MICROCOM'S SPACE NEWSFEED 19 May 2002<br />Space Industry News from Around the World<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Brought to you by Microcom Systems Ltd, consultants in satellite communications since 1985.
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DirecTV 3 will become an in-orbit spare.<br /><br />At no time did DirecTV’s more than 10.5 million subscribers experience any loss of service.<br /><br />This is the latest is a series of failures in the SCPs on Boeing 601 HP satellites over the last few years. Earlier failures have been diagnosed as being caused by the growth of metal filaments in a relay which caused the relay to short out. There is no cure for the problem and no work around solution. Once a failure has occurred, disabling one redundant half of the SCP all that can be done is to use the back-up half of the SCP until that too fails.<br /><br />DirecTV maintains in-orbit backup satellite capacity to mitigate the consequences of possible satellite failures. With the successful launch last week of DirecTV 5, DirecTV will have seven satellites in orbit including four satellites at its primary orbital slot at 101° W; one at 110° W.L; and two at 119° W. DirecTV 7S, the company's second spot beam satellite, is scheduled to launch in 2003.<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Comtech PST Awarded $1.5 Million HPA Order<br /><br />(14 May 2002) Comtech PST Corp has received a US$ 1.5 million order for high power amplifiers from Rockwell Collins.<br /><br />These amplifiers are utilised as part of a Rockwell Collins system for high-speed satcom data capability using the Inmarsat Swift 64 service. This system will enable passenger e-mail and Internet access. This order for high power amplifiers is based upon past performance of previously supplied similar equipment and will supplement a significant installed base of Comtech PST satcom high power amplifiers.<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />EchoStar Deploys Terayon Digital Video Solutions<br /><br />(13 May 2002) To enhance television service and ensure the highest quality picture, EchoStar Communications Corporation has deployed the Terayon CP digital streams management system from Terayon Communication Systems Inc.<br /><br />EchoStar has installed the systems and associated equipment at its master uplink facility in Cheyenne, Wyoming, which transmits programming to the company's satellites for broadcast to its subscribers across the USA.<br /><br />EchoStar Communications Corporation and its DISH Network offer a state-of-the-art direct broadcast satellite TV system capable of offering over 500 channels of digital video and CD-quality audio programming, as well as fully MPEG-2/DVB compliant hardware and installation.<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Lockheed Martin Building Two Satellites for SES Americom<br /><br />(16 May 2002) Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems (LMCSS) has announced today that construction of two A2100 geosynchronous satellites is underway for SES Americom Inc, based on a contract awarded in 2000. The Ku/Ka-band satellites, designated AMC-15 and AMC-16, will provide distribution of video channels as well as broadband data and internet services across North America.<br /><br />The new satellites will be the fourth and fifth A2100 series spacecraft currently on order by Americom; in addition, the company has eight A2100s operating in its current fleet. A2100 satellites are produced at Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems facilities in Newtown, Pennsylvania and integrated in Sunnyvale, California.<br /><br />The AMC-15 communications payload features twenty four 36 MHz Ku band transponders and intermediate frequency (IF) processed Ka band spot beams which will be deployed in a pattern taking advantage of frequency re-use while eliminating interference between and among the beams. The satellite is expected to be operational in 3rd Quarter 2004. AMC-16 is being developed as an identical ground spare. The new hybrid Ku/Ka band spacecraft will expand SES Americom's fleet of satellites, which provide global distribution of cable, broadcast television and radio, telecommunications services, business television and broadband data.<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Spacenet Announces First Contracts for Connexstar Broadband Service<br /><br />(14 May 2002) Spacenet Inc has signed the first group of contracts for its Connexstar broadband service. With more than a dozen customers and three resellers announced, Spacenet has firm commitments to deploy Connexstar at nearly 2,000 sites over the coming year - with many more expected as these customers and resellers fulfil the terms of their three-year Connexstar contracts.