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The statement said officials would draft a timeline for launchings, including manned missions.

NASA officials said yesterday that they were confident that the spacecraft and roving vehicles could be built and tested in time for launchings in 2003, on May 22 and June 4.

That shut Lockheed out of the market for launchings over the North and South Poles, because it would have been too dangerous to launch satellites into polar orbits from Lockheed's base at Cape Canaveral, Mr. Thompson said.

He said that when seasoned project managers heard of the new, narrow windows for launchings, their first reaction was to start planning to take advantage of the restricted opportunities.

In particular, a quid pro quo of shutting down the missile program in exchange for launchings of North Korean satellites by foreign governments will be discussed further, a senior official said.

Among the losers would be some public works projects of the Army Corps of Engineers, two historic preservation programs and NASA's mission to return to the Moon, which would be ended as the administration seeks to reorient the space program to use private companies for launchings.

Page A11 SATELLITE SET FOR LAUNCHING North Korea said that it had completed preparations to launch a satellite into orbit, as South Korea and other Asian nations told their airlines and ships to change their routes to avoid the North Korean rocket.

Available for use by all friendly nations for satellite launchings, it is used for research programs (such as weather studies) and for telecommunications.

It was a real crisis, given Beijing's interest in winning orders for satellite launchings and its ambitions for Chinese citizens in space.

In addition, using the Moon's gravity as an energy source might allow for less expensive launchings or for the launching of heavier satellites.

Revenue from the space program -- $5.3 billion last year -- will obviously get a boost, though, and both Lockheed, the No. 1 military contractor, and Boeing, which is No. 2, could try to persuade the Air Force to pay more for rocket launchings it has already contracted for, said Paul Nisbet, an analyst at JSA Research in Newport, R. I