July 2000 Space News

International Space Station's First Truss Element Moves Closer to Launch Boeing 31 Jul 2000 -- The Boeing Company International Space Station team officially handed over the ceremonial key to the Boeing-built Z1 truss to the NASA shuttle integration team.
Sea Launch Delivers PAS-9 Satellite to Orbit Boeing 28 Jul 2000 -- Sea Launch, the multinational ocean-based launch services company, returned to flight operations with a perfect launch of the PAS-9 satellite.
DoD News Briefing - NMD Test Failure, U.S. Department of Defense, 27 July 2000 -- Q: Ken, it's been three weeks since the NMD failure. Have there any preliminary decisions -- been any preliminary decisions? And are we going to get a briefing anytime soon on why it didn't separate from the booster?
DoD News Briefing - NMD, U.S. Department of Defense, 27 July 2000 -- Q: The obvious topic we wanted to start out with was missile defense, where we stand, where you stand now in your process in deciding whether you recommend to proceed with the project.
DoD News Briefing - NMD Test Failure, U.S. Department of Defense, 27 July 2000 -- Q: Ken, it's been three weeks since the NMD failure. Have there any preliminary decisions -- been any preliminary decisions? And are we going to get a briefing anytime soon on why it didn't separate from the booster?
DoD News Briefing - NMD, U.S. Department of Defense, 27 July 2000 -- Q: The obvious topic we wanted to start out with was missile defense, where we stand, where you stand now in your process in deciding whether you recommend to proceed with the project.
Boeing, Khrunichev Propose Commercial Space Module Boeing 27 Jul 2000 -- The Boeing Company and Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center announced a cooperative planning effort to market a commercial space module (CSM) that could attach to the International Space Station (ISS).
Cohen on Mational Missile Defense, U.S. Department of Defense, 25 July 2000 -- Statement of Secretary of Defense William Cohen before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on National Missile Defense.
Boeing and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Continue to Broaden Airplanes and Space Program Relationships Boeing 25 Jul 2000 --, executives of The Boeing Company and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) met to celebrate the signing of a teaming agreement to reinforce their ongoing commitment to the future of the International Space Station (ISS). Additionally, they agreed to explore new opportunities in the field of aerospace as they continue to jointly expand their global aerospace businesses.
Pratt & Whitney Space Propulsion Enters The Electronic Propulsion Market Pratt & Whitney 24 Jul 2000 -- Whitney (P&W) Space Propulsion, a unit of United Technologies Corporation, announced its acquisition of Space Power Incorporated (SPI) in a move which will expand P&W's product line within the space propulsion market.
Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile scores third intercept, U.S. Department of Defense, 24 July 2000 -- The Ballistic Missile Defense Organization and the U.S. Army conducted a test of the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missile at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., Saturday 22, at 8:15 a.m. Mountain Daylight Time. Preliminary test data indicate the test was successful.
PAC-3 INTERCEPT TEST TO BE CONDUCTED AT WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, U.S. Department of Defense, 21 July 2000 -- The Ballistic Missile Defense Organization and the U.S. Army plan to conduct an intercept test flight of a Patriot Advanced Capability 3 (PAC-3) Missile at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., Saturday, July 22, at approximately 7:00 a.m. Mountain Daylight Time.
PAC-3 INTERCEPT TEST TO BE CONDUCTED AT WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, U.S. Department of Defense, 21 July 2000 -- The Ballistic Missile Defense Organization and the U.S. Army plan to conduct an intercept test flight of a Patriot Advanced Capability 3 (PAC-3) Missile at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., Saturday, July 22, at approximately 7:00 a.m. Mountain Daylight Time.
ORBITAL SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHES MINOTAUR ROCKET FOR U.S. AIR FORCE Orbital Sciences Corp. 20 Jul 2000 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced that it successfully launched a Minotaur rocket for the U.S. Air Force in a mission that took place late yesterday afternoon from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
DoD News Briefing - Theater Missile Defense, U.S. Department of Defense, 18 July 2000 -- Q: Has the recent test of the Iranian missile reinforced DoD's commitment to fast, deployable theater missile defenses, such as the Patriot, PAC-3 or the THAAD, to getting those things out there as soon as possible?
Joint Statement by the Presidents of the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation on Anti-Missile Defense, 18 July 2000 - [The US NMD program], if implemented, will give rise to most serious negative consequences on the security of not only Russia, China and other countries, but the United States itself and global strategic stability as well. In this context, China and Russia have registered their unequivocal opposition to the above programme.
Press Briefing, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 18 July 2000 -- QUESTION: Do you have anything more than Joe said about the Chinese-Russian statement on NMD?
