Space analyst Joan Johnson-Freese, of the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, says Japan may need two more successful back-to-back launches before it wins insurance coverage for commercial missions.
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Carmona, an economist who studied in Venezuela and in Belgium, worked most of his life in private enterprise although he also represented Venezuela in economic and commercial missions abroad.
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It had its first commercial mission orbiting the AsiaSat 2 on November 28, 1995 and exactly one month later, on December 28 its second and last mission for EchoStar 1.
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Space analyst Joan Johnson-Freese, of the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, says Japan may need two more successful back-to-back launches before it wins insurance coverage for commercial missions . ( hg-kgo)
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The Press statement describes the Greek Festival as " a Hellenic cultural and commercial mission to Malaysia to foster closer relations and exchanges of experience and commerce between Greece and Malaysia ".
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ESA had set a June launch for the 109th Ariane commercial mission, but the plans were put off for a later undisclosed date due to delays in satellite delivery, a spokeswoman said.
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The launch will be first commercial mission for the former Soviet Union's arsenal of SS-18 Satans, all of which have to be destroyed or used for peaceful purposes under the START arms reduction treaty.
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The launch was also to be the first military mission, following two successful commercial missions, of a special Air Force program designed to produce and launch rockets in a more efficient and less expensive manner.
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The launch was the first commercial mission for Russia's arsenal of SS-18 Satans, all of which will have to be destroyed or used for peaceful purposes if Russia ratifies the START II arms reduction treaty.
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In Brussels, Belgium, the United States unveiled plans to support demonstrators in Serbia _ including denying a request for U . S . landing rights by the Yugoslav airline, discouraging commercial missions and helping independent Serb media.
