Space
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SpaceNASA Awards Orbital $50 Million To Build ICON Space Weather Satellite
NASA awarded Orbital Sciences [ORB] a $50 million contract to design, manufacture, integrate and test a new heliophysics science satellite that will investigate the connection between space weather storms in […]
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ATK Solid Rocket Boosters Complete Major Space Launch System Milestone
ATK [ATK] successfully completed its solid rocket booster preliminary design review (PDR) with NASA for the new Space Launch System (SLS), indicating the booster design is on track to support […]
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BudgetU.S., Australia Sign Space Situational Awareness Agreement
The United States and Australia signed the first memorandum of understanding (MoU) permitting an advanced exchange of Space Situational Awareness (SSA) data, according to the Defense Department. SSA exchanges will […]
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Business/FinancialOrbital’s Profits Soar As Revenues Hold Steady
Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] yesterday said its first quarter earnings rose sharply on margin improvements across its business segments despite sales that remained relatively level with a year ago. Net […]
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Space
Orbital Successfully Test Launches Antares Rocket
Orbital Sciences [ORB] successfully test launched its Antares medium-class rocket Sunday evening from NASA’s Wallops Island, Va., facility. The test launch was originally to take place April 17, but an […]
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Orbital’s Antares Test Launch Retry Moved To Saturday
Orbital Sciences [ORB] said Thursday its second attempt at test launching its Antares medium-class rocket would take place no earlier than Saturday late afternoon. Orbital’s mission management team met Thursday […]
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Space
Orbital Aims For Second Antares Test Launch Try Today
Orbital Sciences [ORB] is aiming for a second attempt at test launching its Antares medium-class rocket today at 5 p.m. EDT, weather permitting, according to a company statement. Orbital postponed […]
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NASA Investigates Outsourcing Use Of Marshall Space Flight Center
NASA is investigating outsourcing use of the unique capabilities of its Huntsville, Ala.-based Marshall Space Flight Center, according to a notice posted on Federal Business Opportunities. NASA could open up […]
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Navy’s MUOS Satellite Demonstrates Secure Radio Link
The Navy’s new satellite system has shown an ability to transmit secure radio communications while on the move, contractors Lockheed Martin [LMT] and General Dynamics [GD] said yesterday. Lockheed Martin […]
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Commercial Practices Could Increase DoD Satellite Control Ops Efficiency, GAO Says
Commercial practices have the potential to increase the efficiency and decrease the costs of Defense Department satellite control operations, according to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released yesterday. DoD […]