<br /><br />Connexstar, introduced in January, is the first satellite broadband service providing affordable, commercial-grade, wide area network (WAN) connectivity to America's small and mid-size multi-unit enterprises. Powered by Gilat's 360E VSAT platform, Connexstar provides broadband Internet connectivity anywhere in the continental United States - with the ability to add high-speed credit authorisation, commercially licensed TV and music, distance learning, content multicasting and secure backhaul services using the same in-store hardware.<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />NAVIGATION<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Red Rose Transit Authority Tracks Vehicle Fleet Using GPS System From Radio Satellite Integrators<br /><br />(May 15 2002) Radio Satellite Integrators Inc (RSI), a global provider of customised GPS-based vehicle tracking and mobile data solutions, has completed an Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) system for Red Rose Transit Authority of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.<br /><br />Red Rose Transit Authority provides the public transportation for the 941 square mile area of Lancaster County and completes approximately 2.5 million fixed route and shared-ride trips annually. In order to improve public transportation services for nearly a half-million county residents, Red Rose Transit chose Radio Satellite Integrators (RSI) of Torrance, California to design, manufacture, and implement an end-to-end GPS based vehicle tracking system.<br /><br />Combining GPS, Motorola two-way radios, and customised GIS mapping software, the RSI system allows Red Rose to know the exact location and status of each of their vehicles at any given time, past or present. Such information enables Red Rose to optimally operate, dispatch, and manage their resources to provide the best service possible to their customers. Additionally, all fixed-route vehicles are integrated to a schedule adherence system residing at the base station to insure smoothness of operation.<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />MILITARY SPACE<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Netherlands Armed Forces to Upgrade its Communications Infrastructure<br /><br />(13 May 2002) ND SatCom has been selected by the Netherlands Ministry of Defence in order to deliver a turnkey satellite communications network to the Dutch armed forces. The contract, worth more than 35 million Euro, comprises the design, development and implementation of Phase 1 of the Milsatcom program.<br /><br />During phase 1 ND SatCom will provide an Anchor Station at Lauwersmeer which operates as a teleport, 37 Tactical Multiband Terminals, the Network Management System and the appropriate Integrated Logistic Support services. This short-term solution is planned to be operational early 2004.<br /><br />ND SatCom bid for the order as the system prime of an international industrial team consisting of L-3 Communications, a leading US supplier for satellite communications products and tactical terminals, Thales Communications in the Netherlands responsible for training and the integrated logistic support as well as Stork Fokker with many years of experience in design, development, production, assembly and integration of complex systems and mechanical structures such as shelters.<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Trimble Awarded Development Contract From Raytheon<br /><br />(13 May 2002) Trimble has been awarded a US$ 2.1 million military development contract to supply Global Positioning System (GPS) technology for Raytheon Company's Miniature Airborne GPS Receiver (MAGR) 2000 GRAM SAASM (M2KGS) Program.<br /><br />Under the contract, Trimble will incorporate its Selective Availability Anti-Spoofing Module (SAASM) technology in the Force 5 GPS Receiver Application Module (GRAM-S) for use in Raytheon's MAGR 2000.<br /><br />Trimble's Force 5 GRAM-S is an embedded, dual-frequency GPS receiver module with Precise Positioning Service (PPS) capability. Designed in compliance with the NAVSTAR GPS Joint Program Office (GPS JPO) GRAM guidelines, the Force 5 provides unequalled performance for airborne and high dynamics applications. Raytheon's MAGR 2000, utilising the Force 5, has been selected for use in a variety of US and Allied military aircraft including the MH-53E Sea Dragon, F-16 Fighting Falcon, F/A-18 Hornet, AV-8B Harrier, ASTOR and E-2C Hawkeye.<br /><br />SAASM is the architecture selected by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, which implements the next generation security functions for all GPS PPS military users. The use of SAASM significantly enhances and ensures the US and Allied military user the ability to obtain precise GPS position, velocity, time, and other GPS sensor information in all types of environments. Trimble's SAASM technology was granted GPS JPO security approval on May 1, 2000.<br /><br />Like the current Force 5, the SAASM-equipped GRAM-S will provide the features necessary for Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operation including all-in-view tracking, Fault Detection and Exclusion (FDE) and step detector in accordance with RTCA/DO-229, predictive FDE in accordance with FAA Notice 8110.60, and European B-RNAV aircraft operations. When operated in the PPS mode, it will also provide Navigation Warfare (NAVWAR) features including Anti-Spoofing and high Anti-Jamming protection including integration with Controlled Reception Pattern Antennas.