Space
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SpaceNASA Delays First SLS Launch Until Roughly June 2018
NASA pushed back its Space Launch System (SLS) first launch goal to roughly June 2018 from its previous estimate of December 2017, a key official said Wednesday. NASA Associate Administrator […]
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SpaceFAA Developing Its Own Space Situational Awareness Capability For Collision Avoidance
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is in the early stages of creating its own space situational awareness (SSA) capability, much like the Defense Department’s Joint Space Operations Center (JSpOC) Mission […]
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SpaceOrbital Sciences Contracts With ULA For CRS Missions
Orbital Sciences [ORB] said Tuesday it contracted with United Launch Alliance (ULA) for an Atlas V launch in the fourth quarter of 2015 with an option for a second Atlas […]
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Space
NASA Scrubs Orion Launch Attempt, Tries Again Friday
NASA will try launching its uncrewed Orion space vehicle Friday morning after scrubbing Thursday’s launch due to mechanical issues, according to a post on the civil space agency’s blog. The […]
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Business/FinancialAirbus, Safran Joint Venture For Launchers Moves Forward
Airbus Group and Safran Group on Wednesday said that their joint venture for launch activities will begin operations on Jan. 1, 2015, working with the existing Ariane 5 launchers and […]
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Air ForceConferenced Authorization Bill Allows Use Of Contracted Russian Engines In Launches
The conferenced fiscal year 2015 defense authorization bill released Tuesday protects the use of Russian rocket engines procured before Feb. 1 in national security space launches. The bill contains a […]
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Space
Weather ‘Looks Good’ For Thursday’s NASA Orion EFT-1 Mission
There is an 18 percent chance of rain forecasted for Thursday morning’s long-awaited flight test launch of Orion, NASA’s next-generation spacecraft slated to eventually send astronauts into space, according to […]
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Navy/USMCLockheed Martin Completes Environmental Testing on Fourth MUOS Satellite
Lockheed Martin [LMT] completed thermal vacuum testing on the fourth satellite scheduled to join the U.S. Navy Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) constellation, the company said on Monday. This fourth […]
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Air ForceNorthrop Grumman Completed Integrated Baseline Review for EPS CAPS
Northrop Grumman [NOC] completed an Integrated Baseline Review (IBR) of the production, deployment, and initial sustainment phase for the U.S. Air Force’s Enhanced Polar System (EPS) Control and Planning Segment […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Plans Expanding Vipersat COMSATCOM Technology In FY ’16
The Navy plans on expanding a commercial satellite communications (COMSATCOM) technology that enables bandwidth sharing throughout its patrol coastal (PC) fleet by fiscal year 2016. The technology, known Vipersat, improves […]