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SpaceSpaceX Successfully Launches CRS-8 Mission, Lands Rocket
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) on Friday successfully launched its Falcon 9 and, for the first time, landed the rocket’s first stage. The company’s NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services-8 (CRS-8) mission […]
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Air ForceAir Force Drafting Requirements Document For A-10 Follow-On
The Air Force is building a draft requirements document for a close air support (CAS) aircraft that could eventually follow the A-10, according to a key officer. Air Force Deputy […]
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Air ForceAir Force Spending ERI Funding On Improving Eastern European Airfields
The Air Force will spend some of its big boost in European Reassurance Initiative (ERI) funding on improving European airfields, particularly eastern ones, to help generate air combat power. Air […]
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SpaceBlue Origin’s New Shepard Rocket Flies, Lands For Third Time
Blue Origin launched and landed its New Shepard rocket for the third time on Saturday, reaching an apogee of 103 km, according to a company statement. The company said it […]
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SpaceNOAA Sees Growing Demand For Its Space Weather Prediction Center Products
NOAA is seeing growing demand for its Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) that provides free space weather products and services. NOAA National SWPC Physicist Terrance Onsager said Monday the agency […]
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PentagonSierra Nevada Refocusing On Defense Satellites
Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) is refocusing on the defense market after completing the Orbcomm Second Generation (OG2) constellation, finding that many of the entrepreneurs pushing for new small satellite ventures lack the […]
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PentagonSituational Awareness Data Sharing Hits Record High In 2015
Space situational awareness (SSA) data sharing involving the Defense Department hit an all-time high in 2015, according to a key official. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space, Strategic and […]
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Air ForceAGI Expects Its SSA Center To Level With Air Force SSA Catalog
Analytical Graphics Inc. (AGI) is confident that its Commercial Space Operations Center (ComSpOC) will grow by the end of 2016 to track the same number of objects in space as […]
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Air ForceOrbital ATK Wants Air Force To Sell Off Excess ICBM Motors
Orbital ATK [OA] wants the Air Force to make its roughly 1,000 excess ICBM motors available for purchase and use in commercial launches. Orbital ATK Vice President of Strategy and […]
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InternationalPolish President Ready To Boost Nation’s Defense System
Poland President Andrzej Duda said Wednesday the nation is looking to cooperate further with the United States to get additional military equipment and boost its defense system. During a presentation […]