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GameData/Skopos/Contracts/ExperimentalComsats/intermittent_paris_moscow_tv.cfg

@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ CONTRACT_TYPE {
   sortKey = 050
   title = Experimental Paris-Moscow Television
   // Mostly pilfered from NASA TM X-70435 p. 11-1.
-  description = <b>Program: Experimental Telecommunications Satellites (Skopos Beta)<br>Type: <color=green>Required</color></b><br><br>As part of a Franco-Soviet agreement on colour television, we are considering using the space segement of the Soviet television network to relay television between Paris and Moscow.
+  description = <b>Program: Experimental Telecommunications Satellites (Skopos Beta)<br>Type: <color=green>Required</color></b><br><br>As part of a Franco-Soviet agreement on colour television, we are considering using the space segment of the Soviet television network to relay television between Paris and Moscow.
   synopsis = Provide two-way television for three months with 1% availability (~15 min per day) between Moscow and Pleumeur-Bodou.
-  notes = France has a ground station with a cutting-edge antenna in Brittany, as part of its joint programme with the United States. However, Brittany is quite far West of the Soviet Union; you may need to adjust your designs accordingly.
+  notes = France has an Earth station with a cutting-edge antenna in Brittany as part of its joint programme with the United States. However, Brittany is quite far west of the Soviet Union so you may need to adjust your designs accordingly.
   completedMessage = Compatibility between French and Soviet satellite telecom systems has been confirmed.
   rewardReputation = 45
 

GameData/Skopos/Contracts/ExperimentalComsats/intermittent_soviet_tv.cfg

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ CONTRACT_TYPE {
   sortKey = 040
   title = Experimental Soviet Television
   // Mostly pilfered from NASA TM X-70435 p. 11-1.
-  description = <b>Program: Experimental Telecommunications Satellites (Skopos Beta)<br>Type: <color=green>Required</color></b><br><br>For the Soviet Union, which occupies about one-sixth of the earth’s surface, an efficient system of space communications is a vital necessity. The country covers nearly 11 000 km from east to west and over 7200 km from north to south, and is crossed by 11 time zones; in addition, there are tremendously varied climatic conditions and vast areas of rugged terrain.
+  description = <b>Program: Experimental Telecommunications Satellites (Skopos Beta)<br>Type: <color=green>Required</color></b><br><br>For the Soviet Union, which occupies about one-sixth of the Earth’s surface, an efficient system of space communications is a vital necessity. The country covers nearly 11,000 km from east to west and over 7200 km from north to south, and is crossed by 11 time zones; in addition, there are tremendously varied climatic conditions and vast areas of rugged terrain.
   synopsis = Provide two-way television for three months with 1% availability (~15 min per day) between Moscow and Vladivostok.
   notes = Earth stations with large tracking antennas have been built in Moscow and Vladivostok.
   completedMessage = The experiment has successfully demonstrated the viability of a space communications network for the Soviet Union, paving the way for an operational system.

GameData/Skopos/Contracts/ExperimentalComsats/intermittent_transpacific_tv.cfg

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ CONTRACT_TYPE {
   sortKey = 020
   description = <b>Program: Experimental Telecommunications Satellites (Skopos Beta)<br>Type: <color=green>Required</color></b><br><br>The development of artificial satellites opens the possibility of applying microwave radio relay technology to transoceanic links, using a “microwave repeater in the sky”. The objective for this experiment is to answer the critical questions, leaving until a later round of design the optimization of trade-offs and the development and construction of a commercial operating system.
   synopsis = Provide transpacific television for three months with 1% availability (~15 min per day).
-  notes = Earth stations with cutting-edge antennas have been built in the Kashima prefecture (Japan), and at Point Mugu (California). It should be possible to establish a transpacific link with a very small satellite.
+  notes = Earth stations with cutting-edge antennas have been built in the Kashima prefecture (Japan) and at Point Mugu (California). It should be possible to establish a transpacific link with a very small satellite.
   completedMessage = The experiment has successfully demonstrated the viability of a transpacific link via satellite, paving the way for a commercial operating system.
   rewardReputation = 45
 

GameData/Skopos/Contracts/ExperimentalComsats/syncom_ship_to_shore.cfg

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ CONTRACT_TYPE {
   // Mostly pilfered from NASA SP-32 p. 740.
   description = <b>Program: Experimental Telecommunications Satellites (Skopos Beta)<br>Type: <color=blue>Optional</color></b><br><br>Satellite communications offers the ability to communicate with nearly any point on Earth, including the oceans. A ship equipped with a satellite terminal could be provided a reliable radio link to shore in nearly any condition, bypassing many of the difficulties involved in communicating with a vessel at sea. However, this will require a satellite terminal small enough to fit on a ship.
   synopsis = Provide ship-to-shore communications for three months with 50% availability (~12 hours per day).
-  notes = The USNS Kingsport has been fitted with a satellite earth station, and is stationed in the Gulf of Guinea. The Kingsport also has a VHF command and telemetry antenna that, if provided with a link to shore by communication satellite, will be able to relay data from scientific satellites.
+  notes = The USNS Kingsport has been fitted with a satellite Earth station, and is stationed in the Gulf of Guinea. The Kingsport also has a VHF command and telemetry antenna that, if provided with a link to shore by communication satellite, will be able to relay data from scientific satellites.
 
