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SpaceX Aborts SES Mission Again

Monday, February 29th, 2016

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SpaceX Aborts SES Mission Again

SpaceX lands its upgraded Falcon 9 first stage Dec. 21, 2015, at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Photo: SpaceX.

The twice delayed Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) SES mission was postponed for a third time on Sunday.Originally set to launch Feb. 24 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. (Defense Daily, Feb. 24), the Falcon 9 rocket mission carrying the SES-9 payload was earlier slipped to Feb. 25 and then again to Feb. 28. The SES-9 is a communications satellite destined for Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO). It has a payload of 81 high-powered LU-band transponder equivalents and is set to…

Congress

With $1.5 Trillion Request, Army, Air Force, Navy’s Unfunded Lists Focus Solely On MILCON Projects

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Unmanned Systems

Bipartisan House Bill Would Give National Guard To Counter-Drone Authorities

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Congress

Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

Munitions fired in the two-month old “Operation Epic Fury” against Iran represent most of the $25 billion cost the Pentagon has incurred thus far in the conflict, the acting Defense […]

Congress

Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

The Pentagon should be using Anthropic‘s recently announced Mythos artificial intelligence model to spot gaps in cyber security, Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said on Tuesda. “I think the thing that […]