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January 1999 Space News

  • Delta II Launch Stopped Due to Engine Ignition Failure Boeing 28 Jan 1999 -- The Boeing Delta launch team has determined this morning's launch attempt was stopped when one of the vehicle's two vernier engines on the first stage failed to ignite.
  • Boeing Signs Agreement for Delta IV Integration Facility Boeing 28 Jan 1999 -- The Boeing Company and Spaceport Florida Authority have entered into an agreement on the Horizontal Integration Facility (HIF) at Cape Canaveral Air Station, Fla., for its Delta IV family of launch vehicles.
  • Upper Level Winds Postpone Delta II Launch of ARGOS Satellite Boeing 27 Jan 1999 -- Officials have scrubbed the launch of a Boeing Delta II expendable launch vehicle carrying the ARGOS spacecraft for the U.S. Air Force due to upper level winds.
  • West Indian Space, Ltd. Announce Finalizing a Satellite Operating Partner Agreement with the Government of Israel Israel Aerospace Industries 26 Jan 1999 -- WEST INDIAN SPACE, LTD. ("WIS") announced that it has finalized a Satellite Operating Partner (SOPה) agreement with the Government of Israel to provide high resolution imaging services for a period of eight years, commencing by year end 1999 with the deployment of the Company's first satellite.
  • Patriots deploy to Turkey (AFPN) 25 Jan 1999 -- Elements of Patriot missile batteries from Germany deployed through the Kaiserslautern Military Community recently, en route to Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, at the request of the Turkish government.
  • VICE PRESIDENT GORE ANNOUNCES NEW GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM MODERNIZATION INITIATIVE January 25, 1999 -- Vice President Gore announced today a $400 million new initiative in the President's balanced budget that will modernize the Global Positioning System (GPS) and will add two new civil signals to future GPS satellites, significantly enhancing the service provided to civil, commercial, and scientific users worldwide.
  • Cohen announces national missile defense plan American Forces Press Service 22 Jan 1999 -- The Pentagon will spend $6.6 billion over the next six years to develop and possibly deploy a limited national missile defense system.
  • CLINTON ANNOUNCES INITIATIVES TO PROTECT US FROM WMD TERRORISM Wendy S. Ross USIA 22 January 1999 -- President Clinton says the United States must have in place programs that can protect the nation if "the enemies of peace" attempt to disable its computer and critical infrastructure systems or attack it with chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons of mass destruction.
  • FACT SHEET -- Funding for Domestic Preparedness and Critical Infrastructure Protection January 22, 1999
  • FACT SHEET: KEEPING AMERICA SECURE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY USIA 22 January 1999 -- President Clinton has made defending the United States against chemical and biological weapons a top national security priority. The possibility that outlaw nations and terrorist groups will seek to use these weapons represents one of the greatest threats to American security in the 21st century.
  • REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT ON KEEPING AMERICA SECURE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY January 22, 1999 -- The enemies of peace realize they cannot defeat us with traditional military means. So they are working on two new forms of assault, which you've heard about today: cyber attacks on our critical computer systems, and attacks with weapons of mass destruction -- chemical, biological, potentially even nuclear weapons.
  • White House Briefing January 22, 1999 -- The President has since the first day he came into office was very interested in making sure that we both prepare for and work to deter this kind of threat, whether it be chemical, biological or the increase threat of cyber terrorism. I think in his speech today he detailed some of the things he has done and some of the things he will or is proposing that we do.
  • KEEPING AMERICA SECURE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY - REMARKS BY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR SANDY BERGER; DR. JOSHUA LEDERBERG, NOBEL LAUREATE, AND JAMIE GORELICK, OF FANNIE MAE FOUNDATION January 22, 1999 -- . How do we respond to the threat of terrorists around the world, turning from bullets and bombs to even more insidious and potent weapons? What if they seek to use chemical, biological, even nuclear weapons? The United States must deal with these emerging threats now, so that the instruments of prevention develop at least as rapidly as the instruments of disruption.