<br /><br />The M2KGS program is the responsibility of Raytheon Electronic Systems (RES) headquartered in El Segundo, California. Within RES, the program is being managed by Precision Guidance Systems (PGS), a business area of Raytheon's Air Combat and Strike Systems business unit. PGS is a leading developer of military GPS integrated navigation systems for avionics and weapons, airborne multimode receivers, GPS receivers, and anti-jam technology solutions.<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />MANNED SPACE<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />NASA Modifies Spacehab Contract<br /><br />(15 May 2002) NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston has awarded a US$ 42.5 million contract modification to Spacehab Inc. to supplement support for the STS-116 and STS-118 Space Shuttle missions to the International Space Station, currently scheduled for 2003.<br /><br />This extension includes two space station Logistics Single Module missions providing supplies to crews on board the space station.<br /><br />Spacehab provides mission support hardware and related services including flight hardware, module transporter, ground support equipment, ground payload processing facilities, module trainers and mock-ups to support flight crew training and mission integration services.<br /><br />This modification brings the total of the initial firm-fixed-price Research and Logistics Mission Support Contract to US$ 224.5 million. The contract, awarded in December 1997 and managed by Johnson, involves work in Huntsville, Alabama., and at the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida.<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />LAUNCH SERVICES<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Collapsing Hanger Roof Kills Eight at Baikonur<br /><br />(15 May 2002) In a tragic accident at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, all eight workers in a construction crew, who were on the roof of one of the Cosmodrome’s massive hangers, died when the roof collapsed on Sunday 12 May.<br /><br />The men were inspecting the roof of the hanger, the 80 m high building 112, which was originally built in 1964 for the Soviet moon program. The inspection was being carried out prior to annual maintenance. At the time of the accident the hanger was used to store a Buran space shuttle mounted on a mock up of an Energia launcher - it is not yet known whether these were destroyed when the roof fell on them - along with several Energia launchers in various stages of construction. Another part of the building, believed to be undamaged, housed an integration facility for Starsem, a Russian-German joint venture. Although Starsem’s facility does not appear to have been damaged, it will probably be unusable and will have to be relocated.<br /><br />After the accident, the safety engineer responsible for overseeing the work on the roof collapsed and died of heart failure.<br /><br />All eight construction workers were Kazakhs. Seven bodies have so far been recovered. The search for the eighth has been suspended because of the dangerous state of the building.<br /><br />The cause of the collapse is not yet known and an investigation is underway.<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Three New Contracts for Arianespace<br /><br />(15 May 2002) Arianespace has announced three new contracts for Ariane launches of the DirecTV-7S, iPSTAR-1 and STAR ONE C1 satellites. These transactions represent the bulk of orders that were open to commercial bids since the beginning of 2002<br /><br />DirecTV-7S will operate from 119° W but is also capable of operating from 101° W, the primary orbital slot for DirecTV, and will provide customers in the United States with local channel service to additional markets and new services. The Space Systems/Loral-built satellite will operate with 37 spot-beam transponders for regional broadcasting and 7 super-high power beam transponders for national coverage from the 119° W longitude location. DirecTV-7S' launch is scheduled for early fourth quarter 2003 and will have a separated mass of 5,550 kg.<br /><br />iPSTAR-1 will be the fourth satellite launched by Arianespace for private Thai operator Shin Satellite Public Company Limited (formerly Shinawatra Satellite). It follows Thaicom 1 (orbited in December 1993), Thaicom 2 (launched in October 1994) and Thaicom 3 in April 1997.<br /><br />Built on a new-generation Space Systems/Loral FS 1300 platform, iPSTAR-1 will weigh over 6,700 kg at launch. It will be positioned at 120° E, and will mainly provide broadband Internet and multimedia services. Its footprint will cover not just Thailand, but all countries in the Asia-Pacific region. iPSTAR-1's launch is scheduled for early 2004 on an Ariane 5 heavy-lift vehicle.