Space
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Air ForceLockheed Martin-Northrop Grumman Team Receive TSAT Contract Extension
The Air Force recently awarded the Lockheed Martin [LMT]/Northrop Grumman [NOC] Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) Space Segment Team a $75-million, six-month extension to its Risk Reduction and System Definition […]
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Air Force
Young For Change In Acquisition Process
By Geoff Fein The Air Force’s effort to develop a satellite communications capability for airplanes and ground sites is proving to be a good example of what needs to be […]
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Homeland Security
Russia Forms Air Defense Pact With Belarus
Russia and Belarus will form an air defense system, under an agreement they signed, Itar-Tass reported. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev praised the planned system as increasing security of both countries. […]
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Homeland Security
Obering Joins Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance Board
Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Henry "Trey" Obering III, who stepped down as director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) in November, has joined the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance advisory […]
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Business/FinancialGeoEye Begins Commercial Operations Of GeoEye-1 Satellite
GeoEye, Inc. [GEOY]is starting commercial operations for its new GeoEye-1 Earth-imaging satellite. The firm also is submitting imagery from the satellite to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) for their certification […]
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Business/Financial
Radar Tracks A Satellite, Heads To Operational Status
The Raytheon Co. [RTN] Upgraded Early Warning Radar (UEWR) at Thule Air Base, Greenland, achieved a significant milestone on its path toward operational status by tracking its first satellite in […]
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Business/Financial
Hispasat Hires Arianespace To Launch Comms Satellite On Ariane 5 Late Next Year
Hispasat selected Arianespace to launch a new communications satellite, Hispasat 1E, Arianespace announced. It was the first contract of 2009 signed by Arianespace. Hispasat 1E will be launched by an […]
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InternationalAriane 5 Heavy Lifter To Orbit Arabsat 5C, 6B
An Ariane 5 heavy lifter will launch the Arabsat 5C and 6B satellites, Arianespace announced. Arabsat, of Saudi Arabia, chose Arianespace to haul the Arabsat 5C satellite into geostationary transfer […]
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Business/Financial
NOAA-N Satellite Launched After Postponement
A Delta II rocket launched the NOAA-N prime polar-orbiting weather satellite into orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., Friday, ending a two-day launch delay caused by a systems glitch. […]
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SpaceAriane 5s To Launch Two Thales Alenia Satellites For Gazprom
Ariane 5 ECA rockets will launch two satellites made by Thales Alenia Space for Gazprom, Arianespace announced. The communications satellites, Yamal-401 and Yamal-402, will be orbited in the second half […]