   completedMessage = The experiment has successfully demonstrated the viability of a ship-to-shore link via satellite, paving the way for a commercial operating system.
   rewardReputation = 75	//even harder than normal syncom

GameData/Skopos/Contracts/ExperimentalComsats/syncom_transpacific_tv.cfg

@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ CONTRACT_TYPE {
   sortKey = 120
   title = Experimental Transpacific Telephony
   // Mostly pilfered from NASA SP-32 p. 740.
-  description = <b>Program: Experimental Telecommunications Satellites (Skopos Beta)<br>Type: <color=blue>Optional</color></b><br><br>For a Transpacific satellite telecom system to be viable, it must provide a sustained link, not just a few minutes until the satellite passes below the horizon. Provide a Transpacific connection that supports a few voice channels for at least 12 hours a day. The lower required data rate should allow a very small satellite to be used, opening up the possibility for higher orbits.
-  synopsis = Provide Transpacific telephony for three months with 50% availability (~12 hours per day).
-  notes = Earth stations with cutting-edge antennas have been built in the Kashima prefecture (Japan), and at Point Mugu (California). It should be possible to establish a transpacific link with a very small satellite.
+  description = <b>Program: Experimental Telecommunications Satellites (Skopos Beta)<br>Type: <color=blue>Optional</color></b><br><br>For a transpacific satellite telecom system to be viable, it must provide a sustained link, not just a few minutes until the satellite passes below the horizon. Provide a transpacific connection that supports a few voice channels for at least 12 hours a day. The lower required data rate should allow a very small satellite to be used, opening up the possibility for higher orbits.
+  synopsis = Provide transpacific telephony for three months with 50% availability (~12 hours per day).
+  notes = Earth stations with cutting-edge antennas have been built in the Kashima prefecture (Japan) and at Point Mugu (California). It should be possible to establish a transpacific link with a very small satellite.
 
   completedMessage = The experiment has successfully demonstrated the viability of a Transpacific link via satellite, paving the way for a commercial operating system.
   rewardReputation = 60

GameData/Skopos/Contracts/Level1Comsats/l1_havana_tv.cfg

@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ CONTRACT_TYPE {
   sortKey = 210
   title = Moscow-Havana Telecommunications - Level 1
   // Mostly pilfered from NASA SP-32 p. 740.
-  description = <b>Program: First Generation Telecommunications Satellites (Skopos Beta)<br>Type: <color=blue>Optional</color></b><br><br>Cuba is a close ally to the Soviet Union, but it's position in the Caribbean leaves it surrounded by unfriendly forces. Satellite communications offers a way to safely link Cuba to the Soviet Union.
-  notes = A ground station has been built at Tapaste, just outside Havana; similar to the station constructed at Moscow, it is capable of two-way communication.
+  description = <b>Program: First Generation Telecommunications Satellites (Skopos Beta)<br>Type: <color=blue>Optional</color></b><br><br>Cuba is a close ally to the Soviet Union, but its position in the Caribbean leaves it surrounded by unfriendly forces. Use satellite communications to safely link Cuba to the Soviet Union.
+  notes = An Earth station has been built at Tapaste, just outside Havana. Similar to the station constructed at Moscow, it is capable of two-way communication.
   synopsis = Provide transatlantic two-way telecom for 90 days with 95% availability (~23 h per day).
   completedMessage = Regular telecasts are now possible between Cuba and the Soviet Union.
 

GameData/Skopos/Contracts/Level1Comsats/l1_north_pacific_tv.cfg

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ CONTRACT_TYPE {
   sortKey = 220
   title = North Pacific Telecommunications - Level 1
   // Mostly pilfered from NASA SP-32 p. 740.
-  description = <b>Program: First Generation Telecommunications Satellites (Skopos Beta)<br>Type: <color=green>Required</color></b><br><br>The ability to relay television across the pacific ocean has proven useful. However, we would like to be able to broadcast live television at any time, instead of being constrained by the timing of satellite passes.
+  description = <b>Program: First Generation Telecommunications Satellites (Skopos Beta)<br>Type: <color=green>Required</color></b><br><br>The ability to relay television across the Pacific Ocean has proven useful. However, we would like to be able to broadcast live television at any time, instead of being constrained by the timing of satellite passes.
   notes = Whether you achieve this with a MEO or LEO constellation or a single GEO satellite is up to you.
   synopsis = Provide transpacific two-way telecom for 90 days with 95% availability (~23 h per day).
   completedMessage = Regular telecasts are now possible between Japan and North America.

