Space
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Business/FinancialAir Force Certifies SBIRS Testing
The Air Force certified readiness for dedicated operational utility evaluation and trial period operations of the first Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO-1) payload and associated ground […]
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Business/Financial
Space Tracking and Surveillance System Satellites Complete Acoustic Tests
Two Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) demonstration satellites being built by prime contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) completed acoustic testing. The satellites, tested […]
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Business/Financial
NASA Terminates Flight of ATK Experimental Rocket At Wallops
By Calvin Biesecker NASA on Friday destroyed an Alliant Techsystems [ATK] suborbital rocket carrying two experimental payloads moments after liftoff from Wallops Island, Va., after the launch vehicle veered off […]
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CongressPoland, United States, Sign European Missile Defense Agreement To Erect Shield
Rep. Franks Says Deal Resolves Concerns Of Congress; It Is Time To Fund European Defense Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski signed a deal for […]
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SpaceATK Rocket Destroyed After Liftoff From Wallops Island; NASA ‘Very Disappointed’ By Failure; Experts Seek Cause
Rocket Veered Off Course; Range Safety Personnel Destroyed Rocket When It Reached Safety-Area Limit; Unconfirmed Report Civilian Saw Rocket Debris On Land NASA Hypersonic Experiments Were Aboard Failed Rocket, Representing […]
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Space
NASA Devises Solution For Ares Rocket Thrust Oscillation Problem
NASA leaders announced a solution for an intense vibration, or thrust oscillation, in the Ares I rocket that will loft the next-generation U.S. space capsule Orion into orbit. The thrust […]
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Homeland Security
Russian Invasion Of Georgia Proves U.S. Need For Directed-Energy Weapons Against Missile, Air Threats
The United States needs to field laser weapons, including solid-state assets, now, not later, a new report states. Proof of the urgent need for directed-energy defenses have been provided by […]
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InternationalRussian Cosmonaut Takes Pictures From Space Station Of War Zone In Georgia; Russia Says Photographs Are For Humanitarian, Not Military, Purposes
Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, while on the International Space Station, took pictures of the war zone in Georgia, where Russian troops invaded the nation and then only partially pulled back […]
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Congress
Defense Costs To Outstrip Funds Available; Immediate, Long-Range, Needs Clash
The U.S. military procurement effort faces an immense disconnect between funding needs and available financing, complicated by new emerging threats such as the loss of sanctuary in space and the […]
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Business/Financial
Expendable Launch Vehicles Market Seen At $48 Billion In Next Decade
The global market for expendable launch vehicles (ELVs), or rockets, will see an upturn to total about $48 billion over the next decade, according to a new projection from Forecast […]