<br /><br />STAR ONE C1, also named Simon Bolivar F1, is the result of the co-operation between Brazil and 5 Andean countries (Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador and Venezuela). With this program STAR ONE will become a regional operator and one of the most important provider of telecommunications services for Latin America. STAR ONE C1 will be lofted by an Ariane 5 in the fourth quarter of 2004 from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. It will be positioned in geostationary orbit at 67° W, above the Atlantic Ocean. Built by Alcatel Space in Cannes, France, this Spacebus 3000-based platform will be optimised to provide direct television, telecommunications and Internet services. With a lift-off mass of about 4,100 kg, STAR ONE C1's 44 Ku band transponders will provide coverage over South America and the area south of Florida.<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />LAUNCHES<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Fengyun-1D, Haiyang-1<br /><br />Launched: 15 May 2002<br />Site: Tiayuan Satellite Launching Centre, Shanxi province, China<br />Launcher: Long March-4B<br /><br />International Number: 2002-024A<br />Orbit: LEO<br />Name: Fengyun-1D<br /><br />International Number: 2002-024B<br />Orbit: LEO<br />Name: Haiyang-1<br /><br />Fengyun-1D is a Chinese weather satellite. It will also monitor flooding and other environmental phenomenon along China's Yellow, Yangtze and Pearl rivers, while collecting data on sandstorms. The 428 kg satellite was placed in polar orbit.<br /><br />Haiyang-1 is a Chinese marine surveying satellite.<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Launch Schedule<br /><br />May 29: classified Russian satellite on a Kosmos-3M from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia<br />May 30: ISS UF 2 (Multi Purpose Logistics Module) on the Shuttle Endeavour (STS-111) from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida<br />June: N-Star c, Stellat 5 on an Ariane 5 from CSG Kourou, French Guiana<br />June 2: Galaxy 3C on a Zenit 3SL from Sea Launch's Odyssey platform in the Pacific Ocean<br />June 5: Intelsat 905 on an Ariane 44L from CSG Kourou, French Guiana<br />June 10: Express A1R on a Proton from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan<br />June 15: GPS 2R-8 on a Delta 2 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida<br />June 16: EchoStar 8 on a Proton K from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan<br />June 19: Iridium (2 satellites) on a Rockot from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia<br />June 24: NOAA-M on a Titan 2 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California<br />July 1: Contour on a Delta 2 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida<br />July 8: Hot Bird 6 on an Atlas 5 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida<br />July 14: Progress M-46 (8P) on a Soyuz-U from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan<br />July 19: Spacehab research laboratory (Freestar) on the Shuttle Columbia (STS-107) from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida<br />July 30: GALEX on a Pegasus XL from Canaveral Spaceport, Florida<br />August: Astra 1K on a Proton from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan<br />August: MSG-1 on an Ariane from CSG Kourou, French Guiana<br />August 1: GPS 2R-9, ProSEDS on a Delta 2 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida<br />August 1: Data Relay Test Satellite W on an H-2A from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan<br />August 6: classified NRO satellite on a Titan 4 (B-36) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />BUSINESS<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Arianespace Reports 2001 Losses<br /><br />(17 May 2002) Arianespace has announced its financial results for 2001 with a reported loss of 193 million Euros on sales of 807 million Euros.<br /><br />These results were due to two factors: Arianespace's decision to take charges to account for rapidly deteriorating commercial conditions in the global launch services marketplace during the past months, and the company impact from a stand-down in Ariane 5 flights after the incident that occurred last July on the launcher's 10th mission.<br /><br />Since the beginning of 2002, Arianespace successfully carried out six launches in less than 100 days - including the Ariane 511 mission in February that marked a resumption of Ariane 5 launches. With seven more Ariane flights scheduled for the remainder of this year, Arianespace is set to perform a total of 13 launches in 2002.<br /><br />Arianespace also signed six of the seven launch contracts open to commercial bids since the beginning of 2002, demonstrating the continuing client confidence in the Ariane launch system.<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Kromos Communications Acquires iP3 Satellite IP Gateway Product From SSE Telecom<br /><br />(14 May 2002) Kromos Communications Inc has completed acquisition of the iP3 gateway product from SSE Telecom. 