BUSINESS
September 26, 1987 | United Press International
In a significant victory for the American rocket industry, General Dynamics has landed a contract to launch at least one and possibly three European satellites, company officials announced Friday. In the past, the European Telecommunications Satellite Organization--Eutelsat--has used the French-built Ariane rocket, America's major competition in the unmanned launch market, to carry its satellites into orbit.
BUSINESS
June 16, 1987 | GREG JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
General Dynamics Corp. will try to breathe new life into its 30-year-old Atlas-Centaur rocket program by building 18 of the launch vehicles for sale to commercial and government customers, the company said Monday. The company-funded program, which could generate more than $1 billion in revenue, ranks as one of the nation's largest commercial space programs, according to industry analysts. The first commercially available rocket is expected to be launched in mid-1989.