Space Business News
December 15, 2011
LAUNCH PAD
Orbital Selects Antares as Permanent Name For New Rocket Based On Taurus II Program
Dulles VA (SPX) Dec 14, 2011
Orbital Sciences has announced that Antares will be the permanent operational name for the medium-class launch vehicle created by its research and development program formerly known as Taurus II. Orbital has been in the development phase of the new rocket program for the past four years. The operational phase of the program is scheduled to begin in 2012 with three flights on the manifest that will be conducted under the operational name of Antares. "We are transitioning to the Antares identi ... read more

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ROCKET SCIENCE

Orion Drop Test Makes A Clean Splash
Testing continues at NASA Langley Research Center as the 18,000-pound (8,165 kg) Orion test article took its eight and final splash of the year into the Hydro Impact Basin on Dec. 13. Orion, t ... more
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GPS NEWS

Glonass satnav system targets Latin America and India
The Latin American and Indian markets will be a priority for Glonass, Russia's global satellite navigation system, Russian Space Systems Deputy General Director Grigory Stupak said on Tuesday. ... more
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GPS NEWS

Lockheed Martin Delivers GPS 3 Pathfinder Satellite to Denver on Schedule
The Lockheed Martin team developing the U.S. Air Force's next generation Global Positioning System has delivered the program's pathfinder spacecraft to the company's Denver-area facility. The pathfi ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

Raytheon BBN Awarded Research Contract To Enable Early Awareness Of Emerging Technology
Raytheon BBN Technologies has been awarded $5.2 million by the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) under the Foresight and Understanding from Scientific Exposition (FUSE) progra ... more
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GPS NEWS

Galileo in tune as first navigation signal transmitted to Earth
Europe's Galileo system has passed its latest milestone, transmitting its very first test navigation signal back to Earth. The first two Galileo satellites, launched on 21 October, are in the midst ... more
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SPACEMART

SES Further Increases Its Sales Focus On Emerging Markets
SES has announced that it further increases the focus on emerging and growth markets and introduces four global sales regions with a dedicated management leading the strong SES teams in each region. ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

Launcher integration is complete for second Arianespace Soyuz launch campaign
The launcher for Arianespace's no. 2 Soyuz flight from French Guiana is now complete, following the integration of its "upper composite" containing the vehicle's Fregat upper stage, the mission's si ... more
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UAV NEWS

Aerostat system detects cruise missiles and supports engagement
Raytheon recently established a test site at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., for its cruise missile defense system - the Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS). ... more
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MISSILE DEFENSE

Air Force and Lockheed Martin Complete Environmental Testing of Missile Warning Satellite
Lockheed Martin has successfully completed thermal vacuum testing of the U.S. Air Force's second Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous (GEO-2) satellite. The milestone represents the sp ... more
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UAV NEWS

We will reverse-engineer US drone: top Iranian MP
Iran will reverse-engineer the US drone it has in its possession, and is in the "final stages" of unlocking the aircraft's software secrets, the head of Iran's parliamentary national security committee said on Monday. ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

Russian who helped put Gagarin in space dies at 99
One of the last surviving architects of the Soviet space programme that put Yuri Gagarin into orbit half a century ago died on Wednesday, officials said. He was 99. ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE

Microsoft co-founder unveils space travel plans
A giant airplane that can in mid-flight launch a rocket carrying cargo and humans into orbit is the future of space travel, billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen said on Tuesday. ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

Voyager spacecraft that toured outer planets nearing solar system edge
In 1977, Jimmy Carter was sworn in as president, Elvis died, Virginia park ranger Roy Sullivan was hit by lightning a record seventh time, and two NASA space probes destined to turn planetary scienc ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

Arianespace selected to launch MEASAT-3b
Asia's leading satellite operator, MEASAT Global (MEASAT), has chosen Arianespace to launch the MEASAT-3b satellite. MEASAT-3b will be boosted into geostationary transfer orbit by an Ariane 5 ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

