Space
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Business/FinancialPolar Operational Environmental Satellite Delivered
The NOAA-N Prime spacecraft, a Polar Operational Environmental Satellite (POES), was delivered to Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., for a Feb. 4 launch, Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] announced. Lockheed Martin […]
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CongressSenate Panel Authorizing NASA Will Get New Leaders In 2009
Full House Authorization Committee Overseeing NASA Has Stable Leadership, But Major Shakeup Hits Subcommittee NASA Faces New Top Appropriators In Both Senate, House Next Year In the wake of elections […]
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Homeland Security
Military Weather Satellite Achieves Five Years On Orbit; Longevity Means Launch Of Replacement Satellite Delayed
A satellite expected to last four years is still going after five years in orbit, so its replacement won’t have to be launched immediately, Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] stated. The […]
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Congress
Missile Defense Authorizers: Both Levin And McCain Will Return In Senate
In House, Missile Defense Leader Franks Reelected, But So Too Is Tauscher Key Appropriations Leadership May See Shakeup After Election Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), chairman of the Senate Armed Services […]
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Homeland Security
Israel: All Options Open In Dealing With Virulent Threat Of Iranian Nukes, Missiles
Israeli Defense Minister Tzipi Livni told U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that the tiny Middle Eastern nation isn’t ruling out any option as it faces a growing Iranian threat, […]
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Business/Financial
Lockheed Team Finishes GPS III Baseline Review
A team led by Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] finished the Global Positioning System III (GPS III) spacecraft integrated baseline review on schedule, the company announced. That effort with the Air […]
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Business/Financial
NASA Is Starved For Needed Funds, Causing Manifold Woes: Space Shuttle Retirement, Orion-Ares First Manned Flight, And First Moon Mission Could Be Delayed; Costs Soar
NASA Sees Only 65 Percent Chance Orion-Ares Will Fly In March 2015; CBO Says Costs Might Exceed Plans By As Much As $7 Billion Over NASA Budgets Chances Of Retiring […]
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Congress
Chinese Cyber Warriors Hack Into White House Computers
Cyber warriors in China repeatedly hacked into an unclassified White House computer network, stealing data before IT experts patched the system to fix the breach, the Financial Times reported. China […]
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SpaceFrom the Editors
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Homeland Security
Obama Faces Difficult Challenges From Iran, Russia
By George Friedman http://www.stratfor.com Barack Obama has been elected president of the United States by a large majority in the Electoral College. The Democrats have dramatically increased their control of […]