Space
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SpaceSpaceX Blames Anomaly Near Upper Stage For Explosion
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) is citing an anomaly around the upper stage oxygen tank for an explosion Thursday on the company’s launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, […]
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Air ForceDoD Plans New Programs Of Record To Help Fill Weather Observing Gaps
The Defense Department may start as many as five new programs of record to address five space-based environmental monitoring (SBEM), or weather observing, gaps, the Air Force said Tuesday in […]
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SpaceSpaceX Finds Customer For First Mission On Used Rocket
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) found its first customer for a mission on one of its used Falcon Nines: SES. The satellite, SES-10, is scheduled for launch between October and […]
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Air ForceAir Force Drafting SBIRS Follow-on Acquisition Plan
The U.S. Air Force is nearing completion of a plan to restock its missile-warning satellite system, according to a key service official. The Air Force’s Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) […]
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InternationalNorthrop Grumman Wins Contract To System Supply Space Inertial Reference System For German Radar System
OHB System AG awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] a contract to supply a space inertial reference system for Germany’s SARah satellite-based radar reconnaissance system, Northrop Grumman said Monday. The company will […]
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Air ForceAir Force, ULA Set For Friday’s GSSAP Launch
The Air Force and launch provider United Launch Alliance (ULA) are set for Friday’s launch of the third and fourth Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) satellites, according to a […]
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SpaceSpaceX Successfully Launches JCSAT-16 And Lands Falcon 9 First Stage On Droneship
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) successfully launched the JCSAT-16 commercial communications satellite and landed the first stage Falcon 9 rocket on a droneship in the Atlantic Ocean early Sunday morning. […]
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Air Force
Air Force Awards Contracts For Protected Tactical Service Field Demonstration
The Air Force on Thursday awarded contracts to Raytheon [RTN], L-3 Communications [LLL] and ViaSat [VSAT] for Protected Tactical Service Field Demonstration (PTSFD). PTSFD will demonstrate the ability to provide […]
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Air ForceAir Force Moves Forward With Excess ICBM Motor Effort
The Air Force took a step forward in its effort to unload excess ICBM motors, despite no changes in federal law or space policy that would allow it to do so, […]
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SpaceOrbital ATK Again Delays Antares Return To Flight
Orbital ATK [OA] for a second time has delayed its re-engined Antares return to flight, this time targeting the second half of September, according to company COO Blake Larson. The […]