Space & Missile Defense Report
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SpaceLockheed Martin SBIRS HEO-2 Certified by USSTRATCOM
Lockheed Martin [LMT] Wednesday announced that the second Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO-2) payload and associated ground systems have been certified for missile warning operations by […]
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Space
Discovery Mission Marks Shift to Continuous Research Onboard Space Station
Space Shuttle Discovery lifted off Aug. 28 from Kennedy Space Center, Fla. on a 13-day mission to deliver more than seven tons of supplies, science racks and environmental hardware to […]
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Space
NASA’s Next-Gen Manned Spacecraft Enroute to White Sands For Testing
NASA’s next generation of a manned-spacecraft made a stop at Holloman AFB, N.M., on its way to White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), N.M. where launch abort tests will be performed, […]
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Space
NASA Scrubs Key Ares Test With U.S. Manned Space Program in Limbo
By Marina Malenic PROMONTORY, Utah–As uncertainty over the future of its ambitious Constellation program grows, NASA Thursday aborted a horizontal ground-firing test of a key program element–the first stage of […]
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Space
Final Augustine Report With Constellation Options Faces Slight Delay
By Emelie Rutherford A blue-ribbon panel’s final report to President Obama on NASA’s future, which casts doubt on the viability of the Constellation program, will not be released quite as […]
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Space
Successful First Flight Test of ABL Laser By MDA, Industry Partners
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA), Boeing [BA] and its industry teammates on Aug. 18 successfully fired the high-energy laser aboard the Airborne Laser (ABL) aircraft, “the first light in flight,” […]
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Space
Companies Await MDA Verdict On Air-Launched Hit-to-Kill Programs
As the Pentagon begins shifting the focus of its missile defenses portfolio from long-range to theater threats, industry teams are eagerly awaiting the results of a Missile Defense Agency (MDA) […]
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Space
Lockheed Martin Sheds 800 Jobs In Space Unit
Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] Space Systems Co. recently announced employment reductions of about 800 aimed at “right-sizing” the company and improving its competitive posture. Space Systems will implement a broad-based workforce […]
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[August 31, 2009]
// PDF View- NASA Scrubs Key Ares Test With U.S. Manned Space Program in Limbo
- Final Augustine Report With Constellation Options Faces Slight Delay
- Successful First Flight Test of ABL Laser By MDA, Industry Partners
- Companies Await MDA Verdict On Air-Launched Hit-to-Kill Programs
- Lockheed Martin Sheds 800 Jobs In Space Unit
- NASA, Air Force Launch Green Rocket
- Lockheed Martin JCSAT-12 Launched From French Guiana
- 2009 Busiest Year for Arianespace
- AFP: South Korea Loses Satellite in Failed Launch Attempt
- Lockheed Martin SBIRS HEO-2 Certified by USSTRATCOM
- Discovery Mission Marks Shift to Continuous Research Onboard Space Station
- NASA’s Next-Gen Manned Spacecraft Enroute to White Sands For Testing