  • TRANSCRIPT: RENO, SHALALA, CLARKE BRIEFING ON TERRORISM USIA 22 January 1999 -- President Clinton's National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure, and Counterterrorism, Dick Clarke, Attorney General Reno, and Secretary of Health and Human Services Shalala briefed the White House Press Corps January 22 on the emerging threats of biological, chemical and cyber terrorism.
  • Pentagon Repeats: Anthrax Vaccine is Safe Linda D. Kozaryn American Forces Press Service 22 January 1999 -- Pentagon officials insist the mandatory anthrax vaccine has proven to be safe. "It's safe and reliable," Pentagon Spokesman Ken Bacon said. "It works and has no side effects."
  • Reaction to Administration National Missile Defense plan - January 22, 1999 - John Isaacs - Council for a Livable World - In Russia - START II imperiled, In China - discomfort, From the Washington Post - more or less support, From the New York Times - endorsement of Clinton plan, From Jesse Helms - scrap the ABM Treaty
  • The U.S. has already spent over $100 billion on missile defenses with little to show; why throw good money after bad? - January 22, 1999 - John Isaacs - Council for a Livable World --To date, the U.S. has spent over $100 billion for a variety of national and theater missile systems. After more than 40 years, the U.S. should have learned that expensive defensive missile deployment is a dubious proposition.
  • THE QUESTION OF MISSILE DEFENSE Voice of America 22 January 1999 -- SENATOR JESSE HELMS, CHAIRMAN OF THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE, SAID A DEFENSE AGAINST INCOMING MISSILES IS URGENTLY NEEDED, THE SOONER THE BETTER, CONSIDERING U-S VULNERABILITY.
  • Upper Level Winds Postpone Delta II Launch of ARGOS Satellite Boeing 22 Jan 1999 -- Officials have scrubbed the launch of a Boeing Delta II expendable launch vehicle carrying the ARGOS spacecraft for the U.S. Air Force due to upper level wind constraints.
  • hard.copy Update 22 January 1999 ARTICLE CITATIONS FROM COMMERCIALLY PUBLISHED JOURNALS AND NEWSLETTERS
  • COHEN'S NATIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE STATEMENT: WHAT DID IT MEAN? - January 21, 1999 - John Isaacs - Council for a Livable World -- Cohen delivered a decidedly mixed message on National Missile Defense. As a result, different media and Republicans came away with decidedly diverse interpretations.
  • US DEVELOPING LIMITED MISSILE DEFENSE AGAINST ROGUE STATE THREAT Wendy S. Ross USIA 21 January 1999 -- A member of the National Security Council staff has confirmed that the United States is developing a limited national missile defense system to counter possible threats from rogue states.
  • CLINTON / CONGRESS / DEFENSE SPENDING Voice of America 21 January 1999 -- THE ADMINISTRATION PLEDGED TO SET ASIDE SIX-POINT-SIX-BILLION DOLLARS TO BUILD A LIMITED MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM. REPUBLICANS WERE PLEASED. LIBERAL DEMOCRATS WERE AGHAST.
  • Cohen Announces National Missile Defense Plan Douglas J. Gillert American Forces Press Service 21 January 1999 -- The Pentagon will spend $6.6 billion over the next six years to develop and possibly deploy a limited national missile defense system.
  • DoD News Briefing Thursday, January 21, 1999 -- Some members of the Connecticut Air National Guard have refused to take the anthrax vaccine, and some of them have even resigned over the issue. Every vaccine imposes some risk to people who might have other symptoms or some sort of syndromes. And there have been some reactions to the vaccine.
  • DoD News Briefing Thursday, January 21, 1999 -- Secretary Cohen said yesterday that we have made no decision to deploy and that won't be made for 17 months, until June of the year 2000. That's when we will address the deployment issue. Deterrence has worked since our nuclear forces were established in the 1940s, and we believe it will continue to work against countries such as Russia.
  • Weather Postpones Delta II Launch of ARGOS Satellite Boeing 21 Jan 1999 -- Officials have scrubbed the launch of a Boeing Delta II expendable launch vehicle carrying the ARGOS spacecraft for the U.S. Air Force due to adverse weather conditions in the local area.
