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June 1999 Space News

  • ORBITAL SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCTS FIRST FLIGHT TEST OF X-34 ROCKETPLANE Orbital Sciences Corp. 30 Jun 1999 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation announced that it successfully began the flight test phase of its X-34 reusable launch vehicle program on Tuesday, June 29, 1999, when the first of a series of "captive-carry" flights was conducted from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, California.
  • U.S. revives effort to create missile defense systemBY JACK KELLY Toledo Blade June 30, 1999 -- Clinton's is a recent conversion. North Korea helped change his mind - and those of some skeptics in Congress. Allegations that China stole U.S. nuclear secrets built momentum. "This dog won't hunt," says John Pike of the Federation of American Scientists. "Fifteen intercept tests [in space] have been attempted since 1982. Thirteen have failed."
  • CONGRESS / MISSILE DEFENSE Voice of America 29 June 1999 -- THE U-S CONGRESS HAS FINALLY SENT PRESIDENT CLINTON A COPY OF THE MISSILE DEFENSE BILL FOR HIS SIGNATURE. THE LEGISLATION, PASSED BY THE HOUSE AND SENATE MONTHS AGO, CLEARED CAPITOL HILL EASILY.
  • DoD News Briefing Tuesday, June 29, 1999 - The fact of the matter is that everything we know about this vaccine makes it, shows us that it's incredibly safe. There was extensive testing before the vaccination process began. Secretary Cohen ordered that a number of tests be met. Those tests were met. Since we began vaccinating members of the armed services against exposure to anthrax, almost 900,000 shots have been given. The adverse reaction rate is a minuscule .009 percent.
  • ORBITAL'S FUSE SATELLITE DISPLAYING FLAWLESS PERFORMANCE DURING EARLY IN-ORBIT CHECKOUT Orbital Sciences Corp. 25 Jun 1999 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation announced that the company's latest spacecraft, the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE), is in excellent health following a successful launch aboard a Delta II rocket on June 24, 1999. As a result of data gathered from initial tests, a team of Orbital engineers has determined that the 3,000-lb.
  • BMD UPDATE 25 June 1999 -- Article Citations Gathered From Published Journals and Newsletters
  • Boeing Delta III Investigation Identifies Probable Cause For Premature Engine Shutdown Boeing 25 Jun 1999 -- Boeing officials said that they have identified a probable scenario for the premature shutdown of the second-stage engine during the May 4 Delta III flight. The unexpected event resulted in a communications satellite being placed into a lower than planned orbit.
  • U.S. Navy proves Kinetic Warhead's capability for Theater Wide Missile Defense NAVSEA Public Affairs 24 June 1999 -- The U.S. Navy successfully tested a surrogate STANDARD Missile-3 (SM-3) Kinetic Warhead (KW) for its theater wide missile defense system.
  • Anthrax Vaccine Safe, Effective, Health Chief Says By Jim Garamone American Forces Press Service 24 June 1999 -- With almost a million shots given, the anthrax immunization is proving to be one of the safest vaccination program on record, said Dr. Sue Bailey, assistant secretary of defense for health affairs.
  • Boeing Delta II Boosts NASA Satellite Telescope Into Orbit Boeing 24 Jun 1999 -- A Boeing Delta II launch vehicle lifted off at 11:44 a.m. EDT placing a satellite telescope into orbit that will increase astronomers' abilities to test basic theories about the evolution of galaxies and the formation of the universe.
  • ORBITAL-BUILT FUSE SPACECRAFT READY FOR LAUNCH Orbital Sciences Corp. 23 Jun 1999 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation announced that the company-built Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) spacecraft has completed preparations for a June 24, 1999 launch aboard a Delta II rocket.
  • Inclement Weather Hampers Boeing Delta II Launch Preparations Boeing 21 Jun 1999 -- Inclement weather has hampered preparation for the launch of a Boeing Delta II carrying a NASA satellite telescope from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Fla.
  • BMD Update 18 June 1999 -- Article Citations From Published Journals And Newsletters
  • Boeing Delta II to Launch Satellite Telescope for NASA Boeing 17 Jun 1999 -- Scientists will have another tool to study the origins of the universe when a Boeing Delta II places a satellite telescope into orbit on June 23 from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Fla. The 78-minute launch window opens at 11:39 a.m. EDT.