GameData/Skopos/Contracts/Level1Comsats/l1_orbita.cfg

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ CONTRACT_TYPE {
   sortKey = 240
   title = Soviet Television - Level 1
   description = <b>Program: First Generation Telecommunications Satellites (Skopos Beta)<br>Type: <color=green>Required</color></b><br><br>The success of the link between Moscow and Vladivostok has shown the viability of a system of space communications.  We must now turn this experiment into an operational network for the entire Union.
-  notes = Many additional ground stations have been built throughout the Soviet Union; while they have tracking dishes, these are receive-only; television will be broadcast from Moscow.
+  notes = Many additional Earth stations have been built throughout the Soviet Union; while they have tracking dishes, these are receive-only; television will be broadcast from Moscow.
   synopsis = Provide television service to the Soviet Union with 95% availability (~23 h per day) over a 90 days period.
   // From CIA ER IM 68-69, p. 4.
   completedMessage = About 10 million viewers throughout the Soviet Union can now watch 40 hours per week of live television broadcasts from Moscow.

GameData/Skopos/Contracts/Level1Comsats/l1_paris_moscow_tv.cfg

@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ CONTRACT_TYPE {
   sortKey = 250
   title = Paris–Moscow Telecommunications - Level 1
   // See Le Monde, 24 juillet 1965, Paris et Moscou envisagent d’utiliser le satellite de télécommunications Molnya-I pour des transmissions expérimentales.
-  description = <b>Program: First Generation Telecommunications Satellites (Skopos Beta)<br>Type: <color=green>Required</color></b><br><br>As part of a Franco-Soviet agreement on colour television, we are considering using the space segement of the Soviet television network to relay television between Paris and Moscow.
+  description = <b>Program: First Generation Telecommunications Satellites (Skopos Beta)<br>Type: <color=green>Required</color></b><br><br>As part of a Franco-Soviet agreement on colour television, we are considering using the space segment of the Soviet television network to relay television between Paris and Moscow.
   synopsis = Provide two-way telecom for 90 days with 95% availability (~23 h per day) between Pleumeur-Bodou and Moscow.
-  notes = France has a ground station with a cutting-edge antenna in Brittany, as part of its joint programme with the United States. However, Brittany is quite far West of the Soviet Union; you may need to adjust your designs accordingly.
+  notes = France has an Earth station with a cutting-edge antenna in Brittany as part of its joint programme with the United States. However, Brittany is quite far west of the Soviet Union so you may need to adjust your designs accordingly.
   // See Le Monde, 31 mai 1966, Première transmission de télévision en couleurs de Paris à Moscou.
   completedMessage = Regular telecasts are now possible between France and the Soviet Union.
 

GameData/Skopos/Contracts/Level1Comsats/l1_soviet_tracking_ships.cfg

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ CONTRACT_TYPE {
   title = Soviet Tracking Ships - Level 1
   description = <b>Program: First Generation Telecommunications Satellites (Skopos Beta)<br>Type: <color=blue>Optional</color></b><br><br>Satellite communications offers the ability to communicate with nearly any point on Earth, including the oceans. A ship equipped with a satellite terminal could be provided a reliable radio link to shore in nearly any condition, bypassing many of the difficulties involved in communicating with a vessel at sea. However, this will require a satellite terminal small enough to fit on a ship.
   synopsis = Provide ship-to-shore communications for three months with 50% availability (~12 hours per day).
-  notes = The NIS Dolinsk has been fitted with a satellite earth station, and is stationed in the Mediterranean. The Dolinsk also has a VHF command and telemetry antenna that, if provided with a link to shore by communication satellite, will be able to relay data from scientific satellites.
+  notes = The NIS Dolinsk has been fitted with a satellite Earth station, and is stationed in the Mediterranean. The Dolinsk also has a VHF command and telemetry antenna that, if provided with a link to shore by communication satellite, will be able to relay data from scientific satellites.
 
   completedMessage = The experiment has successfully demonstrated the viability of a ship-to-shore link via satellite, paving the way for a commercial operating system.
   rewardReputation = 150

