Problems during its initial stages and with its star tracker led to repeated changes in mission configuration.

This was to clarify some initial confusion audiences had regarding the characters and their mission.

Typically, this system works as follows: During the initial high-impulse orbit-raising maneuvers, the system operates in a bipropellant fashion, providing high thrust at high efficiency ; when it arrives on orbit, it closes off either the fuel or oxidizer, and conducts the remainder of its mission in a simple, predictable monopropellant

After the war, Oppenheimer retired from the directorship, and it was taken over by Norris Bradbury, whose initial mission was to make the previously hand-assembled atomic bombs " G. I.

Regardless of whatever may have given rise to initial reports of a " missing hyphen ", the simplest and most consistent-sounding explanation that the public and Congress would accept would probably have been preferable to those who simply wanted to get on with the job of a Venus fly-by mission.

US and Afghan sources believe at least 200 Taliban and Al Qaida fighters were killed during the initial assault and subsequent rescue mission.

Its initial mission was to be the Galileo scientific probe to Jupiter.

The initial mission of Cooke AFB was to serve both as a training site for the PGM-17 Thor, SM-65 Atlas, and HGM-25A Titan I missiles, and as an emergency operational facility for Atlas ICBM.

Attached to the Quebec ministry of Immigration and Cultural Communities, its initial mission, defined in its report of April 1, 1964 was " to align on international French, promote good Canadianisms and fight Anglicisms, [...] work on the normalization of the language in Québec and support State intervention to carry out a global language policy that would consider notably the importance of socio-economic motivations in making French the priority language in Québec.

* The 820th Base Defense Group is a Force Protection unit which provides Air Force Expeditionary Groups self-sustaining Force Protection capability for initial U. S. " first-in " forces to any operating location in support of the Air Force Global Engagement mission.

The initial mission of the base was to act as a fighter-interceptor defense against an enemy bomber attack, the 484th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron was activated on 8 June 1956, and authorized Northrup F-89D Scorpion interceptors, however the 484th FIS was never equipped or manned as much construction was necessary to bring the airport up to Air Force standards for a military airfield.

Its current primary mission is the defense of South Korea in the initial stages of an invasion from North Korea until other American units can arrive.

EUPM, the first mission launched under the Common Security and Defence Policy, was launched on 1 January 2003 for an initial period of three years.

With the transfer from Air Training Command to Tactical Air Command, the mission at Nellis transitioned from initial aircraft qualification and gunnery training to advanced, graduate-level weapons training.

For example, the beta distribution can be used in Bayesian analysis to describe initial knowledge concerning probability of success such as the probability that a space vehicle will successfully complete a specified mission.

The initial task in strategic management is typically the compilation and dissemination of the vision and the mission statement.

With Ellison's initial mission complete, it assigns him to act as tutor / mentor to the now incapacitated ( and rebooted ) T-888, which Weaver nicknames " John Henry ".

The total cost of building, launching, landing and operating the rovers on the surface for the initial 90-Martian-day ( sol ) primary mission was US $ 820 million.

Since the rovers have continued to function beyond their initial 90 sol primary mission, they have each received five mission extensions.

Her initial mission, killing a foreign diplomat in a crowded restaurant and escaping back to the Centre from his well-armed bodyguards, doubles as the final test in her training.

Drake is almost never shown armed with a gun, and the episode " Time to Kill " centres around Drake's hesitancy and initial refusal to take an assassination mission ( events transpire to prevent Drake from having to carry the task out ).

After the success of the Enterprise's initial mission led to the vessel being given an extended exploration mandate, T ' Pol requested to stay aboard.

She was selected by Soval to accompany Captain Jonathan Archer during his initial first mission aboard the Enterprise NX-01 as observer, sub-commander and Vulcan representative.

After finding the initial Basic implementation limiting they moved onto writing some simple graphical demonstration computer programs in assembly.

Following an initial demonstration of his merits as an educator, he is hired.

The Afsluitdijk was the initial demonstration site for a 130 km / h speed limit in the Netherlands.

The most important initial test is the demonstration of elevated carbon dioxide in the blood.

After a brief initial delay due to the disruption caused by the First World War, Hrozný's decipherment, tentative grammatical analysis, and demonstration of the Indo-European affiliation of Hittite were rapidly accepted and more broadly substantiated by contemporary scholars such as Edgar H. Sturtevant who authored the first scientifically acceptable Hittite grammar with a chrestomathy and a glossary.

After losing significant numbers to desertion and sickness, escaping encirclement at Palmeira, Rio Grande do Sul in January 1925, making a successful stand at the Iguaçu Falls in February and " fter some initial disgreements about strategy, the rebels adopted one that amounted less to a war of movement than a moving ' armed protest demonstration ' that would serve as a constant call to action against the hated Bernardes.

* 14 September – The United States Air Force Thunderbirds flight demonstration teams No. 6 solo aircraft crashes into the tarmac at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, while attempting its initial maneuver at the Gunfighter Skies 2003 air show.

