Space
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SpaceKey Sensor Delivered To NPOESS Program
The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) team led by Northrop Grumman [NOC] has delivered a critical sensor, the Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), the company said. NPOESS […]
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Space
Lockheed Martin Achieves Key Integration Milestones on First Mobile User Objective System Satellite
Lockheed Martin [LMT] announced recently that it has successfully mated the first Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite’s high-performance communications system module with the propulsion core at its facilities in […]
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Space
Raytheon Continues To Demonstrate Successful Tests of SM-6
By Geoff Fein Raytheon [RTN] conducted the fourth successful flight test of its Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) as the company readies to take its anti-cruise missile weapon to sea later this […]
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CongressObama Expected To Call Today For Axing NASA’s Constellation Program
By Emelie Rutherford Florida, Alabama, and Texas lawmakers are girding for a battle over NASA’s future this week following word President Barack Obama today will recommend canceling the Constellation program […]
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Space
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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Space
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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Space
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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Space
Raytheon Continues To Demonstrate Successful Tests of SM-6
By Geoff Fein Raytheon [RTN] conducted the fourth successful flight test of its Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) as the company readies to take its anti-cruise missile weapon to sea later this […]
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Space
Royal Australian Navy Test-Fires Raytheon Standard Missile-2
The Royal Australian Navy fired Raytheon’s [RTN] Standard Missile-2 Block IIIA anti-air warfare missile during recent tests on board the HMAS Melbourne. “With this firing, Melbourne‘s crew validated the work […]