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| 11.19.2008 |
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Honeywell to Develop Miniature Gyroscope System for Air Force
[Satellite Today 11-19-08] Honeywell has been selected to provide the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory with a mini momentum control system for space missions, the company announced Nov. 18. The...
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| 11.18.2008 |
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Northrop Grumman Delivers Third Instrument for NPOESS Preparatory Project
[Satellite Today 11-18-08] The third of five sensors for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Preparatory Project (NPP) spacecraft has been delivered to NASA for spacecraft integration, Northrop Grumman announced...
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| 11.17.2008 |
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Czech Republic Joins ESA 
The Czech Republic joined the European Space Agency, ESA announced. That makes 18 nations holding membership in the...
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| 11.17.2008 |
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Boeing Adds Capabilities To Benefit GPS IIF System
The Boeing Co. [BA] will improve capabilities for technology in the Air Force Operational Control Segment (OCS) satellite ground-control system. That will permitthe system to operate the new Boeing-built Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellites in addition to...
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| 11.17.2008 |
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Kazakh Cosmonaut May Fly To Space Station Next Year
Kazakhstan will send a cosmonaut to the International Space Station a year or so from now, the Kazakh National Space Agency announced. But...
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| 11.17.2008 |
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NASA's Shuttle and Rocket Missions
Updated -- November 14, 2008 - 9:10 p.m. EST Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2008 Launches Date: Nov. 14 Mission: STS-126 Launch Vehicle: Space Shuttle Endeavour Launch Site: Kennedy Space Center - Launch Pad 39A...
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| 11.17.2008 |
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Endeavour Docks With International Space Station After Flawless Launch
Space Shuttle Endeavour thundered to the heavens and docked with the International Space Station to begin a major makeover of the orbiting laboratory. While the blazing, on-time launch at 7:55 p.m. ET Friday was a nighttime liftoff, it nonetheless was a lit...
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| 11.17.2008 |
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NASA Symposium Gives Small Firms Tips On How To Become Subcontractors
Leaders of small businesses received extensive tips from NASA prime-contractor officials on how to become subcontractors, during a two-day symposium at a Washington hotel. The tips included common-sense guidance, such as jumping to answer the phone if a prime...
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| 11.17.2008 |
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Hardware Arrives For Ares 1-X Test Flight
A major piece of hardware for the Ares 1-X rocket arrived at Kennedy Space Center last week. Ares, the rocket that someday will power Orion space capsule flights, is being developed by several contractors. Ares 1-X will launch in a test set for July. As for...
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| 11.17.2008 |
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NASA Awaits Two Studies Detailing How To Shrink Five-Year Travel Gap
NASA Administrator Mike Griffin is awaiting two studies probing how to shrink the yawning half-decade gap when NASA won't be able to take even one astronaut to low Earth orbit. That gap, as matters now stand, is to run from the 2010 retirement of the space...
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| 11.17.2008 |
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Hubble Telescope Sees Planet Orbiting Distant Star
The Hubble Space Telescope for the first time snapped a visible-light picture of a planet circling another star, NASA announced. The planet is called Formalhut b. While the Hubble and other observers have detected exoplanets circling other stars previously...
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| 11.17.2008 |
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Chandrayaan-1 Enters Lunar Orbit
Flag Of India Is Planted On Moon The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) unmanned spaceship Chandrayaan-1 entered lunar orbit successfully, ISRO announced. Then the spaceship ejected a lunar craft called the Moon Impact Probe that struck the surface of...
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| 11.14.2008 |
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MDA Wins Two Government Radarsat Contracts
[Satellite Today 11-14-08] MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) received a contract from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to begin the design of the Radarsat Constellation Mission (RCM), the CSA announced Nov. 14. The RCM aims to ensure...
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| 11.14.2008 |
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Thales Alenia Space to Supply Electronics for Spanish Satellite
[Satellite Today 11-14-08] Thales Alenia Space España has been awarded a 17 million euro ($21.5 million) contract by prime contractor Sener to supply electronics for the optical observation instrument on the Ingenio satellite, parent company Thales...
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| 11.12.2008 |
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MFG Galileo Completes Radome for ISRO Space Center
[Satellite Today 11-12-08] MFG Galileo Composites, a designer and manufacturer of composite radomes and reflectors, has completed an 18-foot composite radome installation for the Indian government’s...
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| 11.10.2008 |
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Lockheed Martin Team Wins $667.3 Million NASA Development Contract
[Satellite Today 11-10-08] A team led by Lockheed Martin was awarded the facilities development and operations contract for the Johnson Space Center by NASA, Lockheed Martin announced Nov. 10. Services...
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| 11.10.2008 |
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Polar 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 Space Systems Co. built the bird. NOAA-N Prime is...
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| 11.10.2008 |
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Northrop Delivers Ceres Sensor For NPOESS
The CERES sensor was delivered a week ahead of schedule and on budget for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Preparatory Project (NPP), Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] announced. Some members of Congress have...
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| 11.10.2008 |
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Contracts
NASA Gives Lockheed $667.3 Million To $977 Million Contract NASA gave Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] a $667.3 million to $977 million contract affecting hardware and other items needed for human spaceflight missions, with work centered at Johnson Space Center...
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| 11.10.2008 |
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NASA's Shuttle and Rocket Missions
Updated -- November 4, 2008 - 2:40 p.m. EST Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2008 Launches Date: Nov. 14 Mission: STS-126 Launch Vehicle: Space Shuttle Endeavour Launch Site: Kennedy Space Center - Launch Pad 39A...
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