DoD News Briefing - Theater Missile Defense, U.S. Department of Defense, 18 July 2000 -- Q: Has the recent test of the Iranian missile reinforced DoD's commitment to fast, deployable theater missile defenses, such as the Patriot, PAC-3 or the THAAD, to getting those things out there as soon as possible?
Joint Statement by the Presidents of the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation on Anti-Missile Defense, 18 July 2000 - [The US NMD program], if implemented, will give rise to most serious negative consequences on the security of not only Russia, China and other countries, but the United States itself and global strategic stability as well. In this context, China and Russia have registered their unequivocal opposition to the above programme.
Press Briefing, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 18 July 2000 -- QUESTION: Do you have anything more than Joe said about the Chinese-Russian statement on NMD?
Joint Press Conference with Australian Minister of Defense John C. Moore - Australia and NMD, U.S. Department of Defense, 17 July 2000 -- Q: Sir, Bernard Lagan, Sydney Morning Herald. What role could Australia play in your national missile defense system?
PRESS BRIEFING BY LAEL BRAINARD, DEPUTY NATIONAL ECONOMIC ADVISOR AND JIM STEINBERG, DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR, source, 17 July 2000 - Q: Jim, how significant do you expect national missile defense to be an issue with [Prime Minister Blair] in view of the failure of the test? And the foreign ministers last week said that they stress the importance of maintaining the ABM treaty. Do you read that as a criticism of NMD?
Joint Press Conference with Australian Minister of Defense John C. Moore - Australia and NMD, U.S. Department of Defense, 17 July 2000 -- Q: Sir, Bernard Lagan, Sydney Morning Herald. What role could Australia play in your national missile defense system?
PRESS BRIEFING BY LAEL BRAINARD, DEPUTY NATIONAL ECONOMIC ADVISOR AND JIM STEINBERG, DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR, source, 17 July 2000 - Q: Jim, how significant do you expect national missile defense to be an issue with [Prime Minister Blair] in view of the failure of the test? And the foreign ministers last week said that they stress the importance of maintaining the ABM treaty. Do you read that as a criticism of NMD?
Boeing Delta II Launches Global Positioning Satellite for U.S. Air Force Boeing 16 Jul 2000 -- A Boeing [NYSE: BA] Delta II rocket successfully placed the 29th Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite into orbit aboard a Delta rocket. Every GPS satellite launched to date has been carried into its nearly 10,900 mile elliptical transfer orbit by Delta rockets (excluding the Block I satellites used during the research and development phase of the GPS program).
Air Force Successfully Launches Global Positioning System Satellite Built by Lockheed Martin Lockheed Martin 16 Jul 2000 -- A Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite built by Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Sunnyvale, CA, was successfully launched early this morning from Cape Canaveral Air Station, FL.
NMD: Failed Test Prompts New Criticism; Speculation About Clinton Decision, Foreign Media Reaction Reports, 14 July 2000 - Foreign media commentary on the failure of the US NMD test.
Boeing Delta II to Launch Global Positioning Satellite for U.S. Air Force Boeing 14 Jul 2000 -- A Boeing [NYSE: BA] Delta II rocket is scheduled to launch a U.S. Air Force Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite at 5:17 a.m. EDT on Sunday, July 16, from Space Launch Complex 17A at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The launch window is 26 minutes.
International Launch Services and Lockheed Martin Team with Space Systems/Loral for Successful EchoStar Launch Lockheed Martin 14 Jul 2000 -- A Lockheed Martin Atlas IIAS rocket roared into space early this morning from Complex 36 Pad B, successfully placing the Space Systems/Loral-built EchoStar VI satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit. Liftoff occurred right on time at 1:21 a.m. EDT followed by successful spacecraft separation just under 30 minutes later.
NMD: Failed Test Prompts New Criticism; Speculation About Clinton Decision, Foreign Media Reaction Reports, 14 July 2000 - Foreign media commentary on the failure of the US NMD test.
DoD News Briefing - NMD, U.S. Department of Defense, 13 July 2000 -- Q: Admiral, three prominent Democratic senators today asked President Clinton to delay a decision on the national missile defense. I just wondered, how committed is the Pentagon to a 2005 deployment and what difference would it make if President Clinton leaves the decision to the next administration?
DoD News Briefing - NMD, U.S. Department of Defense, 13 July 2000 -- Q: Admiral, three prominent Democratic senators today asked President Clinton to delay a decision on the national missile defense. I just wondered, how committed is the Pentagon to a 2005 deployment and what difference would it make if President Clinton leaves the decision to the next administration?
ANOTHER ANTI-MISSILE TEST FAILS, Voice of America, 12 July 2000 -- The United States continues to debate building a National Missile Defense System, but the latest test firing of a missile designed to knock down an aggressor missile failed.
