Space & Missile Defense Report
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Business/FinancialContracts
Intelsat Chooses Orbital Sciences To Build Satellite Intelsat Ltd. selected Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] to design, build and deliver the Intelsat-18 (IS-18) commercial communications satellite. The satellite will be based […]
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Business/Financial
New Submarine Virginia Launches Tomahawk Cruise Missiles
The new USS Virginia (SSN 774) attack submarine launched three Tomahawk cruise missiles as part of its operational evaluation, the Navy announced. First, the Virginia launched two Block III Tomahawks, […]
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Business/Financial
Wideband Global Satcom Satellite Undergoes Tests
The third Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) satellite is undergoing extensive tests, The Boeing Co. [BA] announced. Those tests in a thermal-vacuum chamber were completed in record time, Boeing stated, thanks […]
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Business/Financial
Air Force Certifies SBIRS Testing
The Air Force certified readiness for dedicated operational utility evaluation and trial period operations of the first Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO-1) payload and associated ground […]
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Business/Financial
Space Tracking and Surveillance System Satellites Complete Acoustic Tests
Two Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) demonstration satellites being built by prime contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) completed acoustic testing. The satellites, tested […]
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[September 8, 2008]
// PDF View- Space Tracking and Surveillance System Satellites Complete Acoustic Tests
- Air Force Certifies SBIRS Testing
- Wideband Global Satcom Satellite Undergoes Tests
- New Submarine Virginia Launches Tomahawk Cruise Missiles
- Contracts
- Launches
- Thales Satellite For Eutelsat Loses Power
- European Space Agency Rosetta Satellite Scans Asteroid
- European Cargo Ship Undocks From Space Station
- Aegis Missile Defense System Praised In Study, But System Requires More Speed And Punch
- National Security Space Situational Awareness Can Gain Public Support By Explaining How Much Civilian Programs Depend On Space
- Polish Leaders Begin Selling Citizens On European Missile Defense System, Before Legislators Act On Approval
- Russian President Medvedev Promises Partial Troop Withdrawal From Georgia, But Forces Would Remain In Two Provinces
- China Poised To Launch Manned Spaceship, With Liftoff Set For Window Of Sept. 25-30
- ‘Pessimistic’ Griffin Memo Protests ‘Jihad’ Against NASA, But He Repeats Formal Support For Retiring Shuttles, Depending On Russians For Transport To Space Station
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Congress‘Pessimistic’ Griffin Memo Protests ‘Jihad’ Against NASA, But He Repeats Formal Support For Retiring Shuttles, Depending On Russians For Transport To Space Station
Griffin’s View Of A Threadbare NASA Budget Comes After Others Voiced That Conclusion; He Sees No U.S. Crew On Space Station In 2012 He Expects Next President To Order Continued […]
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InternationalChina Poised To Launch Manned Spaceship, With Liftoff Set For Window Of Sept. 25-30
Chinese Taikonaut To Perform Spacewalk; This Will Be Third Chinese Manned Mission China will launch a manned Shenzhou-7 spaceship in a window of Sept. 25 – 30 on a mission […]
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Congress
Russian President Medvedev Promises Partial Troop Withdrawal From Georgia, But Forces Would Remain In Two Provinces
Bush Withdraws Nuclear Deal With Russia To Punish Moscow For Invading Georgia Russian President Dmitri Medvedev promised to withdraw Russian forces from much of the independent nation of Georgia, but […]
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Congress
Polish Leaders Begin Selling Citizens On European Missile Defense System, Before Legislators Act On Approval
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has begun campaigning among Polish citizens to build support for U.S. plans to construct a European Missile Defense (EMD) system, promising local residents that the […]