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July 2001 Space News

  • U-S/MISSILE DEFENSE, VOA, July 31, 2001 -- "In its fourth attempt to hit a ballistic missile with another missile in space, the United States succeeded. The test was limited, but Republicans were encouraged to move ahead with the anti-missile program, while Democrats remain doubtful and want to cut its funding. A U-S Senate hearing in which these contrasting views were sharply expressed."
  • U-S/MISSILE DEFENSE , VOA, July 31, 2001 -- "The Bush administration may be within months of breaching the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. So says a Pentagon group reviewing the administration's missile defense plans."
  • Boeing To Build Next-Generation Weather Instrument Under Potential $300 Million Contract Boeing 31 Jul 2001 -- Boeing Satellite Systems (BSS) was awarded a $130.8 million contract today by the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Integrated Program Office for two Conical Microwave Imager Sounder (CMIS) weather instruments.
  • Boeing Announces Major Human Space Flight Transition Boeing 31 Jul 2001 -- Boeing [NYSE:BA] officials announced today a major transition of work in its Human Space Flight & Exploration (HSF&E) business to better support its customers, United Space Alliance and NASA.
  • Scientist's Innovation Leads to U. S. Patent Award and a Competitive Boost for Boeing Satellite Systems Boeing 30 Jul 2001 -- A deceptively simple innovation has led to a U.S. patent award as well as significant business benefits for Boeing Satellite Systems (BSS), the world's largest satellite manufacturer.
  • BUSH/MISSILE DEFENSE, VOA, July 29, 2001 -- "President Bush's National Security Advisor says there has been progress with Russia in efforts to bridge the gap on the controversial issue of missile defense. Condoleezza Rice says the United States is trying to convince Moscow to move beyond the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, which restricts development of defensive systems."
  • Israel Aircraft Industries' MBT Division Receives Contract From ImageSat International To Develop New EROS B Commercial Satellite Israel Aerospace Industries 27 Jul 2001 -- Israel Aircraft Industries' MBT Division has been awarded a contract worth about $110 million from ImageSat International, to develop and produce the first in a series of new EROS B (Earth Resources Observation Satellite) commercial satellites.
  • U.S.-RUSSIA: BUSH 'POCKETS UNEXPECTED SUCCESS' ON MISSILE DEFENSE, Office of Research, Foreign Media Reaction, July 26, 2001 -- "The Bush-Putin deal linking talks on missile defense and strategic arms cuts met with notably positive reviews in overseas media. Most opinionmakers in Russia, NATO states and elsewhere in Asia and Latin America judged the Genoa meeting of minds to be a hopeful, albeit unexpected, "step forward" in "overcoming differences" on MD, and perhaps "paving the way to modifying the ABM Treaty." Some painted a more ambitious picture, musing that the U.S. and Russia could outline a welcome post-Cold War framework for disarmament"
  • SENATE-MISSILE DEFENSE, VOA, July 24, 2001 -- "The debate over President Bush's proposed missile defense system is heating up in the U-S Congress. On Tuesday, the Bush plan prompted a skeptical reaction from Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee"
  • Boeing Satellite Systems Team Members and Their Customers Working Side-By-Side in New Company Facility Boeing 23 Jul 2001 -- A unique side-by-side collocation of satellite industry contractors and their U.S. government customers is made possible by the newest facility on the El Segundo campus of Boeing Satellite Systems (BSS), a unit of The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA).
  • Delta Rocket to Launch Probe Into Birth of Solar System Boeing 23 Jul 2001 -- A Boeing Delta II rocket is poised to help NASA investigate the beginnings of our solar system by launching Genesis into a halo orbit between the Earth and Sun.
  • HYBRID SOUNDING ROCKET SYSTEM TO BE TESTED AT STENNIS SPACE CENTER Lockheed Martin 23 Jul 2001 -- Lockheed Martin Space Systems – Michoud Operations will conduct the final ground test firing of a hybrid rocket motor that will increase safety and reliability and reduce environmental hazards at 5 p.m. Tuesday, July 24 at the NASA Stennis Space Center.
  • ILS Celebrates Successful Atlas Launch With GOES-M Weather Satellite Lockheed Martin 23 Jul 2001 -- An Atlas IIA rocket successfully carried the GOES-M weather satellite into space during an early morning launch today. Liftoff was at 3:23 a.m. EDT from Launch Pad 36A at Cape Canaveral, followed by spacecraft separation into geosynchronous transfer orbit 27 minutes later.
  • BUSH/MISSILE DEFENSE, VOA, July 23, 2001 -- "President Bush says he wants to give Russia ample time to come to some sort of agreement on missile defense. But he makes clear he will not wait forever. Bush was asked about the missile defense controversy in Rome where he met with Italian leaders and Pope John Paul the Second."
  • STATION / SPACEWALK, VOA, July 21, 2001 -- "U-S astronauts have inaugurated the international space station's new doorway to space. The astronauts floated outside the outpost for four hours Saturday to install the last of four gas tanks that pressurize the passageway."
