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NASA Daily News Summary

For Release: Jan. 14, 1999


Media Advisory m99-009

TODAY'S SUMMARY:

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE TECHNOLOGY BENEFITS NEW SATELLITE


PHONE SYSTEM

NASA VIDEO FILE FOR JAN. 14, 1999

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HUBBLE TECHNOLOGY BENEFITS NEW SATELLITE PHONE SYSTEM

Computer software developed for NASA's Hubble Space


Telescope will soon help operate a worldwide, satellite-based
phone system called GlobalstarTM. This software is a key
feature of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's "Vision 2000,"
a forward-looking effort to optimize the ground system
operations and control of the Hubble Space Telescope. The
"Vision 2000" software allows scientists and engineers to
access and display Hubble spacecraft- and ground-systems data
through the Internet. Now engineers can log on from home or
other remote locations via their personal computers.
This Hubble spinoff will provide Globalstar, LP, San
Jose, CA, with the technology to aid in delivering voice,
data, fax and other telecommunications services to users
worldwide.

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Michael


Braukus 202/358-1979.
Contact at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD:
Nancy Neal 301/286-0039.

For full text, see:


ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/1999/99-003.txt

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Index of 1998 NASA News Releases:


http://www.nasa.gov/releases/1998/index.html

Index of 1999 NASA News Releases:


http://www.nasa.gov/releases/1999/index.html
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NASA VIDEO FILE FOR JAN. 14, 1999

ITEM 1: Chandra X-Ray Observatory Preparation

B-roll showing preparation of the Chandra X-Ray


Observatory for shipment to KSC. Animation shows (a) the
deployment of Chandra from the Space Shuttle Columbia, (b)
Chandra at first stage burn, (c) Chandra's elliptical Earth
orbit, (d) Chandra in space (beauty shot), (e) Chandra in
final orbit collecting x-rays through mirrors.
Chandra is scheduled to launch in April 1999 on STS-93
aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia. The X-Ray Observatory is
the third of NASA's Great Observatories, but will be the
first to collect and measure x-rays from the universe for use
in identifying astronomical unknowns. The Hubble Space
Telescope operates using visible light and the Compton Gamma
Ray Observatory observes events in the high energy gamma ray
spectrum.

Contact at TRW, Redondo Beach, CA: Brooks McKinney 310/


310/814-8177.
Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Donald Savage
202/358-1727.

ITEM 2: Hubble Space Telescope Technology Benefits New


Satellite Phone System
Computer software developed for NASA's Hubble Space
Telescope will soon help operate a worldwide, satellite-based
phone system. This Hubble technology spinoff will provide
technology to aid in delivering voice, data, fax and other
telecommunications services to users worldwide.

Contact at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD:


Nancy Neal 301/286-0039.
Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Michael
Braukus 202/358-1979.

ITEM 3: Stardust Mission (replay)

Contact at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA:


Mary Beth Murrill 818/354-5011.
Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Doug Isbell
202/358-1753.

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Ray Castillo
NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: 202/358-4555.

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