European satellites grew increasingly independent, led by Poland, and in 1989 they all spelled the Communist leadership.

Another move, he said, would be to borrow an older European satellite already in space.

Using radar data from a European satellite, they report that an area near the basin rose up about an inch a year over five years.

These are dramatic times in the Eastern European satellites, which have long sought ways to fulfill their aspirations for a national identity.

But they said they were worried about using aging European satellites as the only backup.

In 1967, Fokker started a modest space division building parts for European satellites.

Eurosport first launched on European satellites on 5 February 1989.

But how will the new above-party power structure manage the intensified yearning for independence in its European satellites?

Later in the 1980s, Mercury may also lease transmitters on a European satellite to carry telephone calls to other parts of the continent.

The European satellite had malfunctioned, and there was no picture available - only audio.