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September 2000 Space News

  • DoD News Briefing - BMD, U.S. Department of Defense, 28 September 2000 -- The Ballistic Missile Defense Organization will announce later today, if they haven't already, that they have completed two risk reduction flights, which are not intercept flights, but are designed to test various components of the national missile defense system that's currently under development.
  • Boeing Selects Team of Experienced, Innovative Industry Leaders to Pursue Global Positioning System III Architecture Study Boeing 27 Sep 2000 -- A team of four global information industry leaders has been selected by The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] to pursue a Global Positioning System (GPS) III architecture study that will help define the path for the future of navigation and timing, Boeing announced.
  • Boeing Comments on Development in Hughes Deal Boeing 27 Sep 2000 -- The following is a statement by Harry Stonecipher, Boeing president and chief operating officer, on FTC and EC approval of Boeing's acquisition of Hughes Electronics Corporation's space and communications businesses
  • Lockheed Martin-built GE-6 Satellite Shipped to Baikonur for October Launch Lockheed Martin 27 Sep 2000 -- The GE-6 telecommunications satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems (LMCSS) for GE American Communications (GE Americom), was recently shipped from production facilities in Sunnyvale, CA to Baikonur, Kazakhstan, where it will be readied for a late October launch.
  • Army accused of diverting system's money, Huntsville Times, 22 September 2000 -- Army officials are diverting money meant for an anti-satellite weapons system to other uses and are intimidating employees who blow the whistle on them, according to a New Hampshire senator.
  • Deadlocked, Conference on Disarmament ends 2000 session with no work plan, UN News, 21 September 2000 -- Disagreements over nuclear disarmament and the prevention of an arms race in outer space blocked the Conference on Disarmament from adopting a work programme during its entire 2000 session, which ended today.
  • Conference On Disarmament Concludes 2000 Session, UN Press Release, 21 September 2000 -- The Conference on Disarmament, the world's sole multilateral forum for disarmament negotiations, today concluded its 2000 session by adopting its annual report to the General Assembly.
  • Lockheed Martin-built GE-1A Satellite Shipped to Baikonur, Kazakhstan, for Fall Launch Lockheed Martin 19 Sep 2000 -- The GE-1A telecommunications satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems (LMCSS) for Americom Asia-Pacific (AAP) , a joint venture between GE American Communications and Lockheed Martin Global Telecommunications, was recently shipped from the Lockheed Martin facilities in Sunnyvale, CA to the launch site in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, where it will be readied for an early October launch.
  • Arrow Weapon System Scores Another Successful Test Israel Aerospace Industries 14 Sep 2000 -- Another test of the 'Arrow' weapon system was conducted (14.9.2000) at the Israeli Airforce test site.
  • Lockheed Martin-built GE-7 Satellite Successfully Launched from Kourou, French Guiana Launch Site Lockheed Martin 14 Sep 2000 -- The GE-7 telecommunications satellite built by Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems for GE American Communications (GE Americom) was successfully launched from its Kourou, French Guiana launch site at 3:54 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). The spacecraft was lofted into orbit on an Ariane-5 launch vehicle provided by Arianespace of Evry, France.
  • Defense Department Regular Briefing, U.S. Department of Defense, 14 September 2000 -- Q: What are the reasons for the postponement of the THEL test in New Mexico?
  • Space Systems/Loral Signs with Sea Launch for Telstar-8 Boeing 11 Sep 2000 -- Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications (NYSE:LOR), has signed an agreement with Sea Launch, the ocean-based launch services company, to launch the Telstar-8 satellite in 2002.
  • Clinton's No- Go Decision On NMD Hailed By Overseas Media As 'Wise Move', Foreign Media Reaction Reports, 07 September 2000 -- Commentary from around the world on Clinton's decision to delay deployment of NMD.
  • DoD News Briefing, U.S. Department of Defense, 07 September 2000 -- Questions on costs and testing of a missile defense system.
  • Defense Department Report, Thursday, September 7, USIS Washington File, 07 September 2000 -- The next test of the National Missile Defense (NMD) system, initially scheduled for December, now will probably take place "sometime early next year," Pentagon spokesman Ken Bacon told reporters at the Defense Department September 7, after the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) has completed its analysis of the failure of Integrated-Test number five last July.
