of communications on Dec. 31. A...

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