Space & Missile Defense Report

NASA on July 17 lifted the April 8 stop work order issued to Orbital ATK [OA] for the agency’s Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS-2) program, according to a NASA spokeswoman. […]

Vulcan Aerospace intends to compete for smaller Defense Department launches after 2020 using its Stratolaunch carrier aircraft and multi-stage booster, company president Chuck Beames said July 16. Beames said Vulcan […]

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) on July 16 denied Ball Aerospace’s [BLL] bid protest of NASA’s Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS-2) contract award to Orbital ATK [OA] in March. GAO […]

The Air Force on July 15 launched its 10th satellite in the Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF series. Launch took place at 11:36 a.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral Air Force […]

NASA is evaluating letting the private sector operate a smaller space station in low earth orbit (LEO) so it may focus on the region around the Moon, according to a […]

The upcoming launch of the 10th Global Positioning System IIF series satellite (GPS IIF-10) is set for July 15 with the Air Force expecting no impact from the Space Exploration […]

The Air Force wants to cut launch range operations costs to below $2 million with its simplified, rail-guided, small launch vehicle called Super Strypi, according to a key officer. Air […]

A key lawmaker believes the Defense Department can reduce its current 15-to-20 year procurement process to three-to-five years by the time the current House Armed Services Committee (HASC) chairman leaves […]

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) is dealing with conflicting data points as it continues to investigate its June 28 launch failure, company founder Elon Musk said July 7. Musk said […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] on July 7 said it is establishing a new center in Denver that will focus on developing reconfigurable payloads and advancing existing satellite systems while also reducing […]