The Washington Commandos were a charter member of the Arena Football League, playing in the initial four-team " demonstration season " of 1987.

A demonstration consists of a sequence of steps, each step justified by an initial or a previously demonstrated consequence.

The initial service demonstration ran from June 28 to July 12, 2006, with a further demonstration under winter conditions in February 2007.

One result of the initial articles in Campbell's magazine was that two other researchers, William O. Davis and G. Harry Stine, visited Dean and witnessed a demonstration.

In 2004, the U. S. Air Force awarded contracts for the initial system development and demonstration ( SDD ) phase of a program to update these legacy generation systems used on aircraft.

Eichelberger was given the initial task of arranging a demonstration for dignitaries including Winston Churchill, Marshall, Henry Stimson, Sir John Dill and Sir Alan Brooke.

To ensure that each suite conforms to the Treaty specifications, there is an initial seven-day certification of each Open Skies aircraft by a short demonstration flight, and by analysis of the imagery recorded during that flight.

500 copies of this initial demonstration record were pressed.

This roughly 100-mile stretch is home to several military bases, with installations including Naval Air Station Pensacola ( home of the Navy's Blue Angels demonstration team and the initial training site for all naval aviators ), Hurlburt Field, Eglin Air Force Base ( one of the largest military bases in America ), Tyndall Air Force Base ( home to the Air Force's F-22 Raptor fighter jets ), Coastal Systems Station-Naval Surface Warfare Center ( home to the Navy Experimental Diving Unit and Naval Diving & Salvage Training Center ), and Corry Station Naval Technical Training Center.

Forty-seven years after the initial freeze, Costa Rican President Óscar Arias Sánchez announced on 18 March 2009 that normal relations were to be re-established, saying, " If we have been able to turn the page with regimes as profoundly different to our reality as occurred with the USSR or, more recently, with the Republic of China, how would we not do it with a country that is geographically and culturally much nearer to Costa Rica?

In May 2009, FAO and the European Union signed an initial aid package worth € 125 million to support small farmers in countries hit hard by rising food prices.

In 2009, Hong Kong raised 22 percent of worldwide initial public offering ( IPO ) capital, becoming the largest centre of IPOs in the world.

After passing the initial aptitude test, he was to undertake a month-long course ; if he passed that, he would begin full flight training in early 2009.

The hoped-for initial operational capability date for peacekeeping slipped until late 2009, when a Sierra Leonean reconnaissance company was deployed to Darfur as part of UNAMID.

After this initial fermentation period, water and the yeast culture Saccharomyces cerevisiae are added to the koji ( rice and mold mixture ) and allowed to incubate at 4 degree Celsius for about 7 days ( Uno et al., 2009 ).

The road's initial feasibility study was planned to be presented in November 2009.

* 2012 ( 2009 ): The initial events take place in India in late 2009.

The initial review process is expected to be finished by early 2009.

An initial decision of the commercial court, on 23 February 2009, finds that that offer was indeed illegal but, on 14 May 2009, a second decision on appeal holds that the Orange Sport offer is not included in the tied-selling ; Orange resumes the marketing of the channel the next day.

After the initial ownership declared bankruptcy, the Can-Am league assumed ownership of the franchise, but suspended the team's operations in March 2009 prior to what would have been a second season.

As a result, in 2009, the International Olympic Committee announced that future torch relays could be held only within the country hosting the Olympics after the initial Greek leg.

On July 15, 2008, it was announced that Showtime had signed a seven-year deal with The Weinstein Company to exclusively air their films during their initial premium-channel broadcasts, starting with their 2009 film slate.

Following this, the Saints made their first big signing under Markus Liebherr as they unveiled new striker Rickie Lambert who was purchased on 10 August 2009, for an initial £ 800, 000, which could rise to £ 1m subject to appearances, from fellow League One side Bristol Rovers.

Paul Knight of the Houston Press said in a 2009 article that some people blamed the development of the artificial Cedar Creek Lake, which opened in 1965, and development of the area surrounding the lake for the initial influx of crime and recreational drugs into the county and the East Texas region.

Rock the Canyon: Art & Music Festival is an annual event in the community of Shonto since its initial launch in 2009.

* Howard Menger ( 1922 – 2009 ), UFO contactee whose writings on the subject include The High Bridge Incident, about his initial contact with aliens, when he was ten years old.

In October 2009 this has been given initial approval for government funding.

In June 2009, the ECO named Paul Watkins its new music director, effective with the 2009-2010 season, for an initial contract of 3 years.

It was dramatically reconstructed in 2007 – 2009 to revive the initial view of the old town.

Slow progress in UWB standards development, the cost of initial implementation, and performance significantly lower than initially expected are several reasons for the limited use of UWB in consumer products ( which caused several UWB vendors to cease operations in 2008 and 2009 ).

The contract for building the initial section of the second, east-west line was signed on 28 October 2009 and construction started on 16 August 2010, with completion planned for late 2013.