Space
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SpaceSpaceX Responds To NASA’s CRS-2 RFP
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) “most definitely” responded to NASA’s second Cargo Resupply Services program (CRS-2), company President and CEO Gwynne Shotwell said Tuesday. According to a request for proposals […]
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Air ForceBridenstine Vows To Fund Air Force’s Pathfinder 2 COMSATCOM Program
Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-Okla.) vowed Monday to find funding for the Air Force’s commercial satellite communications (COMSATCOM) “Pathfinder 2” program, which he said was not funded in the service’s fiscal […]
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SpaceLockheed Martin Unveils Offering For NASA’s Cargo Resupply Services-2 Program
Lockheed Martin [LMT] on March 12 unveiled its offering for NASA’s second Cargo Resupply Services (CRS-2) program, which could be worth as much as $14 billion. The technologies behind the […]
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Space
Commercial Crew Contractors Could Miss Key Deadline Without Full Funding, Bolden Warns
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden warned a Senate panel Thursday that commercial crew contractors Boeing [BA] and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) could miss their 2017 launch readiness deadlines if the […]
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SpaceNASA and Orbital ATK Test Five-Segment Rocket Motor for SLS
NASA and Orbital ATK [OA] conducted the first qualification ground test of a five-segmented rocket motor planned to be used for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), the company said on […]
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Air ForceAir Force Wants Competition For Future GPS III Space Vehicles
The Air Force is developing plans to compete additional Global Positioning System (GPS) III satellites, starting with space vehicle 11, and hopes to have a request for proposals (RFP) out […]
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Business/FinancialLockheed Martin Invests In Private Rocket Developer Rocket Lab
Rocket Lab on Monday said it has completed a new round of financing with its existing investors and Bessemer Venture Partners and will receive a strategic investment from Lockheed Martin […]
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SpaceSpaceX Successfully Launches ABS-3A And EUTELSAT Satellites In One Rocket
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) successfully launched a Falcon 9 mission containing the EUTELSAT 115 West B and ABS-3A communications satellites Sunday. The launch at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, […]
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Air ForceJames Casts Doubt On Air Force Making 2019 New Rocket Engine Deadline
Air Force Secretary Deborah James on Wednesday doubted the service would meet lawmakers’ 2019 deadline to develop a next-generation rocket engine. “To have that 2019 deadline there is pretty aggressive […]
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SpaceNOAA Requests Less Funding In FY ’15 For Major Satellite Programs
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is requesting less funding in its fiscal year 2016 budget request for two major satellite programs than what was enacted in FY ’15. […]