  • 99TH SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION TO SERVICE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION Lockheed Martin 07 Sep 2000 -- The 99th Space Shuttle mission — STS-106, featuring the orbiter Atlantis and a crew of seven (five astronauts and two cosmonauts) — is scheduled for launch from Kennedy Space Center to the International Space Station at 7:45 a.m. Central Standard Time on Friday, September 8. The launch window is tight – only 2? minutes.
  • U-S OPINION ROUNDUP: PRESIDENT CLINTON DEFERS MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM, Voice of America, 06 September 2000 -- A sampling of U.S. editorial opinion on Clinton's decision to delay deployment of a national missile defense system.
  • PENTAGON/MISSILE DEFENSE, Voice of America, 05 September 2000 -- U-S Defense Department officials seem undisturbed by President Bill Clinton's announcement last Friday that he is leaving to his successor a decision on whether to deploy a controversial national missile defense system.
  • ABOLISHING NUCLEAR WEAPONS, source, 05 September 2000 -- An article in a major American journal proposes the United States take the lead in bringing about the complete elimination of nuclear weapons before they spread beyond control.
  • President Defers Missile Defense System Decision, American Forces Press Service, 01 September 2000 -- President Bill Clinton said that while the United States may eventually need a national missile defense system, he will leave it up to his successor to decide whether or not to proceed with plans to develop that system.
  • STATEMENT OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WILLIAM S. COHEN, Department of Defense, 01 September 2000 -- The President's choice to defer a deployment decision on a National Missile Defense system to his successor involved many factors. Central for me, as I have stated publicly, is the importance of sustaining a solid national consensus not only on the need for an NMD system but on the scope and structure of such a system...
  • GORE-BUSH MISSILE DEFENSE, Voice of America, 01 September 2000 -- Both candidates for president of the United States are responding to President Clinton's announcement that he will leave a final decision on deployment of a missile defense system to his successor.
  • CLINTON-MISSILE DEFENSE, Voice of America, 01 September 2000 -- President Clinton has announced he is leaving a decision on whether the United States will deploy a missile defense system to his successor.
  • Berger Briefing on Clinton's NMD Decision, THE WHITE HOUSE, Office of the Press Secretary, 01 September 2000 -- U.S. National Security Advisor Samuel R. Berger told reporters at the White House September 1 that the technology for a National Missile Defense "is promising but unproven" and "we have to be cleared-eyed about this."
  • Albright Statement on Presidential Decision on NMD, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Office of the Spokesman, 01 September 2000 -- U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright says President Clinton's decision not to commit now to deployment of a national missile defense "will give us more time to press ahead on several diplomatic fronts."
  • Clinton Defers Missile Defense Decision to Next President, THE WHITE HOUSE, Office of the Press Secretary, 01 September 2000 -- President Clinton announced September 1 his decision to leave to his successor the critical decision on whether to deploy a National Missile Defense (NMD) system to defend all 50 American states against a limited ballistic missile attack.
  • NATIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE, PRESS BRIEFING BY JOE LOCKHART, 01 September 2000 -- Any reaction to Bush's comment on NMD announcement?
  • FACT SHEET: National Missile Defense Decision, THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary, 01 September 2000
  • NAVSEA's Theater Ballistic Missile Defense Program Complete Successful Test Flights, NAVSEA Public Affairs, 01 September 2000
  • International Space Station Research Laboratory Passes NASA Review Boeing 01 Sep 2000 -- The Boeing-built research laboratory, Destiny, which is designed to be the centerpiece of the International Space Station when it is launched early next year, has successfully passed an Acceptance Review Board at Kennedy Space Center (KSC).
  • Lockheed Martin to establish world-class Propulsion, Thermal and Metrology Center at Stennis Space Center, Mississippi Lockheed Martin 01 Sep 2000 -- Lockheed Martin Corporation announced a plan to establish an advanced Propulsion, Thermal, and Metrology Center at the John C. Stennis Space Center, Mississippi.



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