August 2000 Space News |
- NPT goals key topic of UN disarmament meeting in Akita, Japan, UN News, 25 August 2000 -- The importance of reaching the goals of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and their potential effect on the Asia and Pacific region were key topics of discussion at a United Nations-sponsored disarmament meeting held in Akita, Japan this week.
- Navy Area Theater Ballistic Missile Defense program completes second flight test of the SM-2 Block IVA Missile, U.S. Navy Office of Information, 25 August 2000 -- The U.S. Navy moved another step closer to Navy AREA Theater Ballistic Missile Defense (TBMD) capability with the second successful test flight of the Standard Missile 2 (SM-2), Block IVA in two months.
- Boeing Delta III Mission Data Shows Flight Success Boeing 24 Aug 2000 -- After a preliminary review of the data, the Boeing team confirmed the success of yesterday's Delta III launch.
- Army Space Command runs missile defense exercise, Army News Service, 24 August 2000 -- U.S. Army Space Command organized a joint Battle Planning Exercise Aug. 16 for the nation's missile defense system.
- Army Space Command runs missile defense exercise, Army News Service, 24 August 2000 -- U.S. Army Space Command organized a joint Battle Planning Exercise Aug. 16 for the nation's missile defense system, the eighth in a series of exercises sponsored by the U.S. Space Command to fine-tune its battle management command, control and communications system.
- Delta III Rocket Launched Successfully With ATK Solid Propulsion Motors ATK 23 Aug 2000 -- ATK (Alliant Techsystems) (NYSE: ATK) said nine of its solid propulsion rocket motors helped successfully launch a Boeing Delta III rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
- The Boeing Company and MacDonald Dettwiler Broaden Space Station Relationship Boeing 23 Aug 2000 -- Representatives of The Boeing Company and MacDonald Dettwiler's wholly owned subsidiary, MD Robotics, signed a teaming agreement to reinforce their ongoing commitment to the future of the International Space Station (ISS).
- Boeing Delta III Rocket Successfully Places Data-Gathering Payload into Orbit Boeing 23 Aug 2000 -- A data-gathering, simulated payload was successfully placed into orbit aboard a Boeing Delta III rocket. The launch vehicle lifted off at 7:05 a.m. EDT.
- U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE DAILY PRESS BRIEFING, 22 August 2000 -- The President has said he expects to make the decision [on NMD deployment] in the next few weeks.
- ATK Solid Rocket Boosters Successfully Launch U.S. Air Force Satellite Aboard Titan IV B Rocket ATK 18 Aug 2000 -- ATK (Alliant Techsystems) (NYSE: ATK) said a Lockheed Martin Titan IV B rocket powered by two Solid Rocket Motor Upgrade (SRMU) boosters designed and manufactured by ATK Aerospace Propulsion Company, Magna, Utah, successfully launched a National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. yesterday.
- Titan IV rocket successfully launches from California Lockheed Martin 17 Aug 2000 -- A Lockheed Martin-built Titan IV B rocket successfully launched a classified payload for the U.S. Air Force and the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) at 4:45 p.m. PDT.
- CHINA/ US DEFENSE, Voice of America, 16 August 2000 -- Chinese military experts have warned that US missile defense plans could spark a new global arms race and sour Sino US relations.
- Boeing Delta III Failure Investigation Results Released Boeing 16 Aug 2000 -- Boeing released the findings of its investigation into the May 1999 failure of a Delta III rocket.
- Delta III Payload Becomes Subject of Space-Based Studies Boeing 15 Aug 2000 -- Boeing, the U.S. Air Force and the Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research (CCAR) at the University of Colorado will utilize the simulated payload from the next Delta III launch to conduct a variety of post-launch missions and studies.
- MEADS INTERNATIONAL SIGNS $10 MILLION TRANSITION EFFORT EXTENSION CONTRACT Lockheed Martin 15 Aug 2000 -- The team of MEADS International signed a $10 million contract August 14 at the NATO MEADS Management Agency (NAMEADSMA) in Huntsville, Ala., to continue work on the Medium Extended Air Defense System--the next generation air and missile defense system for the U.S., Germany and Italy.
- DoD News Briefing, 15 August 2000 -- Q: Anything new on NMD?
- BUILDING A DEFENSE PBS Newshour August 9, 2000 - JOHN PIKE: "The reality is that the Iranian leadership has demonstrated profound rationality in looking at the suffering of their own people. The casualties that they were prepared to suffer during the war with Iraq back in the 1980s, only a very small percentage as a percentage of population of those that supposedly rational countries like France, or Britain, or Germany suffered during the First World War."
- Team Airborne Laser Continues Modification Work With Delivery Of New Titanium Belly Skins For 747-400 Freighter Flying Platform, U.S. Department of Defense, 07 August 2000 -- Two 25-foot-long-by-5.5-foot-wide titanium "belly skins" for the first flying platform of the Airborne Laser (ABL) -- a 747-400 Freighter -- have been delivered to the Boeing modification center in Wichita, Kan.
- Lockheed Martin Awarded Contract to Build First Interactive Broadband Multimedia Spacecraft for New Skies Satellites Lockheed Martin 04 Aug 2000 -- Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems (LMCSS) announced the award of a contract to build a second geosynchronous satellite for New Skies Satellites N.V.
- CEC/Patriot Interoperability Test - Environmental Assessment, Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, 03 August 2000
- DoD News Briefing - NMD, U.S. Department of Defense, 03 August 2000 -- Q: During Secretary Cohen's briefing to the Senate Armed Service Committee, the hearing, he said that there was a necessity to have allied support. And recently the British have hinted a little opposition to that. Does that have any effect on his recommendation at all? Has he said anything about that?
- Radar Test Planned for Ocean City Airport, Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, 03 August 2000 -- From August 4 to August 19, 2000, the Department of Defense's Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) plans to conduct a test of radar capabilities using radars at Wallops Island, VA, the Ocean City, MD airport, and aboard a Navy cruiser at sea.
- Environmental Assessment - CEC/PATRIOT Interoprtability Test, Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, 03 August 2000 - Overview of the test
- DoD News Briefing - NMD Test Failure, U.S. Department of Defense, 01 August 2000 -- Q: Has the SecDef received the report on NMD yet? And when does he plan to report to the president? And when are we going to get a briefing on what happened and why the kill vehicle couldn't separate?
- NASA AWARDS FIVE SATELLITE STUDY CONTRACTS TO ORBITAL Orbital Sciences Corp. 01 Aug 2000 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center has recently selected the company to perform five separate spacecraft definition and design studies.
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