Space
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Business/FinancialThales Gains Norwegian Defense Contract For New Satellite Comms Contract For Service On Five Nansen Class Frigates
Norway gave Thales a contract to deliver a new satellite communications system for the five Norwegian Nansen class frigates. The Norwegian Defence Procurement Division contract will significantly enhance the effectiveness […]
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CongressObama Seeks Ban On Anti-Satellite Weapons; Also Seeks To Counter Threats To U.S. Space Assets
Barack Obama as president is spelling out his policies, including a call to protect U.S. space assets by using both military and diplomatic means, and by hardening satellites against attack. […]
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Business/Financial
Air Force To Reopen TSAT Competition With No Plans To Scale Back Effort
By Marina Malenic The Air Force is poised to open a new round of bidding for a $10 billion Transformational Communications Satellite (TSAT) contract, which the service plans to award […]
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Air ForceIf Defense And NASA Received Traditional Share Of Federal Funding, Economic Stimulus Bill Could Mean $152 Billion For DOD, $8 Billion For NASA
As a new president and Congress are poised to enact a roughly $800 billion economic stimulus bill, it is clear that the measure could provide immense help to critically tight […]
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Business/Financial
Bush Hailed For Developing Missile Defense System
The Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance (MDAA) gave outgoing President Bush a commendation for developing and deploying a multi-layered missile defense system in a world with increasing ballistic threats. MDAA President […]
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SpaceGriffin Says Chris Scolese Becomes Acting NASA Administrator; Space Chief Bows Out, Still Seeking Support For Programs; Gration Touted As Leading Contender To
NASA Associate Administrator Chris Scolese is now the NASA acting administrator, with the resignation this week of NASA Administrator Mike Griffin, who is departing from his post as a matter of […]
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Space
European Spacecraft XMM-Newton Probes Dense, Dead, Spinning Star
A European spacecraft, XMM-Newton, has discovered the spin-rate of a dense, dead star, the core that remains after a stellar explosion, the European Space Agency reported. XMM-Newton caught the fading […]
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Business/Financial
Griffin Leaves With Message Unchanged: Aim High In Space Program Strategy
U.S. Aerospace Endeavor Still Leads By Coasting On Past Investments, But Other Nations Now ‘Closing In’ NASA Administrator Mike Griffin is leaving his post with an unvarying message, that the […]
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Business/Financial
ESA Will See Several Major Launches This Year, ESA Director General Says
The European Space Agency will see several major spacecraft launches this year, ESA Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain said. Among major spacecraft being orbited are Herschel-Planck, GOCE, SMOS and CryoSat-2, he […]
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Congress
Tauscher Again To Head Panel Overseeing Missile Defense
The leading congressional critic of ballistic missile defense programs will retain her powerful post overseeing those efforts, as the 111th Congress organizes itself for the next two years. Rep. Ellen […]