Space & Missile Defense Report
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InternationalSoyuz Finally Has Normal, Safe Landing As It Returns Crew To Earth Gently
But Company Making Soyuz Vehicles Faces Financial Peril, Needs Cash Soon Two Second-Generation Space Travelers Make Return Trip On Earth-Bound Soyuz A Russian Soyuz spacecraft returned International Space Station crew […]
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Homeland Security
Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile Moves Toward Low Rate Initial Production
The AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) program completed a Milestone C review and received approval for entry into Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP), Alliant Techsystems Inc. [ATK] announced. Sean […]
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InternationalBoeing Launches Another Italian Satellite
The Boeing Co. [BA] launched the third of four Italian Constellation of Small Satellites for Mediterranean basin Observation (COSMO), or SkyMed, spacecraft. A Delta II rocket procured from United Launch […]
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SpaceMESSENGER Spacecraft Skims Just 125 Miles Over Mercury
A U.S. spaceship early this month raced just 125 miles above the planet closest to the sun, Mercury, and came away with a treasure trove of 1,200 pictures. The fleet-footed […]
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Business/FinancialJASSM Extended Range Flight Test Completed
Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile Extended Range (JASSM-ER) completed an integration flight test at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] announced. The missile achieved safe separation from the […]
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InternationalSearch For Lunar Ice Fostered By New Technology
A satellite that India launched carries systems to seek ice in polar regions of the moon that are aided by new technologies, Raytheon Co. [RTN] announced. The Forerunner miniaturized-radio frequency […]
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CongressRussia Wouldn’t Really Act On Threat To Nuke U.S. European Missile System, According To Experts On Russia
Real Russian Worry Isn’t European Missile Defense Interceptors In Poland, But Rather U.S.-Run Radar: Vershbow Russians Act Out Of Anger Over Perceived Slights, But Can Be Brought Around By Giving […]
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Business/FinancialArianespace To Launch Pan-African Rascom-QAF Satellite
Arianespace and Thales Alenia Space have entered a deal for launching the pan-African communications satellite, Rascom-QAF 1R. It is scheduled for launch into geostationary transfer orbit in 2010. It will […]
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Business/FinancialSBIRS Flight Software Delivered
Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] delivered the latest block of flight software for the first geosynchronous orbit (GEO-1) spacecraft in the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) program. Lockheed also completed acoustic […]
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Homeland Security
Iran Races To Produce Nuclear Weapons While Stalling For Time In Talks: Analysts
Talks With Iran Already Have Failed, And Yet Obama Seeks Further Talks, Bolton Says; Israel May Strike Iran Soon Military Strike Might Not Kill Facilities; Bolton Urges European Missile Defense […]