U.S. Air Force Funds First Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Mission Boeing 11 Jul 2000 -- The U. S. Air Force has authorized production of the first Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle -- a Boeing Delta IV -- to support the Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS).
U.S. AIR FORCE DECLARES THE ORBITAL-BUILT TSX-5 SATELLITE FULLY FUNCTIONAL AHEAD OF SCHEDULE Orbital Sciences Corp. 11 Jul 2000 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced that the U.S. Air Force recently declared the Tri-Service Experiments Mission 5 (TSX-5) 'fully functional' nearly two weeks earlier than the scheduled 30-day in-orbit 'checkout' period.
U-S/MISSILE DEFENSE Voice of America 09 July 2000 -- Key U-S senators are urging President Clinton to let his successor decide whether to build a proposed U-S anti-ballistic missile system.
Pentagon Missile Defense Test Fails By Jim Banke SPACE.com 08 July 2000 - "If this was a real war we would have just lost Chicago," John Pike, director of space policy at the Federation of American Scientists in Washington D.C., said after the test. "Aunt Minnie and the rest of the city would be ashes in the stratosphere right now."
Statement By Governor George W. Bush Regarding Missile Defense Saturday, July 08, 2000 - While last night's test is a disappointment, I remain confident that, given the right leadership, America can develop an effective missile defense system.
ANTI-MISSILE TEST UPDATE Voice of America 08 July 2000 -- Pentagon Officials say the U-S National Missile Defense system missed its target in a critical test Saturday Morning. The failure may give new ammunition to critics who say the 60-billion dollar system won't work.
UPDATE ON NATIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE INTERCEPT TEST Saturday, July 08, 2000 - The PLV started to tumble slowly after it made an energy management maneuver designed to keep it safely within the confines of the missile test range. The second anomaly was that the EKV never received a message from the PLV indicating that the second stage rocket motor had completed its propellant burn.
DoD News Briefing - Presenter: Lieutenant General Ronald Kadish, Director, BMDO Saturday, July 8, 2000 - 1:37 a.m. EDT -- We did not intercept the warhead that we expected to have tonight. We had only one anomaly with the target launch in that we did not get the decoy balloon to inflate, so it was an uninflated decoy. We were able to determine from the X-band radar that the balloon didn't inflate. We launched the interceptor. But we failed to have the kill vehicle separate from the booster second stage. The next test that's scheduled right now is in the October/November time period. The Secretary and President will be deciding not just on technical feasibility, but on other considerations as well. The booster is going to be the gating item for the second decision which is the one in '01, and that's the decision whether you're going to actually deploy and make a commitment to the radars.
NATIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE CONDUCTS INTERCEPT TEST July 8, 2000 - An intercept was not achieved due to an apparent failure of the interceptor's kill vehicle to separate from the interceptor's second stage rocket motor.
JOHN PIKE DISCUSSES FAILURE OF MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM, SATURDAY TODAY - NBC, 08 July 2000 -- ...overall it doesn't look like this system is going to solve any problems. It clearly looks like it's going to create them...
Global security, politics collide in big defense test, Denver Post, 07 July 2000 -- The [NMD] system would be run from a "battle management center" here, a mile inside Cheyenne Mountain west of Colorado Springs where early warning operations were set up during the Cold War. The proposed defense system is designed to protect Americans from what U.S. officials describe as serious potential threats from North Korea, Iran, Iraq and other nations.
Navy adding office for missile defense, Stars and Stripes, 07 July 2000 -- In a sign of the growing importance of missile defense among Pentagon planners, the Navy has reorganized its top-level staff to make room for a new a new office - the assistant chief of naval operations for missile defense.
Fifth National Missile Defense test flight slated, American Forces Press Service, 07 July 2000 -- Pentagon-based reporters will be pulling a late shift here July 7, standing by for the results of the fifth test flight of a prototype National Missile Defense system.
JOHN PIKE, DEFENSE ANALYST, FEDERATION OF AMERICAN SCIENTISTS, NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT - NPR, 07 July 2000 -- Evidently, they are clearly working on a very difficult problem if they have managed to spend this much money and this much time and still not have anything to show for it.
Watershed For Missile Defense By Roberto Suro Washington Post July 7, 2000 - "There's not yet enough evidence to show that the system will work, and Friday's test won't change that," said Robert Park of the American Physical Society, who joined representatives of the Federation of American Scientists and the Union of Concerned Scientists in releasing statements yesterday urging Clinton not to make a deployment decision because the system has not proved its feasibility.
VANDENBERG MISSILE PROTEST Voice of America 07 July 2000 -- The environmental group Greenpeace has stationed a ship offshore, where part of the test missile is expected to splash down.
