Space & Missile Defense Report
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Homeland Security
Think Missile Defense Is Expensive? Try Having No Defense From Missiles
North Korea, Iran Might Use Nuclear ICBMs To Intimidate United States Book Says Possibility of Attack Makes National Missile Defense ‘Attractive’ Even a small nuclear weapon from the North Korean […]
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Homeland Security
Cobra Dane Radar Transferred To Air Force For Missile Defense
The Cobra Dane radar at Shemya, Alaska, was transferred from the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to the Air Force. The upgraded radar became available for ballistic missile defense operations in […]
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Air ForceExperts See Deep Cuts Coming In Defense Procurement, Myriad Programs At Risk
Defense procurement programs face huge budget cuts, not only in fiscal 2010 but even more in 2011 and the out years, with an immense array of programs in each of […]
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Homeland Security
Obering Joins Schaefer Corp. Board
Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Henry A. "Trey" Obering III, who was director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) until his November retirement, has joined the Schaefer Corp. board of […]
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Business/FinancialHouse To Decide Bill With $2.5 Billion For NASA, NOAA; Mikulski Urges Approval; Money Set For Satellites And Their Sensors
The House this week will consider legislation to provide $1.4 billion for NASA earth science to fund critical satellite missions, funding that merits approval, Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) said. […]
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Business/Financial
GeoEye-1 Satellite Receives Certification; Company Begins Recognizing Revenues; Image Deliveries To NGA Begin Today
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) certified the GeoEye-1 satellite for meeting standards, GeoEye Inc. announced. That satellite now provides sub-half-meter ground resolution satellite imagery to NGA. This means GeoEye-1 is […]
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Business/Financial
SpaceX Heat Shield Material Passes Test
Heat shield material for the Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) passed a test, the company announced. The PICA-X heat shield material, which will be used in the Dragon spacecraft, underwent […]
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Business/Financial
Satellite Constellation Racks Up Combined Two Centuries On Orbit
The Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS) III has rolled up a combined 200 years on orbit, Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] announced. That’s the longest total operational experience of any U.S. […]
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[February 23, 2009]
// PDF View- Space Shuttle Discovery Launch Delayed Yet Again, With No New Date Set For Liftoff On STS-119 Mission To Station
- Augustine: United States Can Afford First-Rate Space, Defense Programs, But Doesn’t Out Of Stinginess, Wrong Priorities
- Missile Defense Funding May Be Slashed Deeply, Rep. Franks Says, Seeing $3 Billion Targeted For Cut From $9.6 Billion Program
- Russia Hasn’t Really Softened Threat To Demolish European Missile Defense: Strobe Talbott
- Uzi Rubin Says Iranian Technology, Advanced Expertise More Worrisome Than Rocket That Launched A Satellite
- Iran Develops UAV That Can Reach Israeli Cities
- Iran Has A Metric Ton Of Low-Enriched Uranium
- Clinton Expresses ‘Great Concern’ As North Korea Prepares To Launch Long-Range Ballistic Missile
- North Korea Defies Global Pressures; It Readies Long-Range Missile Launch
- Think Missile Defense Is Expensive? Try Having No Defense From Missiles
- Experts See Deep Cuts Coming In Defense Procurement, Myriad Programs At Risk
- House To Decide Bill With $2.5 Billion For NASA, NOAA; Mikulski Urges Approval; Money Set For Satellites And Their Sensors
- SpaceX Heat Shield Material Passes Test
- Orbital Sciences Taurus Rocket Poised To Launch Tomorrow Carrying NASA Satellite
- Ares I-X Rocket Segment Arrives At Kennedy Space Center For Assembly
- Kepler Telescope To Launch At 10:48 P.M. ET March 5 On Hunt For Earth-Like Planets
- SLAM-ER Launched, Scores Hit In Test
- Planck Spacecraft Shipped To South America For April 16 Launch
- Trident II D5 Missiles Score 126 Test Flights
- NASA’s Shuttle and Rocket Missions
- Boeing Hands NASA Proposal For Ares V Heavy Lifter Component
- NASA Gives American Tank Contract For Test Stand Gear
- Orbital Gets NASA Satellite And Launch Contract
- Airborne Laser Unit Fires Long-Duration Beams In Testing
- Mobile Gantry Moves At South American Spaceport
- Cobra Dane Radar Transferred To Air Force For Missile Defense
- Obering Joins Schaefer Corp. Board
- GeoEye-1 Satellite Receives Certification; Company Begins Recognizing Revenues; Image Deliveries To NGA Begin Today
- Satellite Constellation Racks Up Combined Two Centuries On Orbit
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Business/Financial
Orbital Sciences Taurus Rocket Poised To Launch Tomorrow Carrying NASA Satellite
An Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] Taurus XL rocket is poised for liftoff tomorrow, when it will launch the Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO), a NASA satellite to study just where increasing […]