  • Sea Launch Receives Additional Hughes Launch Service Orders Boeing 16 Jun 1999 -- Sea Launch announced four confirmed orders from Hughes Space and Communications (HSC) for delivery-on-orbit satellite launch service contracts. The new orders fall within the 2001 to 2003 timeframe and bring the Sea Launch manifest to 19 confirmed launches.
  • Missile system faces big test Deb Price Detroit News Tuesday, June 15, 1999 -- "Nothing is ever a done deal, but this is getting closer to being a done deal," says John Pike, a defense analyst who opposes the system at the Federation of American Scientists. "It has a lot to do with political posturing and not much to do with national security planning," says Pike, referring to the upcoming White House election.
  • Air defense system hits target (Army News Service, June 14, 1999) -- The THAAD system made a successful intercept of a HERA target in a June 10 flight test at White Sands Missile Range, N.M.
  • Lockheed Martin Corporation elated by Marco Morales The Eagle Special Edition, June 1999 -- Infra-red imagery from the THAAD seeker shows THAAD closing with the HERA target during the successful June 10 flight test. The imagery shows THAAD zeroing in on a specific spot on the Hera target, a feat of incredible accuracy due to the high closing speed involved.
  • Behind every success there is a history by Sharon Watkins-Lang The Eagle Special Edition, June 1999 -- THAAD program chronology
  • ORBITAL SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCTS STATIC FIRE TEST OF NEW LOW-COST ROCKET ENGINE Orbital Sciences Corp. 14 Jun 1999 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation announced that it has successfully tested an advanced, low-cost upper stage rocket engine that the company is developing for the Upper Stage Flight Experiment (USFE) program, a joint program between the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the U.S. Air Force.
  • Government Report Says 3 Nations Hide Stocks of Smallpox By WILLIAM J. BROAD AND JUDITH MILLER The New York Times 13 June 1999 -- A secret federal intelligence assessment completed earlier this year concludes that Iraq, North Korea and Russia are probably concealing the deadly smallpox virus for military use. The assessment is based on evidence that includes disclosures by a senior Soviet defector, blood samples from North Korean soldiers that show smallpox vaccinations, although some experts said such immunity could come from routine vaccinations years earlier, and the fairly recent manufacture of smallpox vaccine by Iraq. The American military stopped routinely vaccinating troops against smallpox in the late 1980's.
  • BMD Update 11 June 1999 -- Article Citations From Published Journals And Newsletters
  • Moneyline News Hour with Lou Dobbs CNN 10 June 1999 -- John Pike of the Federation of American Scientists: "It's a lot easier to hit one of our own targets on a test range than it is for them to actually intercept nuclear-tipped missiles in a combat environment."
  • Missile shot out of sky in successful test of defense system CNN 10 June 1999 -- "It's a lot easier to hit one of our own targets on a test range than it is for them to actually intercept nuclear-tipped missiles in a combat environment," said John Pike of the Federation of American Scientists.
  • thaad.gif (165465 bytes)DoD News Briefing SUBJECT: THAAD Flight (Intercept) 10 June 1999 -- I'm very happy to announce that the Theater High Altitude Area Defense System, which we call THAAD, flight test number 10, was conducted successfully this morning at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. The primary objective of the test was a body-to-body intercept of a theater ballistic missile target in high endoatmospheric regime, roughly between 60 to 100 kilometers. This objective was achieved. Why the spiral? That's the Energy Management System, the THAAD Energy Management System that is employed, based on where they expect the target, at what altitude they expect to intercept the target. Distance between target and launcher: approximately 170 kilometers. The target is launched. It reaches an apogee of roughly 314 kilometers, about 5 and a half minutes into flight. Three more flight tests using these prototype missiles are currently scheduled. The next test, fight test 11, is going to be ready in July. It will be a separating warhead, exoatmospheric above 100 kilometers. The flight test number 12 will be in the mid-endoatmospheric regime, basically in the 50- to 60-kilometer regime, and it will be a unitary warhead. We're looking at the September time period, September-October time period, for that test. We only have three missiles left, for 11, 12 and 13. That's the remaining hardware that we have available that has been integrated. We have spare parts that would allow us to do two additional tests if we had to. The THAAD program is scheduled to enter engineering and manufacture and development, or what we call EMD, when a total of three successful intercepts are achieved. We have designed a program that is being baselined to have the first unit equipped in 2007. Navy Theater-Wide, we are looking at an intercept which we call flight test 3, in the mid-2000 time period.
