October 2000 Space News

Lockheed Martin Completes Negotiations with NASA For Production of Space Shuttle External Tanks Lockheed Martin 30 Oct 2000 -- Michoud Operations has completed negotiations with NASA for the production of 35 additional External Tanks for the Space Shuttle Program at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans.
Boeing Dedicates Rocket Facility at Decatur and Unveils First Delta IV Common Booster Core Boeing 27 Oct 2000 -- Boeing employees at the Delta rocket factory here have completed the assembly of the first Delta IV common booster core (CBC), the largest element of the newest Boeing rocket.
Space Command becomes new owner of spaced-based system, Air Force Print News, 25 October 2000 -- Air Force Space Command here became the new owner of the Midcourse Space Experiment satellite and its associated ground support infrastructure, recently.
Sea Launch Delivers Thuraya Satellite to Orbit Boeing 21 Oct 2000 -- Sea Launch, the multinational ocean-based launch services company, successfully launched the heaviest commercial payload in history last night, the Thuraya-1 mobile communications satellite.
SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH OF THURAYA-1 SATELLITE FIRST BOEING GEO-MOBILE SPACECRAFT Boeing 21 Oct 2000 -- The Thuraya-1 satellite, part of a turnkey mobile communications system built for Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications Company of the United Arab Emirates, was successfully launched last night on board a Sea Launch Zenit-3SL rocket from the a the equator in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
Sea Launch Delays Thuraya Satellite Launch Boeing 19 Oct 2000 -- Sea Launch has rescheduled the launch of the Thuraya-1 satellite to Friday, Oct. 20. The 45-minute launch window will open at 10:52 p.m. PDT.
Sea Launch Delays Thuraya Satellite Launch Boeing 18 Oct 2000 -- Sea Launch has scrubbed tonight's launch of the Thuraya-1 satellite due to an instrumentation issue found in pre-launch operations. The launch countdown has been recycled 24 hours. The 45-minute launch window will open tomorrow, Oct. 19, at 10:56 p.m. PDT.
ORBITAL SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCTS SUBORBITAL ROCKET LAUNCH FOR U.S. ARMY Orbital Sciences Corp. 17 Oct 2000 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced that it successfully launched the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA's) High Energy Transient Explorer-2 (HETE-2) satellite into its targeted orbit aboard the company's Pegasus(r) rocket on Monday, October 9.
Lockheed Martin's PAC-3 Missile Intercepts Target in White Sands Test Lockheed Martin 16 Oct 2000 -- Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control - Dallas, the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization and the U.S. Army conducted another successful flight of a Patriot Advanced Capability (PAC-3) Missile at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., Saturday morning.
Raytheon's National Missile Defense Prototype Radar Successful In Two Significant Tests, Raytheon PRNewswire, 12 October 2000 -- The National Missile Defense (NMD) Ground Based Radar-Prototype (GBR-P) developed by Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTNA; RTNB) successfully completed two significant, stressing exercises Sept. 28 against incoming ICBM targets at the South Pacific Kwajalein Missile Range.
NEW ORLEANS-MADE EXTERNAL TANK TO PROPEL 100TH SPACE SHUTTLE TO HISTORY Lockheed Martin 11 Oct 2000 -- The countdown has started again for STS-92, the 100th Space Shuttle mission. The shuttle is scheduled to blast off at 6:17 p.m. Central Time tonight (Wednesday, October 11) from Kennedy Space Center and head for the International Space Station.
Sea Launch Vessels Depart Home Port to Launch Thuraya Satellite Boeing 10 Oct 2000 -- The Sea Launch Commander and the Odyssey Launch Platform, have departed Sea Launch Home Port in Long Beach, Calif., in preparation for the launch of the Thuraya-1 satellite on Oct. 18.
Sea Launch Vessels Arrive at Equator for March 12 Launch -- Satellite Coverage Announced Boeing 10 Oct 2000 -- The Sea Launch Commander and the Odyssey Launch Platform arrived at the equator at 4 a.m. (PST), March 9, and immediately began preparation for launch countdown. Launch time is set precisely at 6:49 a.m. (PST) on Sunday, March 12. The launch site is on the equator at 0 degrees North, 154 degrees West Longitude.
ORBITAL'S PEGASUS ROCKET SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHES NASA'S HETE-2 SATELLITE Orbital Sciences Corp. 10 Oct 2000 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced that it successfully launched the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA's) High Energy Transient Explorer-2 (HETE-2) satellite into its targeted orbit aboard the company's Pegasus(r) rocket on Monday, October 9.
Lockheed Martin Selected For USAF Satellite Control Center Contract Lockheed Martin 09 Oct 2000 -- The U.S. Air Force has selected Lockheed Martin to sustain and upgrade its ground control centers that operate mission critical research satellites. The five-year, $31 million contract, awarded by the Air Force's Space Test and Evaluation Program Office, is for engineering, development and sustainment activity, and could grow in value if additional tasks are assigned.
Boeing Concludes Acquisition of Hughes' Space and Communications Businesses Boeing 06 Oct 2000 -- The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) completed its acquisition of Hughes Electronics Corporation's space and communications business and related operations.
Lockheed Martin-Built N-SAT-110 Satellite Launched Successfully Lockheed Martin 06 Oct 2000 -- The N-SAT-110 telecommunications satellite, designed and built for Space Communications Corporation (SCC) and JSAT Corporation of Tokyo, Japan by Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems (LMCSS), was launched successfully from Kourou, French Guiana. Lift-off occurred at 4:01 P.M.Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) aboard an Ariane 4 launch vehicle provided by Arianespace of Evry, France.
PEGASUS SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHES NASA'S HETE-2 SATELLITE Orbital Sciences Corp. 06 Oct 2000 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced that it is preparing to launch the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA's) High Energy Transient Explorer (HETE-2) satellite aboard a standard Pegasus(r) rocket on Saturday, October 7, 2000.
Sanders Receives $225 Million Award for EMD Phase of THAAD Lockheed Martin 05 Oct 2000 -- Sanders, a Lockheed Martin Company, has received an eight-year, $225 million award from Lockheed Martin in support of the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase of the U.S. Army's Theater High Altitude Air Defense (THAAD) system. Sanders' Microwave, Space and Mission Electronics business area received initial funding of $4.5 million to provide an advanced missile seeker, mission checkout console, and contractor logistics support for the EMD phase of the program.
Preserving 1972 Abm Treaty, Small Arms Scourge, National Missile Defence Among Issues Discussed, As First Committeee Continues Debate, UN Press Release, 04 October 2000 -- A certain contradiction -- defined by two opposing trends -- was emerging in the present stage of disarmament, the representative of the Russian Federation told the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) today, as it continued its general debate.
Missile Defence Systems, Nuclear Weapon 'Comeback', Arms Expenditures Among Issues Raised In First Committee, As General Debate Continues, UN Press Release, 03 October 2000 -- Given the unprecedented interdependence among countries, attempts to seek "absolute security" at the expense of the security of others would go nowhere and benefit nobody, the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) was told today, as it continued its general debate.
Space Station 'Doorway to Space' Passes Critical Pre-Launch Test Boeing 02 Oct 2000 -- The Boeing-built Joint Airlock Module has successfully completed a series of leak checks in a vacuum chamber that is used to test the pressurized elements of the International Space Station.

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