CLINTON - ANTI-MISSILE Voice of America 07 July 2000 -- With America's European allies, Russia and China vehemently opposed to the proposed U-S national missile defense system, administration officials are playing down expectations for the upcoming anti-missile test.
ANTI-MISSILE PROTEST Voice of America 07 July 2000 -- Pentagon plans to test the U-S National Missile Defense, or anti-ballistic missile system, Friday night are sparking protests from peace groups, Nobel prize winning scientists and Russia's government.
Critics Asking Clinton To Stop Advancing Missile Plan By Elaine Sciolino New York Times July 7, 2000 -- The American Physical Society, with 42,000 physicists; the Federation of American Scientists; and the Union of Concerned Scientists jointly announced that they urged Mr. Clinton not to deploy a missile defense system.
Missile defense test set BY JONATHAN S. LANDAY San Jose Mercury News Friday, July 7, 2000, -- ``Even if the next planned test of the proposed anti-ballistic missile system works as planned, any movement toward deployment would be premature, wasteful and dangerous,'' said the letter. It was sponsored by the Federation of American Scientists, a Washington, D.C.-based arms control organization,
NAVY SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCTS FIRST FLIGHT OF AREA TBMD MISSILE 6 July 2000 - Navy Area Theater Ballistic Missile Defense launch first of eight engineering and manufacturing development flight tests
Navy Establishes Missile Defense Office 6 July 2000 - Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Jay Johnson announced today the formation of a new office on his immediate staff, the assistant chief of Naval Operations (ACNO) for Missile Defense, responsible for naval missile defense, include theater ballistic missile defense.
MISSILE PREVIEW Voice of America 06 July 2000 -- Tom Collina of the Union of Concerned Scientists says even if the interceptor hits the target in Friday's test, officials will not know enough to make a sensible decision on the fate of the system.
TEST NUMBER THREE OF NINETEEN TESTS TO TEST TECHNOLOGY FOR POSSIBLE DEPLOYMENT OF A NATIONAL THEATER MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM NEWS BRIEFING HELD BY THE COALITION TO REDUCE NUCLEAR DANGERS, THE FEDERATION OF AMERICAN SCIENTISTS, THE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS AND THE AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY WASHINGTON OFFICE - THURSDAY, JULY 6, 2000
Nobel Winners Urge Halt To Missile Plan By William J. Broad New York Times July 6, 2000 -- A group of 50 Nobel laureates has signed an open letter to President Clinton urging him to reject a proposed $60 billion missile defense system. The group said the plan would be wasteful and dangerous.
Boeing, Honeywell Team Up for International Space Station Work Boeing 06 Jul 2000 -- The Boeing Company and Honeywell entered into an agreement for ongoing and future International Space Station (ISS) work relating to avionics, systems, and software.
Science Just First Challenge For Missile Shield By Andrea Stone USA Today July 5, 2000 -- Think about hitting a bullet with a bullet. Now think about missing. ''If one warhead gets through, you've got more dead Americans than every war put together,'' said John Pike, a weapons analyst at the Federation of American Scientists.
Missile Impossible? By Mark Thompson Time July 10, 2000 Pg. 30 -- This week's $100 million test of the space shield is all but fixed. Does the outcome matter? The Federation of American Scientists posits that placing the in-flight interceptor communications system stations in pairs, fairly far apart, reduces the chances that in-flight communications will be lost because of storms that may develop over a single IFICS site.
Countdown to national missile defense BY George I. Seffers AND Dan Verton [Federal Computer Week, July 3, 2000 -- The Federation of American Scientists' Pike, a longtime NMD watcher, said tests like the one scheduled for July 7 add a little more fidelity to the system architecture concept each time they are conducted. However, many questions remain unanswered, he said. "I remain unconvinced that really high-fidelity simulation is in the cards, and totally unconvinced that anyone would ever bet the country on this contraption," Pike said.
Testing Missile Defense: Scientific Experts Address the 3rd Test and Effectiveness of the System, U.S. Newswire, 03 July 2000 -- As the President prepares to announce his decision on whether to deploy the system, he is under increasing pressure from independent scientists, military and diplomatic experts, Republicans and Democrats, as well as U.S. allies, Russia and China not to make a precipitous decision on NMD deployment.
Sea Launch - Summary of Investigation and Return-to-Flight Preparations - July 2000 Boeing 01 Jul 2000 -- Sea Launch began its third mission on March 12, 2000, at 6:49 am PST, with the launch of its Zenit-3SL rocket that was to place the ICO F-1 communications satellite into orbit. As a result of an anomaly in the operations of the second stage of the 3-stage vehicle, the spacecraft failed to reach orbit.

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