Space

Northing could have been done to prevent the collision of an Iridium Satellites LLC bird with a dead Russian Cosmos intel satellite, a senior U.S. military officer said. "There was […]

The NOAA-N Prime spacecraft completed its 45-day on-orbit verification, Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] announced. NOAA-N is the final Polar Operational Environmental Satellite (POES) that was launched Feb. 6. Lockheed built […]

Levin, Tauscher, Warn Of Cuts Coming In Total Missile Defense Authorizations Tauscher Flails Airborne Laser As Behind Schedule And $4 Billion Over Budget; But She Praises Aegis, THAAD Programs Any […]

A Proton M rocket in early May will launch the IndoStar II/ ProtoStar II satellite built by The Boeing Co. [BA]. Krunichev built the Proton M in Moscow, and shipped […]

Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] is opening its Altair lunar lander program office in Houston. The company is vying for a NASA contract to design and build the human lander that […]

Military May Lose Laser Capability In Killing Enemy Missiles; Industrial Base Is Threatened By Budget Moves Legislators Write Letter To Gates A bipartisan group of legislators told Secretary of Defense […]

A Delta II rocket lofted a new Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite into orbit, rising from Space Launch Complex 17A at Cape Canaveral Air Force Base, Fla. The NAVSTAR GPS […]

Airborne Laser Is Adaptable; Can Relocate Around Globe In Hours, Not Weeks Missile Defense Systems Already Share Sensor Data From Radars, Briefers Say If leaders in Washington make crippling cuts […]

India yesterday launched a satellite developed by and for Israel, the Jerusalem Post reported. The TecSar satellite, a reconnaissance vehicle, was launched last night by an Indian Polar Satellite Launch […]

Airborne Laser Offers Unique Technologies; Kinetic Energy Interceptor Advances Ballistic missile defense programs may face funding reductions just when those programs are about to provide a payoff after years of […]