Space & Missile Defense Report
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Business/FinancialILS To Launch Intelsat 16 Bird In Late Fall From Baikonur
International Launch Services (ILS) will use a Proton freighter rocket to launch the Intelsat 16 satellite for Intelsat. Contract terms were not disclosed. The satellite, built by Orbital Sciences Corp. […]
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SpaceNASA’s Shuttle and Rocket Missions
Updated — April 10, 2009 – 2 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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[April 13, 2009]
// PDF View- U.S. Leaders Using World Economic Collapse To Justify Deep Defense Weapons Cuts, But China Slowdown Doesn’t Affect PLA Buying Spree
- Analysts: North Korea Cheats, Breaks Rules, So Why Negotiate Further With Pyongyang?
- North Korean Missile Launch Proves U.S. Needs Missile Defense: McCain
- Advocacy Group To Hold Obmama To His Word When He And Gates Say Ballistic Missile Defense Is Needed Against Threat
- Gates Errs In Downplaying Conventional Wars, Near-Peer Foes By Cutting Weapons Programs, Analyst Says; Dumping Systems Is Dangerous
- Sea Launch Set To Lift Off Next Monday With Sicral 1B Satellite
- ILS To Launch Intelsat 16 Bird In Late Fall From Baikonur
- NASA’s Shuttle and Rocket Missions
- Lockheed Submits Proposal For SBIRS Follow-On Production Phase
- Military To Buy New Generation Of Electro-Optical Satellites: DNI Office
- NASA Awards Contract To ITT Despite House Committee Request To Delay Award Pending Reviews
- NASA Gives SAIC $58 Million Contract Change For Safety, Mission Assurance Work At Johnson
- Intelsat Sells Satellite Capacity To Juch-Tech
- U.S. Firm To Market Satellite Imagery Of German Firm To Defense, Intel Customers
- Under Way On Electrical Power: Ion Engines To Power Spacecraft
- Stolarik Takes Major Post At QinetiQ North America
- Space Station Module Will Be Named On Colbert Report Tomorrow Night
- Chinese Firm Indicted For Allegedly Aiding Iranian Drive To Advance Nuke, Missile Programs
- James Webb Space Telescope Mirror Passes Cryogenic Test
- Lockheed Unveils New THAAD Launcher And Fire Control System
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Business/Financial
Lockheed Submits Proposal For SBIRS Follow-On Production Phase
Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] submitted a proposal for the follow-on production phase of the Air Force Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) program, the company announced today. As well, Lockheed completed […]
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Business/Financial
Military To Buy New Generation Of Electro-Optical Satellites: DNI Office
The Director of National Intelligence, with the Department of Defense (DOD), may acquire a new generation of electro-optical satellites that would cost billions of dollars, with the work likely going […]
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Business/Financial
NASA Awards Contract To ITT Despite House Committee Request To Delay Award Pending Reviews
A powerful House committee chairman blasted NASA for awarding a new $1 billion-plus contract for the Space Communications Networks Services (SCNS) despite the committee asking NASA to delay the award […]
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Business/Financial
NASA Gives SAIC $58 Million Contract Change For Safety, Mission Assurance Work At Johnson
NASA gave Science Applications International Corp. [SAI] a $58 million, one-year contract change to provide safety and mission assurance at Johnson Space Center in Houston. SAIC will ensure safety, reliability, […]
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Business/Financial
Intelsat Sells Satellite Capacity To Juch-Tech
Intelsat Ltd. sold capacity on its IS-14 satellite to Juch-Tech Inc. That will help Juch-Tech bolster its LinkStar service to Africa. Juch-Tech signed a multi-year agreement with Intelsat for capacity […]
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Business/Financial
U.S. Firm To Market Satellite Imagery Of German Firm To Defense, Intel Customers
MakaLani, LLC. of Hawaii announced it has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with RapidEye AG of Brandenburg, Germany to be the distributor in the United States of RapidEye satellite […]
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Business/Financial
Under Way On Electrical Power: Ion Engines To Power Spacecraft
The European GOCE spacecraft will use electric engines to provide critical thrust needed to keep it from toppling out of orbit and plunging to Earth. Those T5 ion thrusters are […]