Space & Missile Defense Report
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SpaceCryocooler To Aid Data Collection On Space Missions
Cryocooler technology developed by Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] will improve data collection by the next generation of astrophysics missions, such as the International X-ray Observatory (IXO), the company announced. Cryocoolers […]
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Business/FinancialIndustry Group Proposes Defense Acquisition Reform
The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) has proposed an outline of changes to the defense procurement system. That system has drawn criticism from lawmakers in Congress, who cite giant increases in […]
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Homeland Security
Russia Forms Air Defense Pact With Belarus
Russia and Belarus will form an air defense system, under an agreement they signed, Itar-Tass reported. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev praised the planned system as increasing security of both countries. […]
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[February 9, 2009]
// PDF View- Space Shuttle Discovery Suffers Parts Glitch; Feb. 12 Launch Date Now Delayed To No Earlier Than Feb. 22, So Probe Can Proceed
- Iran Launches Satellite Into Space; It Reaches U.S. Airspace In 30 Minutes; North Korea Poised For ICBM Capability
- Analysts Say Czech Republic, Poland Betrayed If Obama Abandons European Missile Shield; U.S. Friendship To Be Seen Worthless
- Editorials Lash North Korea, Iran, See Time Of Testing For Obama
- Obama Should Use Stimulus Funds To Bolster Defense Procurement, Creating Jobs
- China Seen Continuing 12 To 18 Percent Annual Defense Spending Increases: Analyst
- Germany Seeks Secondary MEADS Missile, IRIS-T SL
- Industry Group Proposes Defense Acquisition Reform
- Russia Forms Air Defense Pact With Belarus
- Obering Joins Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance Board
- GeoEye Begins Commercial Operations Of GeoEye-1 Satellite
- Radar Tracks A Satellite, Heads To Operational Status
- Hispasat Hires Arianespace To Launch Comms Satellite On Ariane 5 Late Next Year
- Ariane 5 Heavy Lifter To Orbit Arabsat 5C, 6B
- NOAA-N Satellite Launched After Postponement
- Ariane 5s To Launch Two Thales Alenia Satellites For Gazprom
- Orbital Comms Satellite To Launch Thursday Atop Ariane 5 Lifter
- NASA’s Shuttle and Rocket Missions
- Boeing Garners $250 Million Missile Defense Contract For Ground-based Midcourse System
- Lockheed Gains $31.3 Million Contract For M299 Launchers
- Raytheon Submits Proposal For NOAA Ground Segment Of GOES-R Satellite
- New JSOW Warhead Tested
- Cryocooler To Aid Data Collection On Space Missions
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Homeland Security
Obering Joins Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance Board
Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Henry "Trey" Obering III, who stepped down as director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) in November, has joined the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance advisory […]
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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 […]
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Business/Financial
Radar Tracks A Satellite, Heads To Operational Status
The Raytheon Co. [RTN] Upgraded Early Warning Radar (UEWR) at Thule Air Base, Greenland, achieved a significant milestone on its path toward operational status by tracking its first satellite in […]
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Business/Financial
Hispasat Hires Arianespace To Launch Comms Satellite On Ariane 5 Late Next Year
Hispasat selected Arianespace to launch a new communications satellite, Hispasat 1E, Arianespace announced. It was the first contract of 2009 signed by Arianespace. Hispasat 1E will be launched by an […]
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InternationalAriane 5 Heavy Lifter To Orbit Arabsat 5C, 6B
An Ariane 5 heavy lifter will launch the Arabsat 5C and 6B satellites, Arianespace announced. Arabsat, of Saudi Arabia, chose Arianespace to haul the Arabsat 5C satellite into geostationary transfer […]
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Business/Financial
NOAA-N Satellite Launched After Postponement
A Delta II rocket launched the NOAA-N prime polar-orbiting weather satellite into orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., Friday, ending a two-day launch delay caused by a systems glitch. […]