NASA seeking astronaut candidates
NASA is accepting applications for astronaut candidates via the USAJobs website, through Jan. 12, 2012, Air Force Personnel Center officials announced. "Applicants who submit an application th ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

AMOS-5 Communications Satellite Successfully Launched
Spacecom, operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, announced that its AMOS-5 satellite has been launched from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. AMOS-5 soared upward aboard a Proton Breeze-M launcher December 11, 2 ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE

It's A Bird, It's A Plane No It's Stratolaunch
Entrepreneur and philanthropist Paul G. Allen announced today that he and aerospace pioneer Burt Rutan have reunited to develop the next generation of space travel. Allen and Rutan, whose SpaceShipO ... more
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SPACEMART

Lockheed Martin Awarded Contract to Deliver Jabiru-1 for NewSat Limited of Australia
Lockheed Martin has won a contract with NewSat Limited (NewSat) of Australia to build the Jabiru-1 satellite. The construction of the satellite will commence immediately and it will be ready for lau ... more
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MISSILE DEFENSE

Iran rejects missile shield threat against Turkey: FM
Iran dismissed intimidating remarks by its own officials against Turkey saying Tehran would target NATO's missile shield in its neighbour if threatened, the state-run Anatolia news agency reported Wednesday. ... more
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MISSILE DEFENSE

Lockheed Martin Submits Aegis Combat System Engineering Agent Proposal To Navy
Lockheed Martin has submitted its final proposal to the U.S. Navy to provide combat system engineering services - including design, development, integration, test and life cycle support - for Aegis- ... more
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MISSILE DEFENSE

Boeing Submits Proposal for US Navy Aegis CSEA Contract
Boeing has submitted its proposal for the Combat System Engineering Agent (CSEA) contract for the U.S. Navy's Aegis Weapon System. "Boeing has assembled a strong team to support the next evolution o ... more
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MILTECH

French PM 'confident' of Brazil fighter jet deal
French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said Wednesday he was confident of selling Rafale fighter jets to Brazil and could beat off rival bids because the aircraft's technology cannot be matched. ... more
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MILTECH

Raytheon SDB 2 Flight Test Keeps Program Ahead of Schedule
Raytheon has completed a series of captive flight tests on the Small Diameter Bomb II tri-mode seeker, keeping the program ahead of schedule. The tests demonstrated that the company's tri-mode seeke ... more
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New Jammer Power System Passes Technology Readiness Tests
A critical power generation subsystem of Raytheon's Next Generation Jammer has demonstrated its technical maturity through successful completion of a series of sea and altitude level wind tunnel tes ... more
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Lockheed Martin Wins RF-ITV 2 Contract
Lockheed Martin has been awarded work by the U.S. Army's Product Manager, Joint-Automatic Identification Technology organization to provide operations and maintenance for the Radio Frequency In-Tran ... more
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UAV NEWS

US drone now Iran's 'property': defence minister
A US drone captured by Iran is now the "property" of the Islamic republic, Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi said on Tuesday, dismissing a request by US President Barack Obama for its return. ... more
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT

The hermit of Fukushima 'staying put' despite risks
Naoto Matsumura is tired of being accused of madness for refusing to leave his farm in the shadow of Japan's still-leaking Fukushima nuclear plant. ... more
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT

Japan minister questions radioactive water dump
Japan's industry minister Tuesday rejected a plan by the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to release low-level radioactive water into the sea without approval by local fishermen. ... more
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT

Google Street View explores Japan disaster zone
Google has published a bank of interactive images of the area of Japan hit by a huge quake and tsunami in March, letting viewers take a virtual walk through the zone before and after the disasters. ... more
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ENERGY TECH

The world's smallest steam engine
What would be a case for the repair shop for a car engine is completely normal for a micro engine. If it sputters, this is caused by the thermal motions of the smallest particles, which interfere wi ... more
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT

Scientists Assess Radioactivity in the Ocean from Japan Nuclear Power Facility
With current news of additional radioactive leaks from the Fukushima nuclear power plants, the impact on the ocean of releases of radioactivity from the plants remains unclear. But a new study by U. ... more
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