  • SAIC/Boeing Win NATO Theater Ballistic Missile Defense Feasibility Study Contract Boeing 19 Jul 2001 -- A transatlantic team that includes The Boeing Company [NYSE:BA] and SAIC has been selected to participate in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Active Layered Theatre Ballistic Missile Defense (TBMD) Feasibility Study to develop architecture solutions that fully integrate Alliance capabilities into an effective, affordable, theatre ballistic missile defense.
  • PENTAGON/RUSSIA, VOA, July 19, 2001 -- "A top Pentagon official says the United States would like Russia to have the ability to defend itself against limited missile attack. A new tactic in the Pentagon's search for Congressional support for development of a U-S missile-defense system"
  • ATK Completes Qualification of Ground-Based Midcourse Defense Segment Booster ATK 18 Jul 2001 -- ATK (Alliant Techsystems) (NYSE: ATK) said it has successfully completed final testing of the thrust vector control (TVC) system on its first-stage motor for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense Segment (GMDS) interceptor, completing all requirements to qualify the motor for flight.
  • SHUTTLE-SPACE STATION, VOA, July 18, 2001 -- "Space shuttle Atlantis astronauts have hooked up three gas tanks for the newly installed airlock on the International Space Station. The operation was delayed because of computer problems."
  • MISSILE DEFENSE: 'NEW MOMENTUM,' BUT OPPOSITION ONGOING, Office of Research, Foreign Media Reaction, July 17, 2001 -- "Overseas opinionmakers viewed with a familiar mix of irritation and resignation the Bush administration's "stepped-up" push for missile defense (MD) over the past week. Analysts conceded that the release of a State Department "warning" memo, Deputy Defense Sec. Wolfowitz's Hill testimony and the successful intercept missile test all conspired to "give a much needed boost" and lend "an air of inevitability" to MD"
  • SHUTTLE-SPACE STATION, VOA, July 17, 2001 -- "Minor technical problems with the international space station's new exterior passageway may delay the first spacewalk from the port by one day. This would extend the shuttle "Atlantis'" visit by 24 hours."
  • SHUTTLE-SPACE STATION, VOA, July 17, 2001 -- "Space shuttle Atlantis astronauts are performing a second spacewalk to work on a newly-installed airlock on the International Space Station. The mission has been extended one day because of minor technical problems."
  • Boeing Creates Missile Defense Systems Organization, Announces Locations Boeing 17 Jul 2001 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE:BA] announced plans today to jointly headquarter its recently formed Missile Defense Systems organization - a major business enterprise within the Space and Communications operating unit -in Washington, D.C. and Huntsville, Ala., bringing together all Boeing missile defense activities under one leadership team.
  • ORBITAL COMPLETES SALE OF MAGELLAN GPS SUBSIDIARY TO THALES GROUP Orbital Sciences Corp. 16 Jul 2001 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced today that it has completed the sale of its Magellan Corporation subsidiary and its 60% interest in Navigation Solutions LLC (NavSol), a joint venture with The Hertz Corporation, to Thales Group for approximately $70 million in cash.
  • CHINA / U-S MISSILE, VOA, July 16, 2001 -- "Chinese officials say the U-S plan to build a missile defense system will undermine global stability. The statement comes after a successful U-S missile test, Saturday."
  • Boeing-Led Missile Defense Team Scores a "Hit"; Successful System Test Includes Intercept Over Pacific Boeing 15 Jul 2001 -- The Ground-based Midcourse Defense Segment (GMDS) program's Integrated Flight Test Saturday was a success - resulting in an intercept and complete destruction of the incoming target.
  • BUSH MISSILE DEFENSE, VOA, July 15, 2001 -- "President Bush's hopes for a missile defense system got a big boost Saturday when the Pentagon staged a successful test of key technology. A missile interceptor successfully hit a mock nuclear warhead over the Pacific Ocean. White House officials say Mr. Bush was pleased with the results."
  • PENTAGON/MISSILE DEFENSE, VOA, July 14, 2001 -- "Pentagon officials say a missile interceptor has soared into the skies over a tiny Pacific island and destroyed a mock nuclear warhead traveling through space."
  • SHUTTLE-SPACE STATION, VOA, July 14, 2001 -- "The U-S space shuttle Atlantis has docked with the international space station, bringing the outpost a new gateway for spacewalkers."
  • Two Lockheed Martin Rockets Successfully Launched In Support of Missile Defense Test Lockheed Martin 14 Jul 2001 -- Two Lockheed Martin rockets were successfully launched today within minutes of each other, but 4,800 miles apart. These launches comprised the sixth such Integrated Flight Test, completing mission requirements that support the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization's (BMDO) Ground-based Midcourse Defense Segment (BMDS) program.
  • SHUTTLE SPACEWALK PREVIEW, VOA, July 14, 2001 -- "U-S astronauts will venture outside the shuttle Atlantis later today to help install a new passageway to space on the international space station. The gateway will allow spacewalkers to come and go from the outpost for the first time."
  • ORBITAL SHIPS ORBVIEW-4 HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING SATELLITE TO LAUNCH SITE Orbital Sciences Corp. 13 Jul 2001 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced today that is has shipped the OrbView-4 high-resolution imaging satellite, which it developed and produced for its Orbital Imaging Corporation (ORBIMAGE) affiliate, from its Germantown, Maryland satellite manufacturing facility to the mission launch site at Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB), California.
