Space & Missile Defense Report
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Business/FinancialAriane 5 Launch Postponed; Would Launch Two Spacecraft
Arianespace postponed launching an Ariane 5 heavy lifter rocket that is to carry the Herschel space telescope and Planck observatory to space, the company and the European Space Agency (ESA) […]
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Navy/USMCNAMDC Will Provide Single Point For Holistic Look At Air And Missile Defense
By Geoff Fein The air and missile defense center of excellence coming to Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Dahlgren will become the service’s single point for all issues pertaining to […]
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CongressSenate Appropriations Subcommittee Members Announced; Inouye Chairs Full Committee, Defense Subcommittee
Mikulski Continues To Chair NASA Oversight Subcommittee Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) will continue to chair the Senate Appropriations Committee commerce, justice, science and related agencies subcommittee for the next […]
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Business/Financial
NASA Names Mishap Investigation Board For OCO Disaster
NASA named six people to a mishap investigation board to probe causes of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) disaster, in which the carbon-dioxide-tracking satellite was lost as it plunged into […]
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Business/Financial
Iridium Calls For Several Actions To Counter Space Debris Threat
Irdium Satellite LLC, which lost one of its satellites in a collision with an old Russian intel satellite, proposed multiple actions to lessen the threat space debris poses to spacecraft […]
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Business/Financial
Kepler Planet-Seeker Lifts Off On Delta II Rocket In Clean Burn; Spacecraft Enters Correct Position
In a brilliant nighttime launch, a Delta II rocket from United Launch Alliance (ULA) blazed into a black sky over Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., to place the Kepler […]
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[March 9, 2009]
// PDF View- ATK Moving Ahead On Navy’s Newest Supersonic Target–MSST
- Space Shuttle Discovery Poised For Liftoff At 9:20 P.M. Wednesday; NASA Solves Problem With Fuel System Flow Control Valves Breaking
- Obama Will Kill European Missile Defense In Deal With Russia That Can’t Work: Analyst
- Study Says Using Aegis Ships Instead Of European Missile Defense Would Cost Twice As Much As EMD
- Clinton, Lavrov Don’t Reach Agreement On European Missile Defense, But Talks To Continue Between Moscow, Washington
- Iran Fires New Air-To-Surface Missile Targeting Ships, Threatens To Close Hormuz Strait In Any Attack
- Franks, Republicans, Assail Obama Move To Drop European Missile Defense In Iranian Pressure Deal With Russians
- Group To Obama: Don’t Agree To Kill European Missile Defense Until Iran Nukes, Missile Programs Verifiably Dismantled
- GAO Cites NASA Programs For Cost Overruns, Delays, But Reports NASA Is Fixing Problems Now
- Asteroid Narrowly Misses Hitting Earth; Damage Could Have Been Substantial
- Russia Developing Anti-Satellite Weapon
- Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Members Announced; Inouye Chairs Full Committee, Defense Subcommittee
- NASA Names Mishap Investigation Board For OCO Disaster
- Iridium Calls For Several Actions To Counter Space Debris Threat
- Kepler Planet-Seeker Lifts Off On Delta II Rocket In Clean Burn; Spacecraft Enters Correct Position
- NASA’s Shuttle and Rocket Missions
- Raytheon Gains $11.4 Million Patriot Facilities Contract
- Senator Orders NASA To Provide Documents About Small Firm Under Investigation
- NASA Official Indicted For Steering Deals To Clients
- Navy Ship To Be Named For Astronaut Wally Schirra
- Air Force Lab Taps Northrop For Wireless Setup Inside Satellites
- Navy Air And Missile Defense Command To Be Stood Up At Dahlgren, Va.: CNO
- Three Hypersonic Science Centers Designated
- GOES-O Satellite Is Shipped
- NASA Mission Would Name MVMs: Most Valuable Missions
- GPS III Progressing In Preliminary Design Review, Lockheed Martin Reports
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SpaceNASA’s Shuttle and Rocket Missions
Updated — March 6, 2009 – 12:10 p.m. EST Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: March 6 Mission: Kepler Launch […]
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Business/Financial
ATK Moving Ahead On Navy’s Newest Supersonic Target–MSST
By Geoff Fein A new supersonic target under development by ATK [ATK] will provide the Navy a new platform to prepare sailors to respond to more advance anti-ship cruise missiles, […]