70 MHz iP3 platforms are now available for shipment.<br /><br />The iP3 is a two-way satellite IP transport solution for IP data, voice (VoIP) and video traffic. The iP3 gateway offers unique combination of hardware and software features to provide highly efficient satellite based point-to-point, star-hub and hub-less mesh networks.<br /><br />The iP3 Gateway is carrier-grade integrated terminal capable of providing data rates from 64 kb/s to 15 Mb/s in symmetric as well as asymmetric mode. With features like Routing, IPmax - TCP acceleration technology to mitigate the poor performance of TCP over satellites, bandwidth aggregation to aggregate multiple channels into one large channel, modular architecture for scalability and user friendly remote monitoring & control functions through SNMP, Web or dial up modem, the iP3 gateway is ideal for small or large satellite IP networks. The iP3 gateways have been deployed in Europe and Africa and in use for over a year.<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />PRODUCTS AND SERVICES<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Paradise Datacom Introduce Family of Phase Combined Power Amplifiers<br /><br />(14 May 2002) Paradise Datacom has announced the introduction of their family of solid state power amplifier (SSPA) systems, comprising standard 1:1 and 1:2 redundant systems, 1:1 phase combined redundant systems, 1:1 variable phase ratio combined systems and 1:2 fixed phase combined systems. These systems can be configured as indoor cabinet based systems or outdoor systems.<br /><br />The family is based around Paradise Datacom’s compact outdoor SSPA. Taking advantage of industry advances in power transistor technology, Paradise Datacom have deployed unique RF power combining techniques and a novel approach to thermal management to develop very compact, high output power SSPAs. By reducing the size of a 200 W SSPA from that of a small refrigerator to something slightly bigger than a shoe-box, whilst at the same time improving its cost-effectiveness, it has at last become practicable to phase-combine SSPAs to produce higher output amplifiers which are a genuine economic alternative to less reliable TWT based solutions.<br /><br />Using the phase combining approach, Paradise Datacom now offer up to 400 W at C band for outdoor systems and 500 W at C band for indoor cabinet based systems. A 1000 W outdoor C band system is currently under development. At Ku band, the highest power available for outdoor systems is 140W, with a 200W variant also under development. While most of the systems delivered so far have been for C and Ku band transmission, significant volumes of 800 W, S band systems combining two 400 W amplifiers have also been shipped.<br /><br />This phase combining approach is also used to build redundant systems. For example, a fixed phased combined system of three 200 W C band SSPAs, with two of the SSPAs phase combined to double their output power and the third in hot standby, is an economic alternative to a 1:1 redundant system comprised of two 400 W amplifiers. In the unlikely event of an SSPA failure occurring, the hot standby is automatically switched into the circuit, maintaining full output power from the system. Paradise Datacom can supply similar redundant systems in all frequency bands and configure the power levels to meet specific customer requirements.<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />PEOPLE<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />New Appointments at NASA<br /><br />(14 May 2002) NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe has made four appointments at NASA HQ in Washington DC.<br /><br />Theron M Bradley Jr has been named as the agency's Chief Engineer, responsible for the overall review and technical readiness of all NASA programs.<br /><br />Bradley, 55, is a former nuclear engineer for the US Navy, serving in the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program. He has also served as a civilian with the U.S. Department of Energy and the Department of Defense in numerous leadership and management positions with the Office of Naval Reactors, both in Washington and in the Idaho branch.<br /><br />Reporting directly to the Administrator, Bradley will ensure development efforts and mission operations are being planned and conducted on a sound engineering basis and will provide an integrated focus for agency-wide engineering policies, standards and practices.<br /><br />During his Navy career, Bradley served as Director, Submarine Systems, for the Trident submarine program and was instrumental in the initial design of the nuclear propulsion plant for Nimitz class aircraft carriers and the advanced reactor design for Los Angeles class submarines.<br /><br />Since 1982, he has served the Director of Naval Nuclear Propulsion as a field representative and manager of the branch office in Idaho, in charge of nuclear operations.<br /><br />Bradley will join NASA June 15.