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May 2001 Space News

  • Lockheed Martin's PAC-3 Missile Wins Prestigious Daedalian's Award Lockheed Martin 29 May 2001 -- The Patriot Advanced Capability (PAC-3) Missile, produced by Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, has won the Daedalian's Weapons System Award, the Colonel Franklin C. Wolfe Memorial Trophy for 2000. The award was presented at the annual Daedalian Convention on May 23, 2001, in Las Vegas, N.V.
  • ORBITAL REACHES DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT TO SELL MAGELLAN GPS SUBSIDIARY TO THALES FOR $70 MILLION Orbital Sciences Corp. 29 May 2001 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement with Thales Group to sell the company's Magellan Corporation majority-owned subsidiary and its interest in Navigation Solutions LLC (NavSol), a joint venture with The Hertz Corporation, for approximately $70 million.
  • ATK Receives U.S. Navy Excellence Award for Work on Standard Missile Third-Stage Motor ATK 25 May 2001 -- ATK (Alliant Techsystems) (NYSE: ATK) said ATK Missile Products Company received an Excellence Award from the U.S. Navy for its outstanding contributions to the service's STANDARD Missile Program in a ceremony held yesterday at the company's Elkton Operations facility in Elkton, Md.
  • ATK Thiokol Propulsion Company Successfully Conducts Full-Scale Space Shuttle Motor Test ATK 25 May 2001 -- ATK (Alliant Techsystems)(NYSE: ATK) said ATK Thiokol Propulsion Company, Brigham City, Utah, successfully conducted a static test firing of a full-scale Space Shuttle reusable solid rocket motor (RSRM) yesterday.
  • Boeing Delta IV Common Booster Core Continues Journey to First Launch Boeing 25 May 2001 -- After several months of successful testing, the first production Boeing [NYSE: BA] Delta IV common booster core (CBC) is now heading to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. (CCAFS), where it will help validate the design of the new Boeing launch facility, Space Launch Complex 37 (SLC 37).
  • Boeing Brings Space Technology Down to Earth to Make Hydrogen Fuel Safer Boeing 24 May 2001 -- The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) successfully demonstrated new technology that could increase safety for rockets as well as hydrogen-fuel automobiles being developed by car makers.
  • ORBITAL AWARDED $53 MILLION IN CONTRACTS RELATED TO NASA'S SPACE LAUNCH INITIATIVE Orbital Sciences Corp. 24 May 2001 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced today that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has selected the company for two contracts, totaling approximately $53 million in value, as part of the space agency's Space Launch Initiative (SLI) program
  • Rocketdyne Receives $65 million from NASA for Next-Generation Space Propulsion Development Boeing 22 May 2001 -- The $201.5 million dollars that The Boeing Company was awarded by NASA through the Space Launch Initiative (SLI) last week includes more than $65 million to the Rocketdyne Propulsion & Power unit of the company.
  • ATK Motors Provide First-Stage Boost and Orbit Transfer for Boeing Delta II Mission ATK 21 May 2001 -- ATK (Alliant Techsystems) (NYSE: ATK) said the successful launch on May 18 of a Boeing Delta II vehicle carrying a U.S. government advanced demonstration technology satellite marks the first time a space launch mission has been supported by both ATK Aerospace Propulsion Company rocket motors and motors manufactured by ATK Thiokol Propulsion Company since Thiokol was acquired by ATK in April 2001.
  • Boeing Awarded $136 Million Study Contract for NASA Space Launch Initiative Boeing 21 May 2001 -- The Boeing Company has been awarded $136 million by NASA to study technology concepts that could eventually lead to a new generation reusable launch vehicle (RLV).
  • Boeing Delta II Launches Satellite for NRO Boeing 18 May 2001 -- A Boeing [NYSE:BA] Delta II 7925-9.5 expendable launch vehicle lifted off this afternoon at 1:45 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, carrying a satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO).
  • Northrop Grumman Awarded $86.6 Million Contract For Work Under NASA's Space Launch Initiative Northrop Grumman 18 May 2001 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) Integrated Systems Sector (ISS) has been awarded an $86.6 million systems engineering and risk-reduction contract under the first phase of NASA's Space Launch Initiative (SLI).
  • Boeing Delta II Launch Good-to-Go Boeing 17 May 2001 -- Officials have announced the rescheduled launch of the GeoLITE spacecraft on a Boeing Delta II for Friday, May 18, with a 79-minute launch window opening at 1:07 p.m. and closing at 2:26 p.m. EDT.
  • Intelligent Library System Goes Live as Satellite Data Streams in Real-Time Lockheed Martin 17 May 2001 -- Lockheed Martin today announced the successful capture and processing of live satellite data in its Intelligent Library System (ILS)(tm).
  • Pratt & Whitney - Aerojet Joint Venture Wins $115 Million NASA Contract to Develop Reusable Liquid Booster Engines Pratt & Whitney 17 May 2001 -- A new joint venture called Pratt & Whitney - Aerojet Propulsion Associates today was awarded a two-year, $115 million NASA contract to develop booster engines in support of NASA's Space Launch Initiative (SLI) program -- the first phase in building a new space shuttle by 2010.