  • MISSILE DEFENSES Voice of America 20 January 1999 -- PENTAGON OFFICIALS SAY THEY WILL PUT BILLIONS MORE DOLLARS INTO RESEARCH AND DEPLOYMENT OF VARIOUS DEFENSES AGAINST BALLISTIC MISSILES.
  • COHEN ANNOUNCES PLAN TO AUGMENT MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAMS January 20, 1999 - Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen announced today that the Defense Department plans to allocate additional funds to National Missile Defense (NMD) and Theater Missile Defense (TMD) programs to meet the growing ballistic missile threats from rogue states to U.S. forces deployed overseas and potentially to U.S. territory.
  • DoD News Briefing, Secretary Cohen and Gen. Shelton, Subject: Missile Defense -January 20, 1999 - I'm announcing today's decisions regarding how we'll decide to deploy a missile defense for America, how we'll address the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, the ABM Treaty, and how we are restructuring some of our programs to enable us to deploy capable missile defenses as quickly as possible. And while our NMD program is being conducted consistent with the terms of the ABM Treaty to date, our deployment might require modifications to the treaty and the Administration is working to determine the nature and the scope of these modifications. The ABM Treaty could be amended, for example, to shift from the one site in North Dakota that was originally agreed to, to put that in Alaska. It might require multiple sites.
  • Delta II Launch of ARGOS Satellite Postponed Boeing 20 Jan 1999 -- Officials have scrubbed this morning's launch of a Boeing Delta II expendable launch vehicle carrying the ARGOS spacecraft for the U.S. Air Force due to adverse weather conditions and range safety concerns.
  • DOD News Briefing, Missile Defense, 20 January 1999 - Lt. Gen. Lyles:
    As announced by Secretary Cohen, we've acknowledged and affirmed that the threat is real, and it's become more certain and growing in the near future. We've also acknowledged that we need to start dialogue and discussions with the Russians about the treaty, and activity is already underway to address that. By the summer of 2000 we would not have tested the actual booster for our kill vehicle and the interceptor. The kill vehicle itself, the exoatmospheric kill vehicle, will not be tested until a couple of years later, the final configuration.
    Dr. Ted Warner:
    We believe that the ABM Treaty has been amended in the past. We believe that the type of system we are proposing does not fundamentally challenge the strategic nuclear stalemate between Russia and the United States, and will not challenge it, and we intend to engage the Russians on this matter to seek to amend the treaty in a way that will sustain it as a cornerstone of our relationship, but at the same time will in fact allow us to proceed.
  • DOD News Briefing Charts on Missile Defense, 20 January 1999 - [4 charts, 929k PDF]
  • Titan IVA-20 Accident Investigation Board releases results (AFPN) 19 Jan 1999 -- Electrical shorts likely caused a Titan IVA rocket to self-destruct shortly after launch Aug. 12.
  • Delta II Launch of ARGOS Satellite Rescheduled for Wednesday Boeing 19 Jan 1999 -- The Boeing Delta II launch of the ARGOS spacecraft for the U.S. Air Force has been rescheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 20, at 2:37:51 a.m. PST. The launch window spans approximately nine minutes.
  • WHITE HOUSE BRIEFING ON STATE OF THE UNION January 19, 1999 -- Initiative number two is something we'll be talking about more on Friday -- is to deal far more aggressively with new threats to America's security and particularly defending ourselves against biological and chemical attacks and against cyber attacks to our computer networks.
  • Alliant Techsystems Awarded Contracts Valued at $4.2 Million to Build Composite Structures for Hughes Satellites ATK 18 Jan 1999 -- Alliant Techsystems said its Space and Strategic Systems Group has been awarded contracts valued at $4.2 million from Hughes Space and Communications Company, El Segundo, Calif., to build composite structures for two models of telecommunications satellites.