<br /><br />Dr. Jeremiah F. Creedon, Director of the NASA Langley Research Center has been named Associate Administrator for the Office of Aerospace Technology at NASA Headquarters in Washington, effective June 15.<br /><br />Samuel L. Venneri, who has been Associate Administrator for the Enterprise since February 2000, will remain at Headquarters as Chief Technologist, a second position he has held since 1996.<br /><br />In his new position as Associate Administrator, Creedon will be responsible for developing integrated, long-term, innovative agency-level technology for aeronautics and space. He will also be charged for developing new commercial partnerships that exploit technology breakthroughs, and for establishing and maintaining technology core competencies at the NASA field centres.<br /><br />Creedon, who is Langley's seventh director, began his career there 39 years ago as an engineer. He succeeded Paul F Holloway.<br /><br />Prior to being named Center Director, Creedon served as Director of the Airframe Systems Program Office and Director of the Aeronautics Program Group. Creedon began his NASA career at Langley in June 1963 as a research engineer in the Navigation and Guidance Research Branch, Instrument Research Division.<br /><br />Creedon has a doctoral degree from the University of Rhode Island. He is the author of more than 30 technical articles and is a fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.<br /><br />Before being named Chief Technologist, Venneri served as Director of the Spacecraft Systems Division in the former Office of Space Access and Technology. He started his career at NASA in 1981 as a program manager in the Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology, where he was responsible for the spacecraft design technology, structural dynamics, computational analysis and design methodology, and aircraft and engine materials and structures technology.<br /><br />Prior to joining NASA, Venneri was an aerospace consultant with Swales and Associates and principal engineer with Fairchild Space Electronics. He has a bachelor's degree from Pennsylvania State University and a master's degree in engineering from George Washington University.<br /><br />Delma C. Freeman, Jr., Langley's Deputy Center Director, will assume duties as Acting Director.<br /><br />Retired Air Force Major General Michael C Kostelnik has been named as Deputy Associate Administrator for International Space Station and Space Shuttle, a newly created senior management position within the Office of Human Space Flight.<br /><br />The new position provides leadership and accountability for top-level safety requirements, mission success criteria, overall policy definition, and strategic planning in the direction and administration of the two programs.<br /><br />Kostelnik's responsibilities will include the corporate level management of program safety, budget, performance and schedule requirements for the International Space Station and the Space Shuttle program. The program managers for these important programs will report directly to Kostelnik, consistent with the recommendations of the International Space Station Management and Cost Evaluation (IMCE) Task Force, known as the Young Report.<br /><br />Kostelnik has more than 25 years of hands-on experience in research, development, testing, and evaluation of leading edge aerospace systems. He brings to NASA broad experience and in-depth expertise in the management of high-risk aerospace development test programs and operations safety.<br /><br />Until his retirement, Kostelnik was the Commander of the Air Force Development and Test Center and Air Armament Center at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. Responsible for two of the Air Force's largest installations, he was also the flight manager for high-risk flight operations, which tested weapon systems.<br /><br />From late 1995 through 1997, Kostelnik was Vice Commander and Director, Plans and Programs, of the Air Force Materiel Command, Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio.<br /><br />From mid-1994 through late 1995, Kostelnik was Director, Special Programs, in the Office of the Secretary of Defense at the Pentagon. He managed advanced technology programs, with responsibility for oversight of acquisition, covert operations and intelligence special access programs.<br /><br />He holds a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University, a master's degree in Industrial Management Engineering from the University of Iowa, and has completed extensive advanced program and executive management training at a variety of institutions, including the National Defense University, the Goldratt Institute, and Johns Hopkins.<br /><br />Kostelnik will report to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida June 1 to immediately begin an intensive review of the system integration challenges associated with the International Space Station. 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