  • Boeing Delta II Launch Delayed 24 Hours as a Precaution Boeing 16 May 2001 -- Officials have delayed the Boeing Delta II launch of the GeoLITE spacecraft by 24 hours to no earlier than Friday, May 18, with the launch window of 1:07 p.m. EDT as a precautionary measure so the launch team can replace three flexible hoses on the rocket's first stage engine.
  • ATK Successfully Completes Static Tests of Nozzle for Boeing Delta IV RS-68 Engine ATK 15 May 2001 -- ATK (Alliant Techsystems) (NYSE: ATK) said a rocket nozzle for the Boeing RS-68 engine developed by Thiokol Propulsion Corp., Brigham City, Utah, has successfully completed a series of static tests conducted by Boeing at the NASA Stennis Space Center, Miss., and the Air Force Research Laboratory, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
  • X-37 Reusable Spaceplane Program Achieves Milestones Boeing 15 May 2001 -- The Boeing Company today announced it has made substantial progress toward key milestones in the X-37 reusable spaceplane program, initiated under a cooperative agreement signed with NASA in July 1999.
  • SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH FOR BOEING-BUILT PAS-10 Boeing 15 May 2001 -- PAS-10, a Boeing 601HP satellite, was successfully launched last night aboard a Proton rocket.
  • Boeing Delta IV CBC/RS-68 Engine Successfully Completes Test Program Boeing 09 May 2001 -- Boeing [NYSE:BA] officials today announced the successful completion of a series of tests involving the integrated common booster core (CBC) and RS-68 engine for the Boeing Delta IV rocket.
  • BOEING-BUILT PAS-10 SATELLITE READY FOR LAUNCH Boeing 09 May 2001 -- PAS-10, a Boeing 601HP spacecraft built for PanAmSat Corporation, is scheduled to launch on May 15, 2001, aboard a Proton rocket from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. PAS-10, the sixth Boeing-built satellite delivered to PanAmSat in 17 months, and will provide international services from its orbital position of 68.5 degrees East longitude.
  • Missile Defense: Reaction To Bush Speech, Office of Research, Foreign Media Reaction, 8 May 2001 -- "President Bush's May 1st speech outlining his intention to pursue a U.S. missile defense (MD) system put the issue back in headlines overseas. Skepticism about the plan's feasibility and its effect on arms control--and especially the ABM Treaty--continued to run high in segments of the European/Canadian press, conservative commentators excepted."
  • DOD News Release: DOD Press Release on Rumsfeld Space Initiative May 8, 2001 -- "Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld provided to Congress today his assessment of the report of the Commission to Assess United States National Security Space Management and Organization. The Commission's report, published on Jan. 11, 2001, addressed the importance of outer space and space activities."
  • DOD News Release: DOD Press Release on Rumsfeld Space Initiative May 8, 2001 -- "Special news briefing with Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld on transforming the management and organization of defense and intelligence space programs. Also participating: Senator Robert Smith (R-NH), Representative Mac Thornberry (R-Tx), retired Air Force Gen. Thomas S. Moorman Jr., retired Air Force Gen. Ronald Fogleman, Duane Andrews, Acting Secretary of the Air Force Lawrence Delaney, and Air Force Gen. John W. Handy, vice chief of staff, U.S. Air Force."
  • Sea Launch Delivers Second Satellite to Orbit for XM Satellite Radio Boeing 08 May 2001 -- A Sea Launch Zenit-3SL rocket today successfully launched the XM "Roll" satellite, completing Sea Launch's sixth successful mission.
  • All Systems are GO for XM Liftoff Today Boeing 08 May 2001 -- The Sea Launch team is counting down to liftoff at 3:10 p.m. (PDT) today of the XM-1 satellite, "Roll," from the launch site at the Equator, 154 degrees West Longitude.
  • SECOND BOEING-BUILT XM SATELLITE ROLLS INTO ORBIT Boeing 08 May 2001 -- A powerful Boeing 702 satellite built for XM Satellite Radio, Inc., was successfully launched today from the Sea Launch Company's Odyssey Launch Platform on the equator.
  • Spectrum Astro/Northrop Grumman Team Successfully Completes SBIRS Low System Design Review Northrop Grumman 07 May 2001 -- The Spectrum Astro/Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) team displayed its innovative solutions while successfully completing the System Design Review (SDR) for the U.S. Air Force's Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Low program.
  • Sea Launch Begins Countdown for XM Liftoff on May 8 Boeing 05 May 2001 -- The Sea Launch vessels arrived at the equatorial launch site this afternoon and immediately began the L-72 hour countdown to launch XM-1, the "Roll" satellite, on Tuesday, May 8.
  • Sea Launch on a Mission to Launch XM's "Roll" Satellite Boeing 01 May 2001 -- The Odyssey Launch Platform and the Sea Launch Commander departed Home Port, in Long Beach, Calif., last week in preparation for launch of the "Roll" satellite (XM-1), from the Equator, at 154 degrees West Longitude.
  • SECOND BOEING-BUILT XM SATELLITE AT SEA, READY FOR LAUNCH Boeing 01 May 2001 -- An official launch date and time have been set for XM "Roll," the second of two powerful Boeing 702-model spacecraft built for XM Satellite Radio, Inc., by Boeing Satellite Systems (BSS), a unit of The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA).



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