Space & Missile Defense Report
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Business/FinancialAres I-X Rocket Segment Arrives At Kennedy Space Center For Assembly
The last new section of the Ares I-X test rocket arrived at Kennedy Space Center for assembly, prior to the next-generation U.S. spacecraft rocket soaring on its first flight sometime […]
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SpaceKepler Telescope To Launch At 10:48 P.M. ET March 5 On Hunt For Earth-Like Planets
NASA is set to launch its Kepler telescope spacecraft atop a Delta II rocket at 10:48 p.m. ET March 5 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., to begin a […]
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Space
Space Shuttle Discovery Launch Delayed Yet Again, With No New Date Set For Liftoff On STS-119 Mission To Station
More Work Required To Review Data, Perform Tests, Before Experts Will Be Comfortable With Flight Safety Another Flight Readiness Review May Be Held; No Liftoff Seen During March 13-April 6; […]
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Business/Financial
SLAM-ER Launched, Scores Hit In Test
A Standoff Land Attack Missile Expanded Response (SLAM ER) was launched to score a direct hit on a remote-controlled land-based moving target, The Boeing Co. [BA] announced. The test was […]
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Air ForceAugustine: United States Can Afford First-Rate Space, Defense Programs, But Doesn’t Out Of Stinginess, Wrong Priorities
Betting On Super Bowl Rivals The Missile Defense Budget; Pornography Spending Equals Recent NASA Budgets The United States fails to provide adequate funding for major space, missile defense and weapons […]
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InternationalPlanck Spacecraft Shipped To South America For April 16 Launch
The European Space Agency shipped the Planck spacecraft to Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, South America, for a launch on an Ariane 5 heavy lifter rocket April 16. That […]
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Business/Financial
Missile Defense Funding May Be Slashed Deeply, Rep. Franks Says, Seeing $3 Billion Targeted For Cut From $9.6 Billion Program
Still-Developing Missile Defense Programs May Be Cut In Half, Franks Cautions Such Deep Cuts Would Echo Attempts To Eviscerate ABL, KEI, EMD Programs In Budgets; Hearing Set For Wednesday As […]
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Business/Financial
Trident II D5 Missiles Score 126 Test Flights
A Trident II D5 fleet ballistic missile was launched from a submarine submerged in the Pacific Ocean, the USS Alabama (SSBN 731), making the 126 successful test flight since 1989, […]
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Business/Financial
Russia Hasn’t Really Softened Threat To Demolish European Missile Defense: Strobe Talbott
Analyst Says Obama Should Impose Years-Long Delay In Deploying European Missile Defense The recent softer tone from Russia hasn’t provided any genuine lessening or reversal of the threat from Moscow […]
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Space
NASA’s Shuttle and Rocket Missions
Updated — Feb. 20, 2009 – 5:45 p.m. EST Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: Feb. 24 Mission: OCO Launch […]