Space
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Business/FinancialGOES-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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Business/Financial
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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InternationalTerreStar-1 Satellite Loaded On Ariane 5 Heavy Lifter For July 1 Launch
The TerreStar-1 telecommunications satellite was mated to its Ariane 5 launcher, set for a July 1 launch, Arianespace announced. TerreStar-1 will be the world’s largest civilian telecommunications satellite ever launched, […]
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SpaceIndependence Day To Be Observed
As we do each year, we shall observe the Independence Day holiday. Therefore, your next regular issue of Space & Missile Defense Report shall be dated Monday, July 13, 2009. […]
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Space
NASA’s Shuttle and Rocket Launch Schedule
Updated — June 26, 2009 – 7:15 p.m. EDT Legend: + Targeted For | * No Earlier Than (Tentative) |** To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: June 27 Mission: GOES-O […]
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Business/Financial
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 […]
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Business/Financial
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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Homeland Security
Mikulski Panel Writes Fiscal 2010 Budget Plan That Avoids Draconian House Financing Cuts, Supports NASA Programs Including Shuttle, Station
Bill Provides $18.68 Billion, Including $3.5 Billion To Develop New Spaceship System; NOAA To Get $1.2 Billion For Satellite Programs, Mikulski Announces Bill Mandates Warning When Program Costs Go 10 […]
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International
European Space Agency Plans Ground Station In Argentina
Making Another ESA Facility In South America, After Spaceport The European Space Agency (ESA) announced plans for a ground station to be built in South America, assuming negotiations are successful. […]
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Business/Financial
Obama’s Missile Defense Cuts Prevail In Both Senate Armed Services Panel, And In Entire House
Funding Restoration Amendments Are Rejected Even More Cuts May Gouge Missile Defense Programs In Future Years, Lawmaker Warns Both the entire House and a key Senate panel backed President Obama’s […]