Space
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SpaceJumpstart Effort To Launch In June
If the SpaceX Falcon 1 rocket Flight 003 mission launches this June, as scheduled, it will carry a so-called operationally responsive space payload as part of the "Jumpstart" effort, the […]
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Business/FinancialATK’s Bid For MDA’s Space And Information Assets Edges Forward
Shareholders for Canada’s MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) yesterday overwhelmingly approved the sale of the company’s Information Systems and Geospatial Services business to Alliant Techsystems [ATK], keeping the deal […]
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Space
United States, Poland Outline Missile Defense Pact, But No Final Deal Set
By Dave Ahearn The United States and Poland yesterday reached an outline of an agreement to have a U.S. ballistic missile defense system installed in Europe, and for Washington in […]
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CongressKyl Blasts Obama’s Position On Missile Defense
By Jen DiMascio In a Capitol Hill speech yesterday, Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.), a strong advocate of missile defense, blasted past statements by presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) on […]
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Congress
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Brass Don’t Say As Senators Ask Who Built Failed Satellite Whodunit? Senators asked at a hearing which company or firms built that U.S. intelligence satellite that failed completely just after […]
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Congress
Key Lawmaker: NASA Budget Too Low, But Major Increases May Have To Wait Until New President Is In Office Next Year
Bipartisan Support In Congress For Bigger NASA Budget, But Bush May Again Thwart That Move This Year So A Possibility Is Using Continuing Budget Resolution Through Next January, Then Sending […]
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Congress
House Panel Begins Mulling Whether Missile Defense Is Worthwhile
Witnesses Agree Rogue Nations Gain Nuclear/Missile Capabilities, But Differ On Whether Threat Of Strike On U.S. Justifies BMD Program While U.S. ballistic missile defense (BMD) programs have scored multiple successes […]
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Congress
TSAT May Not Launch Until After 2018, Senate Panel Hears
House Panel: Concern That Budget Plans May Short TSAT By $4 Billion, Delaying It By At Least Two Years The Transformational Satellite (TSAT) communications program is slipping into the future, […]
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Space
Threats To Military, Civilian Satellites Seen Rising, Prompting Soaring Need For Space Situational Awareness
Space Acquisition Programs At Risk For Cost Increases, Schedule Delays: GAO Space is becoming a steadily more dangerous place for satellites and spacecraft, not only because of the threat of […]