  • Hera target used in successful intercept 10 June 1999 -- The Hera target system, developed by the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC) for the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO), flew at White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), N.M., on June 10, as the target for the successful intercept test of the Theater High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, missile.
  • Airborne laser participates in Roving Sands exercise 10 Jun 1999 (AFPN) -- The airborne laser is participating in "Roving Sands '99," the world's largest joint tactical air operations exercise, starting June 15.
  • Key Space Station Hardware Is Enroute to Kennedy Space Center Boeing 10 Jun 1999 -- A key element of what will become the backbone of the orbiting International Space Station is on its way to NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., aboard the Super Guppy transport aircraft.
  • Four Additional Globalstar Satellites on Orbit Thanks to Boeing Delta Boeing 10 Jun 1999 -- A Boeing Delta II placed four satellites into orbit for the emerging Globalstar telecommunications company.
  • Lockheed Martin's THAAD Missile Records First Target Intercept Over White Sands Missile Range Lockheed Martin 10 Jun 1999 -- The Theater High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) weapon system, built by Lockheed Martin Missiles & Space, successfully intercepted a target missile over White Sands Missile Range, NM.
  • Weather Delays Boeing Delta II Launch, Team Preparing To Target Two Opportunities Tomorrow Boeing 09 Jun 1999 -- Boeing officials secured a Delta II rocket carrying four communications satellites at 7 a.m., and scrubbed's launch attempt when inclement weather moved into the local area here.
  • Boeing launch of Globalstar 3 scrubbed due to weather Boeing 08 Jun 1999 -- Officials scrubbed's launch of a Boeing Delta II rocket carrying four satellites for the Globalstar communications system due to inclement weather.
  • THAAD Missile Test Flight Scheduled For Today PostponedPRESS ADVISORY No. 158-P June 8, 1999 -- The tenth flight test for the Theater High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile system scheduled for today at the White Sands Missile Range, N.M., has been postponed. A loss of commercial power to the THAAD equipment last night caused the delay.
  • Rescheduled THAAD Test Set For Tuesday, June 8, 1999 No. 089-M MEMORANDUM FOR CORRESPONDENTS June 7, 1999
  • Launch Window Extended for Upcoming Boeing Delta II Launch Boeing 05 Jun 1999 -- A Boeing Delta II 7420-10 stands ready at Cape Canaveral Air Station (CCAS),Fla., for the launch of four Globalstar satellites for Space Systems/Loral on June 8. Space Systems/Loral has extended the launch window to three minutes from the previously planned one-minute time frame. The launch window still opens at 10:20:50 a.m. EDT.
  • MEADS International Receives Marching Orders To Develop MEADS Lockheed Martin 04 Jun 1999 -- MEADS International and Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control representatives met with NATO MEADS Management Authority (NAMEADSMA) officials in Huntsville, Ala. May 27-28 to discuss the next steps in technology development and risk reduction efforts in support of the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS).
  • Conference Targets Major Military Enemy: Biology By Douglas J. Gillert American Forces Press Service 02 June 1999 -- Few American military physicians have seen one of medicine's -- and the military's -- most treacherous enemies: anthrax. To learn about the deadly biological agent, they rely, instead, on textbooks and reports from foreign countries that have experienced anthrax attacks.
  • Boeing Delta II Rocket Prepared to Launch Four Satellites (Revised) Boeing 02 Jun 1999 -- The first of four Boeing Delta II launches in a three month period for Space Systems/Loral and the Globalstar satellite telephony system is scheduled to take place from here on June 8.
  • Tactical High Energy Laser program is alive and well 01 June 1999 - The Tactical High Energy Laser, or THEL, program, a joint program between the United States and Israel, had run into difficulties because of contract schedule delays and cost overruns. On May 27, TRW and the Army reached an agreement, in principle, to continue the contract by modifying it. Under the contract modification, the Government and TRW will share 50/50 in contract costs exceeding $130.8 million until TRW has successfully shot down a Katyusha rocket with a THEL.
  • Low Cost Cruise Missile Defense (LCCMD) Program Slides (1169KB) Script (12KB)
    LTC Ed Gjermundsen DARPATech 99, June 1999



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