Space & Missile Defense Report

Sea Launch will launch the Intelsat 17 communications satellite late next year, according to Sea Launch. This will be the first of five missions on the Sea Launch system in […]

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) successfully conducted a static fire test of the propulsion system for its new strategic target. That two-stage launch vehicle, or LV-2, is part of the […]

NASA is a step closer to the first flight test of the rocket that will send humans on their way to the moon as part of the agency’s Constellation Program. […]

The Navy last month awarded Alliant Techsystems [ATK] a $55 million Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) contract for the advanced anti-radiation guided missile (AARGM), the company reported yesterday. The contract […]

Space Shuttle Discovery moved to Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center, where the huge spacecraft is poised to lift off at 7:32 a.m. ET Feb. 12. A launch dress […]

The controversial NASA Inspector General (IG) operation found little cost savings in space agency programs, according to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) study of IG reports. NASA spends almost three […]

The NOAA-N Prime spacecraft, a Polar Operational Environmental Satellite (POES), is poised to launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta II rocket Feb. […]

The first Mid-Range Munition (MRM) cartridge integration test ended with the round striking the target about three miles downrange, Raytheon Co. [RTN] announced. General Dynamics Corp. [GD] and the Army […]

Updated — January 15, 2009 – 4:31 p.m. EST Legend: + Targeted For | * No Earlier Than (Tentative) | ** To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: Feb. 4 Mission:NOAA-N […]