Space & Missile Defense Report
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[May 5, 2008]
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- Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Lists Allegations Against Missile Defense Systems, And Gives MDA Response To Each Criticism
- Report: Russian Nuclear Missile Submarine Patrols Down, But Russia Still Wields 5,200 Nuclear Warheads
- Missile Defense Programs Little Mentioned As Critics Assail Pentagon Procurement Programs
- Expert Says North Koreans Showed Him Plutonium; He Says Regime Likely Has "A Few’ Nuclear Bombs, And Fuel To Make Six To Eight More Weapons
- Senate Panel Cuts $45 Million Each From ABL, KEI, $50 Million Each From STSS, Multiple Kill Vehicle, And All $10 Million Sought For Space Test-bed
- Democrats On House Panel Assail Obering, Missile Defense; Chairman Sees More Hearings, Plus A Report, Possible
- Russian Soyuz Woes May Have Substantial Repercussions: Relying On U.S. Space Shuttles, Leaving Space Station Unmanned, Among Possibilities; But First, NASA Awaits Russian Findings
- Polar Satellite Dies After A Dozen Years In Operation
- GEO-1 Satellite For SBIRS System Passes Milestone On Way To Launch Set For Sometime Late Next Year
- Astronauts Inducted Into Hall Of Fame
- NATO Capability Initiatives Advance On Surveillance, Missile Defense, Terrorism
- Time Magazine Names NASA Administrator Griffin One Of 100 Most Influential People For Making Expeditions To Moon, Mars, A Real Possibility
- Large Antenna Reflector Is Deployed On Satellite In Orbit
- Contracts
- Military Needs To Better Coordinate Which Weapons Systems To Use In Prompt Global Strike: GAO Report
- New Pictures Of Chinese Missile Firing Sub Show Underground Base
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Business/FinancialContracts
Northrop Says Lockheed Joins Its Bid For GPS Work Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] recruited Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] to join a team competing for the Air Force Global Positioning System […]
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Business/Financial
Large Antenna Reflector Is Deployed On Satellite In Orbit
A large 12-meter (39.37-foot) antenna reflector was deployed on a satellite in orbit, according to Space Systems/Loral, a subsidiary of Loral Space and Communications [LORL]. Loral and ICO Global Communications […]
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SpaceTime Magazine Names NASA Administrator Griffin One Of 100 Most Influential People For Making Expeditions To Moon, Mars, A Real Possibility
Time Magazine named NASA Administrator Michael Griffin one of the 100 most influential people for his work leading the space agency toward renewed exploration missions far beyond low Earth orbit. […]
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Business/Financial
NATO Capability Initiatives Advance On Surveillance, Missile Defense, Terrorism
By Ann Roosevelt Key NATO capability initiatives–alliance ground surveillance (AGS), missile defense and the Defense Against Terrorism Program of Work (DATPoW)–continue to move forward after the biannual Conference of National […]
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Space
Astronauts Inducted Into Hall Of Fame
Astronauts Robert D. Cabana and Bryan D. O’Connor, along with former astronauts John E. Blaha and Loren J. Shriver, are being inducted into the Astronaut Hall of Fame. They will […]
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Business/Financial
GEO-1 Satellite For SBIRS System Passes Milestone On Way To Launch Set For Sometime Late Next Year
Satellite To Provide New Missile-Launch Warning As China, Iran, North Korea, Increase Missile Capabilities The GEO-1 satellite in the Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) system passed a comprehensive baseline integrated test […]
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Business/Financial
Polar Satellite Dies After A Dozen Years In Operation
The Polar satellite that studied radiation and particles from the sun above the Earth died. In operation for a dozen years, the satellite was part of the NASA Global Geospace […]
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Space
Democrats On House Panel Assail Obering, Missile Defense; Chairman Sees More Hearings, Plus A Report, Possible
Ranking Republican Says Anti-BMD Hearing ‘A Fraud’ Obering Asks, If An Enemy Launches A Missile From An Unmarked Ship, How Could U.S. Forces Retaliate? Democratic legislators lacerated and lambasted the […]
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InternationalRussian Soyuz Woes May Have Substantial Repercussions: Relying On U.S. Space Shuttles, Leaving Space Station Unmanned, Among Possibilities; But First, NASA Awaits Russian Findings
NASA Sees Russian Review Panel Working Well To Discover Cause Of Soyuz Spaceship Plunging Descent, Separation Failure; Korean, Russian Suffer Back Injuries In Hard Soyuz Landing Glitches plaguing two consecutive […]