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Business/FinancialSea Launch Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy But Says It Wishes To Continue Operating
Sea Launch, the company that provided a mid-ocean launch pad, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, but said it wishes to continue operations. The filing came after the company had […]
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Iranian Leader Disparages Obama, Compares Him To Bush; Ahmadinejad Demands Obama Apologize To Iran
Obama Is Appalled At Iran Mistreating, Killing Protesters Who Allege Vote Fraud Chances Dim For Major Reduction In Iranian Missile-Nuclear Threat That Could Justify Abandoning European Missile Defense President Obama’s […]
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Schwartz Mulls Aircraft-Mounted Air Launched Hit-To-Kill Missile Defense Systems
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz is examining the feasibility of missile defense systems mounted on aircraft, such as strike fighters. Interest in the Air Launched Hit-to-Kill systems […]
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Adm. Mullen ‘Very Confident’ United States Can Shoot Down North Korean Missiles; They Will Advance To Range Hitting U.S. Soil
North Korea May Launch Taepo Dong-2 Missile On Saturday, Perhaps Toward Hawaii: Reports U.S. missile defense systems very likely can demolish any missile that North Korea launches to hit U.S. […]
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GOES-O Satellite Launched To Orbit Atop Delta IV Rocket From Cape
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV rocket roared from Space Launch Complex 37 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Saturday evening, to place a Geostationary Operational Environmental […]
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GPS IIF Satellite Journeys Nationwide To Test Transit, Launch Site, Ground Control
A Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellite called SV-2 took a transcontinental flight on a C-17 from California to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., but only for a visit, […]
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NASA Gives Wackenhut $1.2 Billion, 10-Year Security Contract After Wackenhut Sues NASA For Awarding Work To Coastal
NASA gave Wackenhut Services Inc. a $1.2 billion contract to provide security services at NASA installations, after Wackenhut successfully sued the space agency when it earlier had awarded the contract […]
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Space Tracking And Surveillance System Satellite Delivered To Canaveral For Launch Prep
The first Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) satellite arrived at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., for launch preparation, Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] announced. "This delivery is a significant […]
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Navy Awards Concept Study Contracts For AMDR
Lockheed Martin [LMT], Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Raytheon [RTN] have each been awarded Navy contracts worth approximately $10 million for concept studies for the Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) […]
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Senators’ Warning: Any Augustine Recommendations For Changes In Ares I Rocket Program Must Undergo Congressional Review; Ares I Gets About $1.4
Obama Must Complete All Shuttle Missions, Even If That Means Funding, Flights In Fiscal 2011; And Don’t Fund Shuttle Flights By Short-Changing Other Programs Senate Bill Lashes NASA For Procurement […]