Complete broadcast coverage of the 1997 All-Star Game
in Cleveland, Ohio,  was transmitted across the U.S. for
uplinking to 204 countries by fibre-optic.
     Vyvx transmitted the All-Star Game from Jacobs Field in
Cleveland to various teleports on the east and west coasts
for uplinking to Asia, Europe, Central and South America.
This is the second year in a row that Vyvx has furnished the
major fibre feed for the All-Star Game.  In addition, Vyvx
is providing MLBI with leased satellite space segment to
Asia.
                              
              HNS to Supply Satellite Equipment
     Hughes Network Systems, Inc. will supply Sistemas
Tecnicos de Loterias del Estado (STL) with Spain's first
VSAT-based lottery network. The contract, which is valued at
approximately $10 million, will provide on-line lottery
services nation-wide.  HNS will deliver its Integrated
Satellite Business Network consisting of Ku-Band earth
stations, fully redundant satellite and baseband equipment.
     The network, which will use the HISPASAT 1A satellite,
is scheduled to be operational in early September of this
year.  A total of 2,400 VSATs will be commissioned and in
service by that time.
                              
                      Upcoming Launches
    "    Check our web site for current listings of 1997
                          launches.
                "    Click on "Launch Info".
     Next Ariane Launch          Next Atlas/Delta Launch
   PAS 6 --August 7, 1997      SuperBird C-- July 25, 1997
From: Satjournal@aol.com
         Flight 98
Satellite          PAS -6
Manufacturer    Space Systems
                    Loral
Type               FS 1300
Stabilisation      3-axis
Payload          36 Ku Band
Coverage        Argentina and
                   Brasil
Orbital            43 East
Position
Mission          DBS Service
                              
                              
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1    PBS Weekly Previews
1    A&E Prime Time Schedule
 
                              
                          In Brief
"    Classic Sports Network is exploring a possible sale to
 either the Walt Disney Co. or FOX. Classic Sports has nearly
 11 million subscribers nationally including cable and
 satellite delivery.
"    A federal appeals court has upheld a preliminary
 injunction won by Time Warner Inc. that is keeping Rupert
 Murdoch's Fox News and Bloomberg Informational Television
 off a municipal cable television channel.
"    Hungarian Telephone and Cable Corp. has signed a letter
 of intent to purchase Salgotarjan Cable TV Ltd.
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