Space
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SpaceFY 2011 Missile Defense Budget Focuses On Adaptive Approach
By Ann Roosevelt Missile defenses would receive $9.9 billion under the administration’s fiscal year 2011 budget request released Feb. 1, including $8.4 billion for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). Boeing […]
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Space
Second Missile Warning Satellite Achieves Key Testing Milestone At Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin [LMT] said yesterday that it has achieved a key integrated test milestone on the second Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous orbit (GEO-2) spacecraft at its facilities in Sunnyvale, […]
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ALTB Successful In First Lethal Ballistic Missile Intercept
By Ann Roosevelt The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Feb. 11 successfully demonstrated the potential use of directed energy to defend against ballistic missiles when the Airborne Laser Testbed (ALTB) destroyed […]
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Space
Air Force Launches Solar Observatory
The 45th Space Wing Feb. 11 launched a rocket carrying the Solar Dynamics Observatory, a NASA spacecraft, out of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The United Launch Alliance Atlas […]
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CongressNASA Calls For Canceling Constellation, Acknowledges Hill Pushback
By Emelie Rutherford NASA leaders argued yesterday President Barack Obama’s proposal to cancel the Constellation program would not hamper human spaceflight, as lawmakers whose states’ economies are linked to the […]
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NASA Sets as Final Space Shuttle Night Launch
Space shuttle Endeavour is set to begin a 13-day flight to the International Space Station with a Feb. 7 launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Liftoff is planned […]
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SpaceX and Spacecom Sign Contract for Falcon 9 Mission
Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and Space Communication (Spacecom) of Ramat-Gan Israel, operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, have signed an agreement for launch of a communication satellite aboard a SpaceX […]
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Sofradir to Supply IR Detectors for European Earth Observation Mission
Sofradir, a leading developer and manufacturer of advanced infrared detectors for military, space and industrial applications, announced today that it has been awarded an additional $ 3.46 million contract to […]
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Space
Arianespace to Launch 1st 10 Satellites in Galileo Constellation
Jean-Yves Le Gall, chairman and CEO of Arianespace, and Rene Oosterlinck, director of the Galileo Program and Navigation-related Activities at the European Space Agency (ESA), today signed the launch contract […]
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GD Awarded $118 M by US Navy for Common Missile Compartment Work
General Dynamics [GD] Electric Boat has been awarded a $118 million contract modification by the U.S. Navy to continue concept studies, engineering and design of a Common Missile Compartment for […]