Space & Missile Defense Report
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SpaceNASA’s Shuttle and Rocket Missions
Updated — May 1, 2009 – 12:50 p.m. EDT Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: May 5 Mission: STSS ATRR […]
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Business/FinancialGIOVE-B Satellite Marks One Year On Orbit
The GIOVE-B navigation satellite completed its first year in orbit. That 500 kg (1,102 pound) satellite, built by an industrial team led by Astrium under contract to the European Space […]
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[May 4, 2009]
// PDF View- Future Of Constellation Moon Missions Thrown Into Doubt By Cost Problems
- Layoffs Begin On Space Shuttle Program; 160 Workers Leaving Posts Now; 900 To Lose Jobs By September: NASA Leaders
- Obama Cuts Will Kill Chance For Fully Able Missile Defense Program, Rep. Franks Says
- Obama ‘Confident’ Taliban, al Qaeda, Won’t Seize Pakistani Nuclear Missiles Arsenal; But Obama Also ‘Gravely Concerned’ By Situation
- Killing Enemy Missile In Boost Phase Permits More Shots At Enemy Missiles, Analyst Says; But Other Systems More Used
- Walter Reed Army Medical Center Turned 100 May 1; $9 Million Rehab Center Aids Wounded; But Famed Hospital To Be Torn Down Soon, Site Redeveloped
- System To Remove Debris From Space Is Needed, But Cost And Feasibility Issues Mean No Solution In Near Future
- Better Notification Of Looming Space Collisions Seen This Year
- Military Satellite Systems Plagued With Cost Overruns, Delays And Difficulty Developing Technology
- New Report: Mutual Assured Destruction Won’t Work Because Too Many Rogue Actors Gain Nuclear Capabilities, While Developing Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
- Space Shuttle Atlantis Good To Go For Hubble Telescope Rescue Mission
- Tiny Satellite To Probe Drug Effectiveness In Space
- Arrow Shoots Down Target Missile In Israeli Missile Defense System Test, Raising Hopes U.S. Funding Continues
- Zefiro 9A Small Rocket Motor Test Fired In Italy, ESA Announces
- Ariane 5 Set To Launch Planck, Herschel Satellites In Liftoff Set For May 14
- ILS Launch To Orbit Satellite Payload On May 14 From Baikonur
- NASA’s Shuttle and Rocket Missions
- Raytheon Gains $83.6 Million For Radars Going To U.S. Navy, Allied Overseas Militaries
- China Mobile, China Telecom and Alcatel-Lucent Sign $1.7 Billion Pact
- General Dynamics Gains $150 Million Army Deal For Hydra-70 Rockets, Gear
- NASA Gives Northrop CERES Instrument Contract Worth Up To $44.5 Million
- Raytheon Gains $9 Million Contract Change For Patriot Missile Maintenance; $45 Million Total
- Turkish Company To Supply Key Component For Patriot GEM-T
- NASA Gives Jacobs Technology $200 Million For Michoud Support And Facilities Work
- Lockheed Leads With 50 Allegations Of Misconduct Since 1997: POGO
- Aerojet Finishes Test On Orion Spacecraft Rocket
- Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile Is Tested
- Tracking And Data Relay Satellite System Completes Preliminary Design Review
- Airborne Laser Program Leaders Given Missile Defense Agency Awards
- Three Astronauts Inducted To Hall Of Fame
- Swift Spacecraft Finds Ancient Gamma Ray Burst
- MESSENGER Spacecraft Finds Planet Mercury A Busy Place
- GIOVE-B Satellite Marks One Year On Orbit
- GHL Gains A 15 Percent Drop In Price It Will Pay For Taking Over Iridium Holdings LLC
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Business/Financial
Layoffs Begin On Space Shuttle Program; 160 Workers Leaving Posts Now; 900 To Lose Jobs By September: NASA Leaders
Contractor Employees At Risk; Some Will Shift To Other Jobs In Their Companies The beginning of the end has arrived for workers in the space shuttle program, with 160 workers […]
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Business/Financial
Raytheon Gains $83.6 Million For Radars Going To U.S. Navy, Allied Overseas Militaries
The Navy gave Raytheon Co. [RTN] an $83.6 million firm fixed-price contract for radars needed by the Navy and by allied military forces on their F/A-18E/F Super Hornet strike fighter […]
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Business/Financial
GHL Gains A 15 Percent Drop In Price It Will Pay For Taking Over Iridium Holdings LLC
GHL Acquisition Corp. will pay 15 percent less than earlier agreed to buy Iridium Holdings LLC, a major satellite operator, the firms agreed. The price drop reflected changes in stock […]
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Business/Financial
Obama Cuts Will Kill Chance For Fully Able Missile Defense Program, Rep. Franks Says
President Doesn’t Understand Missile Threat, But Lawmakers Increasingly Comprehend It President Obama’s expected cuts in ballistic missile defense (BMD) programs will stagger the effort to protect Americans from missile attacks, […]
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Business/Financial
China Mobile, China Telecom and Alcatel-Lucent Sign $1.7 Billion Pact
Alcatel-Lucent [ALU] signed two framework agreements worth $1.7 billion with China Mobile and China Telecom, Alcatel-Lucent announced. The deal will provide network upgrades, integration and maintenance services this year. As […]
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Business/Financial
Obama ‘Confident’ Taliban, al Qaeda, Won’t Seize Pakistani Nuclear Missiles Arsenal; But Obama Also ‘Gravely Concerned’ By Situation
President Obama said he is confident that terrorist groups such as the Taliban and al Qaeda won’t be able to seize Pakistani nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles. However, Obama also said at […]
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Business/Financial
General Dynamics Gains $150 Million Army Deal For Hydra-70 Rockets, Gear
The Army gave General Dynamics Corp. [GD] a $150 million contract-change deal to produce Hydra-70 rockets, warheads and motors. Deliveries are expected to begin in September next year. This order […]