Space
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InternationalPlanck Spacecraft Shipped To South America For April 16 Launch
The European Space Agency shipped the Planck spacecraft to Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, South America, for a launch on an Ariane 5 heavy lifter rocket April 16. That […]
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Business/FinancialMissile Defense Funding May Be Slashed Deeply, Rep. Franks Says, Seeing $3 Billion Targeted For Cut From $9.6 Billion Program
Still-Developing Missile Defense Programs May Be Cut In Half, Franks Cautions Such Deep Cuts Would Echo Attempts To Eviscerate ABL, KEI, EMD Programs In Budgets; Hearing Set For Wednesday As […]
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Business/Financial
Trident II D5 Missiles Score 126 Test Flights
A Trident II D5 fleet ballistic missile was launched from a submarine submerged in the Pacific Ocean, the USS Alabama (SSBN 731), making the 126 successful test flight since 1989, […]
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Business/Financial
Russia Hasn’t Really Softened Threat To Demolish European Missile Defense: Strobe Talbott
Analyst Says Obama Should Impose Years-Long Delay In Deploying European Missile Defense The recent softer tone from Russia hasn’t provided any genuine lessening or reversal of the threat from Moscow […]
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SpaceNASA’s Shuttle and Rocket Missions
Updated — Feb. 20, 2009 – 5:45 p.m. EST Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: Feb. 24 Mission: OCO Launch […]
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Homeland Security
Uzi Rubin Says Iranian Technology, Advanced Expertise More Worrisome Than Rocket That Launched A Satellite
White House Cautions Iran, Assails Threats Against Israel Iran poses an enormous threat with its development of advanced missile technology, Uzi Rubin, former head of the Israeli Missile Defense Organization, […]
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Business/Financial
Boeing Hands NASA Proposal For Ares V Heavy Lifter Component
The Boeing Co. [BA] gave NASA a proposal for design support of a component in the planned Ares V heavy lifter rocket, the company announced yesterday. Ares V will boost to […]
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Homeland Security
Iran Develops UAV That Can Reach Israeli Cities
Iran developed an unmanned aerial vehicle with a 600-mile range that can reach Israel, RIA Novosti reported, citing the Fars Iranian news agency. Ahmad Vahidi, Iranian deputy defense minister, termed […]
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Business/Financial
NASA Gives American Tank Contract For Test Stand Gear
NASA gave American Tank and Vessel Inc. a contract worth up to $45 million to install a test cell diffuser and systems in the A-3 test stand at Stennis Space […]
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Homeland Security
Iran Has A Metric Ton Of Low-Enriched Uranium
Report Says Iranian Satellite Launch Should Spur U.S. Move On Missile Defense An International Atomic Energy Agency report that Iran has produced 1,010 kilograms — a bit more than a […]