  • Winds Cause Further Delays in Delta II Launch of ARGOS Satellite Boeing 18 Jan 1999 -- Officials have opted to further delay the launch of a Boeing Delta II expendable launch vehicle carrying the ARGOS spacecraft for the U.S. Air Force.
  • Launch of ARGOS Spacecraft Postponed Boeing 16 Jan 1999 -- U.S. Air Force and Boeing officials have postponed Sunday's launch attempt of the ARGOS spacecraft. Continued wind and weather constraints have delayed the launch, scheduled to fly aboard a Boeing Delta II.
  • Delta II Launch of ARGOS Satellite Delayed Boeing 16 Jan 1999 -- Range safety concerns and wind constraints have delayed the launch of a Boeing Delta II expendable launch vehicle carrying the ARGOS spacecraft for the U.S. Air Force. The rocket was scheduled for launch at 2:39 a.m. PST.
  • Delta II Launch of ARGOS Satellite Scrubbed Boeing 15 Jan 1999 -- Officials scrubbed the launch of a Boeing Delta II expendable launch vehicle carrying the ARGOS spacecraft for the U.S. Air Force due to upper level wind constraints.
  • hard.copy Update 15 January 1999 ARTICLE CITATIONS FROM COMMERCIALLY PUBLISHED JOURNALS AND NEWSLETTERS
  • IRAQ-TURKEY-US Voice of America 14 January 1999 -- PENTAGON OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE CONSIDERING A TURKISH REQUEST TO DEPLOY U-S - BUILT MISSILE DEFENSES IN SOUTHERN TURKEY.
  • Boeing to Launch 28 Globalstar Satellites Boeing 11 Jan 1999 -- Boeing and Space Systems/Loral, a wholly owned subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications, finalized agreements to launch 28 Globalstar satellites on a total of seven Delta II rockets, six in 1999 and one in 2000.
  • hard.copy Update 08 January 1999 ARTICLE CITATIONS FROM COMMERCIALLY PUBLISHED JOURNALS AND NEWSLETTERS
  • DoD News Briefing Thursday, January 7, 1999 -- We're going to have a crucial test in June. And it will be an interceptor test. I think that will give us a good indication of where this system stands. There are other interceptor tests planned for later in the year or early next year. And the full system test will involve sensors to discriminate between warheads and decoys. It will involve the radar picking up the target, discriminating the target from the decoys and then actually trying to hit it.
  • Lockheed Martin Extends COMSAT Tender Offer Until March 4, 1999 Lockheed Martin 07 Jan 1999 -- Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE:LMT) said that its wholly owned subsidiary, Regulus, LLC, is extending its offer to purchase up to 49% (less certain adjustments) of the outstanding shares of common stock of COMSAT Corporation (NYSE:CQ) at a price of $45.50 per share, net to the seller in cash, until 12:00 midnight, New York City time, on Thursday, March 4, 1999.
  • ARGOS Satellite Serves as Platform for Leading-Edge Technology and Research Boeing 06 Jan 1999 -- A Boeing-built satellite that will serve as an on-orbit platform for leading-edge technology is set for a January launch aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
  • Lockheed Martin Global Telecommunications Becomes Equity Partner in Asia Cellular Satellite Lockheed Martin 05 Jan 1999 -- Lockheed Martin Global Telecommunications and ASIA Cellular Satellite (ACeS) -- a company formed by Indonesia's Pasifik Satelit Nusantara (PSN), Thailand's Jasmine International Overseas Company Ltd., and the Philippines Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) -- announced the addition of Lockheed Martin Global Telecommunications as a major equity participant in the venture.
  • Theater Missile Defense Initiative 98 - Exercise Information Second Fleet Public Affairs January 1999 -- More than 24,000 U.S. joint service members as well as personnel and units from allied nations will participate in Joint Task Force Exercise (JTFEX) 99-1. This exercise has been directed by Commander in Chief, United States Atlantic Command, Adm. Harold W. Gehman, Jr., USN. The exercise will be conducted by Vice Adm. William J. Fallon, USN, Commander, United States Second Fleet and Commander, Striking Fleet Atlantic.



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