Space & Missile Defense Report
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[February 16, 2009]
// PDF View- Issues Of Liability, Blame Unresolved After Satellites Collide; Debris May Create Space Dead Zone For Years
- Obama Doesn’t Mention Iranian Long-Range Rocket Or Planned European Missile Defense, But He Assails Iranian Move Toward Nukes
- Obering: Using Aegis Ships To Block Iranian Missiles Would Require European Defense Radar
- Gen. Cartwright: Iran Possesses ICBM Technology, But Further Refinements Needed For Missile
- Obama Assails Iran For Supplying Missiles To Hamas And Hezbollah That Are Used To Attack Israel
- United States Offers To Slow, Not Kill, European Missile Defense If Russia Helps Stop Iran From Developing Nuclear Bombs
- Clinton Says No Decision Made On Whether To Abandon Planned European Missile Defense
- Tauscher: Delay European Missile Defense, Focus Instead On European Defense Against Short-Medium Range Iranian Missiles
- Analyst: Obama May Slash Funding For Ballistic Missile Defense
- Lawmakers Submit Legislation To Set Defense Spending Floor Of 4 Percent; Analyst Sees This As Minimal
- NASA Gains $1 Billion In Economic Stimulus Bill
- Iran May Run Out Of Uranium For Its Nuclear Production
- North Korea Assembling Long-Range Missile; Clinton Issue Warning
- New Uses Explored For Airborne Laser Beyond Boost-Phase Missile Defense
- Sen. Nelson Again To Chair Panel Overseeing NASA
- Boomers Bump: U.K., French Nuclear Submarines Carrying Nuclear Missiles Collide
- Alaska Members Of Congress Press Pentagon Not To Cut GMD
- United States Should Use Defensive Systems To Shield Space Assets: Analyst
- Pratt Sees Progress In Hypersonic Jet
- China Planning To Build At Least Two Nuclear Powered Aircraft Carriers
- ESA Water Mission Poised For Launch In Second Half 2009
- Europeans Extend Space Missions Through This Year, ESA Announces
- Boeing Delivers Minuteman III Upgraded Guidance Set
- Space Shuttle Discovery Launch Now Set For No Earlier Than Feb. 27; Other Missions Not Affected Yet
- Ariane 5 Orbits Four Satellites In One Launch
- AASM Air-To-Ground Weapon Fired Successfully
- Proton-M Launches Satellites In Orbit
- Space Tourist Simonyi Poised For Second Trip To Space Station
- NASA’s Shuttle and Rocket Missions
- Raytheon Gains $246 Million Patriot Spares Contract For UAE
- Aegis Gains $78.6 Million Aegis Upgrades Contract
- Milstar Satellite Passes 15 Years On-Orbit
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Homeland Security
Boomers Bump: U.K., French Nuclear Submarines Carrying Nuclear Missiles Collide
British and French nuclear-powered submarines carrying nuclear-tipped missiles collided while patrolling deep beneath the Atlantic Ocean, according to news organization reports. The U.K. boat HMS Vanguard apparently was struck by […]
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Business/FinancialMilstar Satellite Passes 15 Years On-Orbit
The first Air Force Milstar communications satellite achieved 15 years of on-orbit operations, producer Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] announced. Five years beyond its original design life, the satellite is 100 […]
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Business/Financial
Issues Of Liability, Blame Unresolved After Satellites Collide; Debris May Create Space Dead Zone For Years
More Space Collisions Could Turn Low Earth Orbit Into A Shooting Gallery Hazardous To Spacecraft Issues of liability and fault are unresolved at this point in the collision of an […]
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Business/Financial
Alaska Members Of Congress Press Pentagon Not To Cut GMD
Alaska members of Congress are pushing Secretary of Defense Robert Gates not to cut funding for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system, part of the multi-layered U.S. shield against enemy missiles. […]
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Business/Financial
Obama Doesn’t Mention Iranian Long-Range Rocket Or Planned European Missile Defense, But He Assails Iranian Move Toward Nukes
President Says United States Should Counter Iranian Threat With ‘All Resources,’ Mentioning Diplomacy President Obama discussed the threat from Iran, but never mentioned missile defense, during his first formal White […]
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Homeland Security
United States Should Use Defensive Systems To Shield Space Assets: Analyst
The United States should move to defend American and allied space assets from attack, a noted analyst said. Baker Spring, a research fellow with The Heritage Foundation, a Washington think […]
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Air ForceYoung For Change In Acquisition Process
By Geoff Fein The Air Force’s effort to develop a satellite communications capability for airplanes and ground sites is proving to be a good example of what needs to be […]
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Business/Financial
GeoEye Begins Commercial Operations Of GeoEye-1 Satellite
GeoEye, Inc. [GEOY]is starting commercial operations for its new GeoEye-1 Earth-imaging satellite. The firm also is submitting imagery from the satellite to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) for their certification […]