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May 1999 Space News

  • BMD Update 28 May 1999 -- Article Citations From Published Journals And Newsletters
  • Pentagon keeps faith in troubled missile-defense system CNN May 26, 1999 - The military calls it "hit to kill" technology, hitting a bullet with a bullet. Critics, however, believe the concept is flawed. "It's certainly not going to be able to intercept all of them all of the time," said John Pike, director of space policy for the Federation of American Scientists in Washington. "If we're talking about incoming nuclear missiles, that imperfect defense is going to simply be a false sense of security," he told CNN.
  • OR&SS Part of International Team To Develop MEADS Air Defense system Lockheed Martin 26 May 1999 -- Lockheed Martin Ocean, Radar & Sensor Systems (OR&SS) will lead efforts in sensor development as part of a winning team for the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) to be supplied to NATO.
  • Target missile problem thwarts missile test The Associated Press May 26, 1999 -- "It's not a reliable weapon given the number of failures they've had so far; it's not going to be a reliable weapon anytime soon," said John Pike, director of space policy for the Federation of American Scientists in Washington, D.C.
  • THAAD'S 10TH Test Flight Scheduled for Tuesday, May 25 The Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) and the U.S. Army plan to intercept a target ballistic missile in a flight test scheduled for Tuesday, May 25,1999, at White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), N.M. This will be the 10th test in a series of 13 flight tests currently planned in the Program Definition and Risk Reduction phase of the development of the Theater High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system. If the test goes as planned, the THAAD interceptor upper stage kill vehicle will hit and destroy the target.
  • MISSILE DEFENSE TEST FAILURE Voice of America 25 May 1999 -- THE TROUBLED U-S MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAM SUFFERED ANOTHER DELAY (TUESDAY) WHEN A TARGET MISSILE WENT ASTRAY, FORCING CANCELLATION OF A KEY TEST OF THE ARMY'S ANTI MISSILE SYSTEM. THE MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR PROGRAM HAS SEEN A STRING OF COSTLY AND EMBARRASSING FAILURES.
  • THAAD TENTH FLIGHT TEST LAUNCH ABORTED May 25, 1999 -- The scheduled Theater High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, flight test at the White Sands Missile Range, N.M., was aborted at 7:14 a.m. (EDT) when the Hera target missile malfunctioned.
  • DoD News Briefing Tuesday, May 25, 1999 -- The target, a Hera rocket, was supposed to at a certain point in its flight path, turn down. Instead, it began to tumble chaotically out of control.
  • ORBITAL'S MUBLCOM SATELLITE COMPLETES PRELIMINARY IN-ORBIT CHECK-OUT Orbital Sciences Corp. 24 May 1999 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation announced that the Multiple Path Beyond Line-of-Sight Communications (MUBLCOM) satellite that the company built and launched for the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is displaying flawless in-orbit performance as it completes preliminary in-orbit testing.
  • U-S MISSILE TEST Voice of America - 24 May 1999 - DEFENSE ANALYST JOHN PIKE, OF THE FEDERATION OF AMERICAN SCIENTISTS SAYS THE TECHNOLOGY IS NOT YET UP TO THE TASK.
  • New Anti-Missile System to Be Tested This Week By WILLIAM J. BROAD The New York Times May 24, 1999 -- "It's amazing," said John Pike, head of space policy for the Federation of American Scientists, a private group in Washington skeptical of missile defenses. "If you talk about clean, unambiguous, hit-a-bullet-with-a-bullet kinds of tests, they still haven't done it."
  • W-H-O / SMALLPOX Voice of America 24 May 1999 -- THE 191-NATION WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION -- NEARING THE END OF ITS ANNUAL POLICY-MAKING ASSEMBLY -- HAS DECIDED TO RETAIN STOCKS OF THE DEADLY SMALLPOX VIRUS.
  • BMD Update 21 May 1999 -- Article Citations From Published Journals And Newsletters
  • MEADS International Selected With Lockheed Martin To Develop $300M MEADS Air Defense Technology Lockheed Martin 19 May 1999 -- NATO selected Lockheed Martin as a member of MEADS International to develop the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS).
