Space
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CongressMinot Nukes Force Passes Inspection; A Turn-Around From Mistaken Handling Of Six Nuclear-Tipped Cruise Missiles
Nuclear forces at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., passed inspections with the highest possible score. That’s a reversal from the situation two years ago, when six nuclear-tipped cruise missiles were […]
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Business/FinancialAdm. Mullen ‘Very Confident’ United States Can Shoot Down North Korean Missiles; They Will Advance To Range Hitting U.S. Soil
North Korea May Launch Taepo Dong-2 Missile On Saturday, Perhaps Toward Hawaii: Reports U.S. missile defense systems very likely can demolish any missile that North Korea launches to hit U.S. […]
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Business/Financial
GOES-O Satellite Launched To Orbit Atop Delta IV Rocket From Cape
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV rocket roared from Space Launch Complex 37 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Saturday evening, to place a Geostationary Operational Environmental […]
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Business/Financial
GPS IIF Satellite Journeys Nationwide To Test Transit, Launch Site, Ground Control
A Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellite called SV-2 took a transcontinental flight on a C-17 from California to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., but only for a visit, […]
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InternationalTerreStar-1 Satellite Loaded On Ariane 5 Heavy Lifter For July 1 Launch
The TerreStar-1 telecommunications satellite was mated to its Ariane 5 launcher, set for a July 1 launch, Arianespace announced. TerreStar-1 will be the world’s largest civilian telecommunications satellite ever launched, […]
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SpaceIndependence Day To Be Observed
As we do each year, we shall observe the Independence Day holiday. Therefore, your next regular issue of Space & Missile Defense Report shall be dated Monday, July 13, 2009. […]
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Space
NASA’s Shuttle and Rocket Launch Schedule
Updated — June 26, 2009 – 7:15 p.m. EDT Legend: + Targeted For | * No Earlier Than (Tentative) |** To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: June 27 Mission: GOES-O […]
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Business/Financial
Senators’ Warning: Any Augustine Recommendations For Changes In Ares I Rocket Program Must Undergo Congressional Review; Ares I Gets About $1.4
Obama Must Complete All Shuttle Missions, Even If That Means Funding, Flights In Fiscal 2011; And Don’t Fund Shuttle Flights By Short-Changing Other Programs Senate Bill Lashes NASA For Procurement […]
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Business/Financial
NASA Gives Wackenhut $1.2 Billion, 10-Year Security Contract After Wackenhut Sues NASA For Awarding Work To Coastal
NASA gave Wackenhut Services Inc. a $1.2 billion contract to provide security services at NASA installations, after Wackenhut successfully sued the space agency when it earlier had awarded the contract […]
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Homeland Security
Mikulski Panel Writes Fiscal 2010 Budget Plan That Avoids Draconian House Financing Cuts, Supports NASA Programs Including Shuttle, Station
Bill Provides $18.68 Billion, Including $3.5 Billion To Develop New Spaceship System; NOAA To Get $1.2 Billion For Satellite Programs, Mikulski Announces Bill Mandates Warning When Program Costs Go 10 […]