GameData/Skopos/Contracts/Level1Comsats/l1_ulaanbaatar_tv.cfg

@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ CONTRACT_TYPE {
   group = skopos_telecom_group
   sortKey = 240
   title = Moscow-Ulaanbaatar Television - Level 1
-  description = <b>Program: First Generation Telecommunications Satellites (Skopos Beta)<br>Type: <color=blue>Optional</color></b><br><br>Mongolia is a close ally to the Soviet Union, but much like the eastern territories of the Soviet Union, it is sparsely populated and dominated by rugged terrain. Satellite telecommunication offers a way to easily provide TV to these remote areas.
-  notes = A ground station has been built at Naran, just outside Ulaanbaatar; while it has a tracking dish, it is receive-only; television will be broadcast from Moscow.
+  description = <b>Program: First Generation Telecommunications Satellites (Skopos Beta)<br>Type: <color=blue>Optional</color></b><br><br>Mongolia is a close ally to the Soviet Union, but, much like the eastern territories of the Soviet Union, it is sparsely populated and dominated by rugged terrain. Satellite telecommunication offers a way to easily provide TV to these remote areas.
+  notes = An Earth station has been built at Naran, just outside Ulaanbaatar; while it has a tracking dish, it is receive-only; television will be broadcast from Moscow.
   synopsis = Provide television service to Ulaanbaatar with 95% availability (~23 h per day) over a 90 days period.
   // From CIA ER IM 68-69, p. 4.
   completedMessage = About half a million viewers throughout the Mongolia can now watch 40 hours per week of live colour television broadcasts from Moscow.

GameData/Skopos/Contracts/Level1Comsats/l1_us_tracking_ships.cfg

@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ CONTRACT_TYPE {
   sortKey = 280
   title = US Tracking Ships - Level 1
   // Mostly pilfered from NASA SP-32 p. 740.
-  description = <b>Program: First Generation Telecommunications Satellites (Skopos Beta)<br>Type: <color=blue>Optional</color></b><br><br>We would like to create "Ground stations at sea", ships equipped with unified S-band antennas to relay data from manned and unmanned scientific spacecraft. However, a ship at sea cannot have a landline connection to mission control, and existing HF radio systems are unreliable and low quality. Instead, these ships have had a satellite communications terminal installed, allowing them to relay data back to mission control via communications satellites.
-  notes = The tracking ships USNS Vanguard, Redstone and Mercury have been positioned in the Atlantic and Pacific near the equator. If they are provided with a link to shore, they will be able to use their unified S-band systems to function as a ground station. Whether you achieve this with a MEO or LEO constellation or a single GEO satellite is up to you.
+  description = <b>Program: First Generation Telecommunications Satellites (Skopos Beta)<br>Type: <color=blue>Optional</color></b><br><br>We would like to create "tracking stations at sea", ships equipped with unified S-band antennas to relay data from crewed and uncrewed scientific spacecraft. However, a ship at sea cannot have a landline connection to mission control, and existing HF radio systems are unreliable and low quality. Instead, these ships have had a satellite communications terminal installed, allowing them to relay data back to mission control via communications satellites.
+  notes = The tracking ships USNS Vanguard, Redstone, and Mercury have been positioned in the Atlantic and Pacific near the equator. If they are provided with a link to shore, they will be able to use their unified S-band systems to function as an Earth station. Whether you achieve this with a MEO or LEO constellation or a single GEO satellite is up to you.
   synopsis = Provide ship-to-shore communications for 90 days with 95% availability (~23 h per day).
   completedMessage = Telemetry can now be relayed from tracking ships to mission control.
 

GameData/Skopos/Contracts/Level2Comsats/l2_indian_ocean_tv.cfg

@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ CONTRACT_TYPE {
   group = skopos_telecom_group
   sortKey = 230
   title = Indian Ocean Telecommunications - Level 2
-  description = <b>Program: Second Generation Telecommunications Satellites (Skopos Beta)<br>Type: <color=green>Required</color></b><br><br>The first generation telecommunications satellite network has proven successful. However, demand is growing for satellite communication, and more countries want dedicated satellite links. Provide simultaneous links between Europe, Pakistan, Thailand and Australia
-  notes = Additional Earth Stations have been constructed in Fucino (Italy), Si Racha (Thailand), and Deh Mando (Pakistan). Your satellite network will need the capacity to support 2 links at the same time, plus the previous level 1 services. Whether you achieve this with a MEO or LEO constellation or a single GEO satellite is up to you.
+  description = <b>Program: Second Generation Telecommunications Satellites (Skopos Beta)<br>Type: <color=green>Required</color></b><br><br>The first generation telecommunications satellite network has proven successful. However, demand is growing for satellite communication, and more countries want dedicated satellite links. Provide simultaneous links between Europe, Pakistan, Thailand, and Australia
+  notes = Additional Earth stations have been constructed in Fucino (Italy), Si Racha (Thailand), and Deh Mando (Pakistan). Your satellite network will need the capacity to support 2 links at the same time, plus the previous level 1 services. Whether you achieve this with a MEO or LEO constellation or a single GEO satellite is up to you.
   synopsis = Provide transpacific multi-access two-way telecom for 90 days with 95% availability (~23 h per day).
   completedMessage = Regular telecasts are now possible between the Indian Ocean region, Australia and Europe.