  • ARIANE LAUNCH OF ORBITAL-BUILT BSAT-2B GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE DOES NOT ACHIEVE INTENDED ORBIT Orbital Sciences Corp. 13 Jul 2001 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced today that the Ariane 5 rocket that launched the company-built BSAT-2b geostationary communications satellite yesterday evening did not achieve the mission's intended orbit.
  • PENTAGON / MISSILE DEFENSE, VOA, July 13, 2001 -- "The Pentagon is preparing for its first major missile defense test in over a year late Saturday (eds: sometime between 10pm and 2am EDT). The Air Force general in charge of the missile defense development program says he is quietly confident."
  • PENTAGON / MISSILE DEFENSE, VOA, July 13, 2001 -- "The head of the U-S missile defense program says he is cautiously optimistic about Saturday's planned missile interceptor test over the Pacific."
  • PENTAGON/MISSILE DEFENSE, VOA, July 12, 2001 -- "The Pentagon is planning to move ahead with new missile-defense construction that senior officials acknowledge could soon breach the terms of the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty."
  • Team Airborne Laser Delivers Infrared Sensors for Lab Testing and Aircraft Integration Boeing 11 Jul 2001 -- The revolutionary Airborne Laser (ABL) missile defense system's infrared sensors - designed to be the system's initial detector of a theater ballistic missile in its boost phase - have been delivered for installation on the first ABL 747-400 Freighter aircraft platform.
  • Boeing and IBM Set New Record with World's Most Powerful Satellite Digital Communications Processor Boeing 11 Jul 2001 -- Boeing Satellite Systems (BSS), a unit of The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA), and IBM (NYSE:IBM) today announced they have created the world's most powerful satellite-based digital signal processor, designed to make space-borne wireless communications available to a wide audience of users.
  • SPACE SHUTTLE TO DELIVER SPACEWALKING CHAMBER TO SPACE STATION Lockheed Martin 11 Jul 2001 -- Space Shuttle Atlantis is poised to lift off tomorrow in a return engagement with the International Space Station. The primary objective of the astronaut crew is to deliver and install the 6?-ton Airlock to the space station so astronauts and cosmonauts can conduct spacewalks independent of the Space Shuttle.
  • PENTAGON/MISSILES, VOA, July 10, 2001 -- "The Pentagon has confirmed its latest budget request to Congress includes funds to expand its missile defense test facilities. These include sites in Alaska, where defense officials envision eventual deployment of an operational, ground-based missile interceptor system."
  • ATK Negotiates Contract Extensions Worth $21.5 Million for Titan IV Operations Support ATK 10 Jul 2001 -- ATK (Alliant Techsystems) (NYSE: ATK) said it has completed negotiations with Lockheed Martin for two contract extensions worth $21.5 million for Titan IV B production and launch operations support, including launch site segment receiving, inspection, assembly and testing, and all launch-related activities.
  • MEADS INTERNATIONAL SIGNS $216 MILLION RISK REDUCTION EFFORT CONTRACT Lockheed Martin 10 Jul 2001 -- The NATO Medium Extended Air Defense System Management Agency (NAMEADSMA) today awarded a Risk Reduction Effort (RRE) contract to MEADS International, a multinational joint venture of Alenia Marconi Systems (AMS) from Italy, European Aeronautic Defence and Space (EADS) and LFK ? Lenkflugkörpersysteme GmbH from Germany, and Lockheed Martin from the United States.
  • SHUTTLE-SPACE STATION OVERVIEW, VOA, July 9, 2001 -- "The U-S space shuttle Atlantis is poised to take off [has taken off] from Florida with a new entryway for the International Space Station. The mission is one month late because of technical problems with the station's new robot arm. The arm, now fixed, will perform its first assembly task by mounting the entryway on the outpost."
  • RUMSFELD / MISSILE DEFENSE, VOA, July 9, 2001 -- "U-S Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is warning against any oversimplified reactions to the missile defense test set for later this week.">
  • Lockheed Martin's PAC-3 Missile Achieves Major Flight Test Milestones Lockheed Martin 09 Jul 2001 -- The Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile program achieved major system success today at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. by meeting two key flight test milestones.
  • U-S/MISSILE DEFENSE, VOA, July 6, 2001 -- "The United States is going ahead with another test of its controversial missile defense system."
  • Logicon Software Controls Successful National Missile Defense Booster Verification Test Northrop Grumman 03 Jul 2001 -- Logicon Inc., a Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) company, provided the ground command and control software for the successful verification test of The Boeing Company's National Missile Defense (NMD) booster at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
  • ATK Rocket Motors Launch NASA Satellite on Journey to See Early Universe ATK 02 Jul 2001 -- ATK (Alliant Techsystems)(NYSE: ATK) said rocket motors manufactured by its Aerospace Group for The Boeing Company played a dual role in the successful launch on June 30 of a NASA satellite that will probe the deepest mysteries of the universe.



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