Space
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Business/FinancialLaunches
SpaceX Launch Failed When First Stage Hit Second Stage; Tiny Bit Of Extra Thrust Caused Disaster In Mission Next SpaceX Falcon Flight Goes To Launch Pad Next Month That Falcon […]
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Business/FinancialContracts
Boeing Gets $153.5 Million GPS Technology Contract The Naval Research Laboratory gave The Boeing Co. [BA] a $153.5 contract to demonstrate High Integrity Global Positioning System (GPS) technology concepts. That […]
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Business/FinancialLockheed Hands Over SBIRS Enemy Missile Warning System To Air Force
Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] handed over the first Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO-1) payload and ground system to the Air Force, the company announced. Certified operations […]
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Business/FinancialBoeing Completes Satellite Control Center
The Boeing Co. [BA] completed a $10 million, 20,500-square-foot satellite Mission Control Center (MCC) in El Segundo, Calif. The MCC can manage up to four commercial or government satellite missions […]
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Business/FinancialFirst Orion Space Capsule Manned Flight Delayed One Year To 2014 By Money Woes
Further Delays Possible, Such As Any Funding Freeze Congress Sets For NASA Fiscal 2009 Appropriations NASA Leaders Reject Report That Orion Safety Concerns Trumped By Budget, Cost Concerns The unofficial […]
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Homeland Security
North Korean Nuclear Weapons, Ballistic Missiles Worry Bush
Bush Says North Korea Won’t Come Off State Sponsor Of Terrorism List Or Axis Of Evil List Until It Takes Further Action But Bush Praises Destruction Of Reactor President Bush […]
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Business/FinancialLockheed Will Pay $4 Million Fine In Attempt To Sell Hellfire Missiles To United Arab Emirates: State Department
Classified Information Disclosed On JASSM Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] will pay a $4 million civil penalty for unauthorized actions the company took to sell Hellfire missiles to the United Arab […]
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Business/FinancialFlorida State Government To Establish Spaceport At Cape Canaveral Station For Commercial Space Companies
The Florida state government will rent a long-unused launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to create a spaceport for commercial spaceship launches. This move comes as the nearby […]
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Business/FinancialProjection Sees $30.6 Billion Military Satellites Market Over Decade
Armed forces across the globe will spend $30.6 billion to acquire 95 military satellites over the next 10 years, according to a projection by Forecast International (FI), a Newtown, Conn., […]
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SpacePhoenix Lander Finds Toxic Perchlorate in Martian Soil, But Implications Of Finding Still Must Be Decided: NASA
Researchers have found a toxic chemical, perchlorate, in Martian soil excavated by the Phoenix Mars Lander that was tested in a wet chemistry laboratory in Phoenix, but it is uncertain […]