Space & Missile Defense Report
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[August 11, 2008]
// PDF View- Boeing Completes Satellite Control Center
- Lockheed Hands Over SBIRS Enemy Missile Warning System To Air Force
- Contracts
- Launches
- Surrey Satellite Technology Creates Unit, Opens Offices In United States
- NASA Backs Studies Of Space Radiation Effects On Humans
- From the Editors:
- Analyst Sees Low-Cost Ballistic Missile Defense To Kill Enemy Weapons In Their Boost Phase; Raytheon Has A Bargain-Basement Solution
- Report Says U.S. Or Israeli Strike Likely Wouldn’t Destroy Iranian Nuclear Materials Production Ability
- Iran Wields Anti-Ship Missile With 190-Mile Range, Officer Claims
- Phoenix Lander Finds Toxic Perchlorate in Martian Soil, But Implications Of Finding Still Must Be Decided: NASA
- Projection Sees $30.6 Billion Military Satellites Market Over Decade
- Florida State Government To Establish Spaceport At Cape Canaveral Station For Commercial Space Companies
- Lockheed Will Pay $4 Million Fine In Attempt To Sell Hellfire Missiles To United Arab Emirates: State Department
- North Korean Nuclear Weapons, Ballistic Missiles Worry Bush
- First Orion Space Capsule Manned Flight Delayed One Year To 2014 By Money Woes
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Business/FinancialAnalyst Sees Low-Cost Ballistic Missile Defense To Kill Enemy Weapons In Their Boost Phase; Raytheon Has A Bargain-Basement Solution
The United States could use a modified existing Raytheon Co. [RTN] air-to-air missile to shoot down enemy ballistic missiles in their vulnerable boost phase, according to Loren Thompson, chief operating […]
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SpaceFrom the Editors:
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Space
NASA Backs Studies Of Space Radiation Effects On Humans
The Human Research Program will provide grants to fund nine proposals from six states to investigate questions about effects of space radiation on human explorers, NASA announced. Selected proposals from […]
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Space
Surrey Satellite Technology Creates Unit, Opens Offices In United States
Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL), a United Kingdom firm, is opening offices in the United States to more easily enter the U.S. satellite market. The company wishes to take advantage […]
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Business/Financial
Launches
SpaceX Launch Failed When First Stage Hit Second Stage; Tiny Bit Of Extra Thrust Caused Disaster In Mission Next SpaceX Falcon Flight Goes To Launch Pad Next Month That Falcon […]
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Business/Financial
Contracts
Boeing Gets $153.5 Million GPS Technology Contract The Naval Research Laboratory gave The Boeing Co. [BA] a $153.5 contract to demonstrate High Integrity Global Positioning System (GPS) technology concepts. That […]
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Business/Financial
Lockheed Hands Over SBIRS Enemy Missile Warning System To Air Force
Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] handed over the first Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO-1) payload and ground system to the Air Force, the company announced. Certified operations […]
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Business/Financial
Boeing Completes Satellite Control Center
The Boeing Co. [BA] completed a $10 million, 20,500-square-foot satellite Mission Control Center (MCC) in El Segundo, Calif. The MCC can manage up to four commercial or government satellite missions […]
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Space
Self-Assembling Crane Stands Poised For Construction Job At Worksite: The Moon
A Multi-Tasking Wonder Worker, Crane Helps To Erect Buildings, Create Roads HAMPTON, Va. — A new type of crane can assemble itself, lift loads, hop onto a mobile platform to […]