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201 Lautenbacher noted that engineers could bolster the test orbiter – it can already obtain 93 percent of the data that fully functioning satellites can – and could keep existing NOAA polar satellites flying past their average four-year useful life span. European satellites might be an option – if they are available and produce data in a format compatible with U.S. weather-forecasting models. A revised plan for the program should fall into place this spring. In the meantime, NOAA and the DOD will launch the last of their original polar satellites in December 2007 and October 2011, respec- tively. If NOAA fails, as roughly one out of every 10 do during or right after launch, U.S. civilian polar orbiter coverage might suffer a gap of four years or more. (That satellite might be especially prone to failure because the contractor, Lockheed Martin, accidentally dropped it, caus- ing significant damage.) A gap could be serious, explains Richard A. Anthes, president of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo. It could, make the forecast of where a hurricane makes landfall rather inaccurate. Vocabulary NOAA – Национальная администрация по океану и атмосфе - ре США Undermine – подрывать Virtually – практически Jeopardy – угроза Capture – фиксировать Tree years behind schedule – на три года отставать от распи - сания Orbiter – орбитальный спутник Roughly – приблизительно To roll out – производить From the outset – с самого начала Contractors – поставщик , подрядчик