Space
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SpaceULA Caps Banner Launch Year With Successful NASA WISE Launch
Completing an incredible year in which it launched 16 successful missions, United Launch Alliance capped 2009 with the launch of a Delta II carrying NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) […]
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2nd Stage Rocket Motor of Taurus II Launcher Successfully Ground Tested
Orbital Sciences Corporation [ORB] recently said that Alliant Techsystems [ATK] and the Air Force’s Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) successfully ground tested the second stage rocket motor of the company’s […]
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NASA Seeks Input On Commercial Reusable Suborbital Research Program
By Marina Malenic NASA recently announced that it is considering two significant procurement actions in the area of commercial reusable suborbital spaceflight services. The agency “is requesting technical and programmatic […]
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Successful Launch of Helios 2B satellite
The Helios 2B military observation satellite, built for the French Ministry of Defence by EADS Astrium as prime contractor and featuring a very-high-resolution optical imaging instrument produced by Thales Alenia […]
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JFCOM Collaborates To Create Joint Missile Training Environment
By Ann Roosevelt U.S. Joint Forces Command (JFCOM) last week hosted the All Things Missile (ATM) proof of concept demonstration, a collaborative effort to consolidate disparate missile simulation environments into […]
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Northrop Grumman Interested In Competing For Missile Defense Work
By Ann Roosevelt Northrop Grumman [NOC] Dec. 3 expressed its continued interest in the potential five- to 10-year, $600 million, Missile Defense Agency (MDA) competitive acquisition for development and sustainment […]
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U.S. Agencies Aim for Improved Space Launch Success
Key government space agencies Dec. 3 agreed on a new set of mission assurance principles that they say will lead to improved launch success. “With the strategic intent and a […]
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Ariane 5 Readied for Launch of Helios 2B Reconnaissance Satellite
Arianespace‘s wrap-up Ariane 5 flight of 2009 has entered final preparations for its liftoff this week with France’s Helios 2B military observation satellite. This seventh launch of the year is […]
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Shift In European Missile Defense Plan Opens Door For New Uses For Ship-Based BMD
By Geoff Fein The administration’s decision to shift its missile defense policy for Europe away from a land-based system has allowed for the Navy to examine using its ship-based ballistic […]
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Air Force Delays WGS 3 Satellite Launch
The launch of United Launch Alliance‘s Delta IV rocket with the Air Force’s third Wideband Global SATCOM satellite was postponed late last week due to inclement weather. WGS 3 is […]