  • Boeing Convenes Investigation Board Following Failed Delta III Launch Boeing 18 May 1999 -- A senior investigation board has been convened by the Boeing Company to investigate the May 4 failure of a Delta III rocket to place the Hughes-built Orion 3 satellite into proper orbit. Dr. Russell Reck, director of Engineering Technology, Boeing Expendable Launch Systems was immediately appointed investigation Chairman, and has since announced the following appointments to that board.
  • ORBITAL’S PEGASUS ROCKET SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHES TWO U.S. GOVERNMENT SATELLITES Orbital Sciences Corp. 18 May 1999 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation announced that its Pegasus® rocket successfully launched two satellites for U.S. Government customers.
  • Possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Greece MEMORANDUM FOR CORRESPONDENTS May 18, 1999 -- The Department of Defense announced today that the Government of Greece has requested a possible sale of PATRIOT Missile System support equipment.
  • W-H-O SMALLPOX Voice of America 18 May 1999 -- THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SAYS THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY REMAINS DEEPLY DIVIDED OVER A PROPOSAL TO DESTROY THE REMAINING STOCKS OF THE SMALLPOX VIRUS, WHICH ARE CURRENTLY LOCKED UP IN HIGH SECURITY LABORATORIES IN THE UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA. THE 191 MEMBER WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY MEETING IN GENEVA IS EXPECTED TO VOTE ON THE ISSUE IN THE COMING DAYS.
  • BMD Update 14 May 1999 -- Article Citations From Published Journals And Newsletters
  • PAC-3 Intercept Test Scheduled for SummerMEMORANDUM FOR CORRESPONDENTS 069-M May 13, 1999 -- The Ballistic Missile Defense Organization and the U.S. Army will conduct in mid-summer an intercept flight test of a Patriot Advance Capability (PAC-3) missile at White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), N.M. A launch had been scheduled for this week but was delayed because of the potential threat of forest fires due to extreme drought conditions in the target debris zone.
  • Lockheed Martin Names Comprehensive Space Sector Review Panel Lockheed Martin 10 May 1999 -- Lockheed Martin has named Thomas Moorman as vice chairman and nine additional independent experts as members of the Space & Strategic Missiles Sector comprehensive review panel announced May 4.
  • Boeing Delta III Second-Stage Suspect in Launch Failure Boeing 09 May 1999 -- Last night a Boeing Delta III rocket placed the Orion 3 satellite into a lower-than-expected orbit. Officials have made contact with the spacecraft, which was placed into an orbit 85 nautical miles by 744 nautical miles high.
  • BMD Update 07 May 1999 -- Article Citations From Published Journals And Newsletters
  • Boeing News Boeing Delta III Failure Linked to Upper-Stage Engine Systems Boeing 06 May 1999 -- Based on a preliminary data review of the May 4 Delta III launch failure, Boeing officials are focusing on a hardware issue related to the rocket's second-stage engine system.
  • Boeing Delta III Places Satellite in Lower-than-Expected Orbit Boeing 04 May 1999 -- A Boeing Delta III rocket apparently placed a telecommunications satellite into a lower-than-expected orbit this evening. Telemetry data is being gathered to assess the situation. The problem appears to be related to the second stage's second burn. This was the second flight of the Delta III.
  • REPORT ON THEATER MISSILE DEFENSE ARCHITECTURE OPTIONS IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION - May 4, 1999 -- The Secretary of Defense has submitted to Congress his report on Theater Missile Defense Architecture Options for the Asia-Pacific Region. This report quantifies the architecture force structure needed to provide coverage against specific theater ballistic missile threats to most of the territories for Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan.
  • Boeing Launch of Delta III, Orion 3 Satellite Set for Tuesday Boeing 03 May 1999 -- The Delta launch team is assembled at Cape Canaveral Air Station, Fla., for the Tuesday, May 4, launch of a Boeing Delta III carrying the Orion 3 satellite.



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