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Page 10 THE BATTALION THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1981 rczzzzzzzz; »*<« 4* M4( *«*«*/<MU*4* *u C\\ s COUNTRY and WESTERN N N Dance Lessons OF DANCE I‘New TV’ t i AU 1V A XTl J.V A A1 ^ C5 GALLERY ^ OF DANCE ARTS S 107 DOWLING ROAD S Enroll Now — Class Starts Jan. 27 Features Super high frequency could replace cable with on-air signals pure American comfort style. It's the best of the West from Dexter. Dexter western styled boots made of the most supple leathers to wear as comfortably as your favorite pair of blue jeans. SANDY'S WE SHOES fOUWQ^HOra,.^ CO??Z- CULPEPPER PLAZA L°UEGE 5T„ Texas 77840 <713)690-1861 United Press International NEW YORK — The scramble for expensive cable television rights going on across the country has obscured the fact that, for 10 years now, a cheaper alternative has been available. It is the multipoint distribution service (MPS), a super-high frequen cy, line-of-sight, microwave signal authorized by the Federal Com munications Commission a decade ago but little used up to now. In its present application through local systems set up in about 50 cities, it delivers various types of pay TV programs over the air instead of by cable. But it is different from con ventional over-the-air pay TV, which uses the broadcast band. Equipment for MDS is made by several companies, including Elec tronics, Missiles & Communica tions, Inc.(EMC), of White Haven, Pa. President Frank Misso of EMC says MDS is a less expensive way of transmitting pay TV programs than cable. The local distributor of pay TV programs by MDS makes a one-time investment of $500,000 to $1 million READY FOR A NEW CHALLENGE? A Pilots License Will Make A Difference In Your Life. Learning to fly is a fascinating combination of classroom study and actual flying practice at the controls of an airplane. 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This can run to $20 million or more in many communities. So far, MDS has not resulted in any significant new programming, according to Don Franco, head of Microband Corp. of America, New York, which has built up a series of franchised MDS systems in 50 cities. Franco said these systems are common carriers providing sup plemental and alternative delivery of programs from such established pay TV program production and distri bution firms as Home Box Office, Showtime and others. The system uses satellite ground stations and other facilities to take the programs from the conventional distribution channels for local trans mission on the super microwave band. Franco said most of the system’s customers are homeowners in areas where there is no cable TV or where cable service is not well develi The home owner pays an instal fee of $100 and a monthly $13.50 to $15 for service. The ram packages are the same as delivered on the more comprel sive cable systems. MDS and Microband have to develop new uses for the sysl In addition to picking up convenfej al pay TV programs, the local Ml studio can originate special pn by means of tapes or films or from an electronic data pn terminal in the case of businessii] formation. Unil KILGOI oadway ie Pines I main kn< lanistVan pas oilfie Noneth undi whore! MSC SCONA 26 NASA plans 15 launches besides Columbia in 1981 lused its < The mo 159. But ‘ ainted ov latch Mo (JlO.SOani I- free i< [reezeway. No mo United Press International WASHINGTON — The National Aeronautics and Space Administra tion’s highest priority in 1981 is to launch the space shuttle Columbia on its first test flight, but it also has 15 unmanned satellite launchings on the year’s schedule. All but two will use expendable rockets that the shuttle is designed to replace. Eleven of the satellites will be fired into eastward orbits from Ken nedy Space Center, Cape Canaver al, Fla., and four will go into north- south orbit from California’s Van- denberg Air Force Base. Only two of the unmanned mis sions are NASA scientific projects. The other 13 satellites are owned by other government agencies and com mercial enterprises. NASA will be paid for launch costs. The shuttle is undergoing prepa rations at Canaveral for launch March 17 on the first of four test orbital flights before the reusable rocket plane will be declared fully ready. NASA plans to begin phasing out its one-use-only rockets in 1983. The first 1981 Canaveral launch, Feb. 19, is a commercial COMSTAR communications satellite owned by the Comsat General Corp., on an Atlas-Centaur rocket. Two others are set in March. An Intelsat 5 International Telecom munications Satellite Corp. com munications satellite will be laun ched on an Atlas-Centaur and a gov ernment weather satellite will go up on a smaller Delta. ment will be on an Atlas-Cenl one, owned by the RCA Corp. be on a Delta, and another Intel will be on an Atlas-Centaur. NASA’s first scientific satellite the year is set in July on a Delta an Explorer class spacecraft signed to investigate the interac between Earth’s magnetic field the ionosphere. forked the e in Ea the goi ke the Grange, ’he Best Ifexas.” Now that Jents talk i Hiemselves A Navy navigational satellite is to be orbited in April from Vandenberg on a Scout and a Delta will orbit a Satellite Business Systems com munications satellite the same month from Florida. Another National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration weath er satellite is to be orbited in May, by an Atlas from California. lakes inqi Another Explorer will be lain ishness tal ched in September from the Wa tution had Coast to study variations in ulto mch less I violet radiation from the sun andlm Especial! they affect the Earth’s ozone. foes’ sordi A communication satellite alsoi ing the ( on tap for September launch fork loses liqu telsat on an Atlas-Centaur, andaDt lord about Ita will orbit another Navy navigifian at Lac tional satellite from California. Three June communications satellites missions are scheduled. One owned by the Defense Depart- Another RCA satellite mu** . , launched in October on a Delta arif’lYY 1 ^ another Intelsat is to go up in cember on an Atlas-Centaur. "Of cour: Ibout it,” s lasoline sta NASA launched seven satellitesi|on. “I dor 1980, six successfully. o FHTICAI^ Prescriptions Filled Glasses Repaired 216 N. 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