1.   A planned Tuesday launch is in jeopardy, but NASA has four chances over the next six days.

2.   EchoStar Chairman Charles Ergen said the company has revised its plans and now has sufficient funding to last through the planned September launch of its third satellite.

3.   He cited the Mars exploration program, which includes two planned launches later this year of interplanetary spacecraft to take pictures and analyze rocks.

4.   Key to the anticipated turnaround is the planned launch of new software products for both business and personal computer users.

5.   NASA on Wednesday postponed the planned launch of the space shuttle Columbia for a day because of possible high winds and squalls accompanying Hurricane Opal.

6.   Part of that effort is linked to the planned July launch of TVG, an interactive betting network that will start cropping up on cable systems throughout the country.

7.   A number of island residents have protested the planned launches, saying they want the complex used solely for civilian purposes.

8.   An American adventurer who wants to be the first man to circle the Earth in a balloon began inflating his craft Friday for a planned evening launch.

9.   Helmed by perfectionist director James Cameron, the movie is rapidly becoming the most expensive in history and may miss its planned Fourth of July holiday launch.

10.   Intelsat and several other companies shifted planned launches to rival commercial programs after the accident, blamed on defective guidance.