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August 2001 Space News

  • Boeing Successfully Launches First Prototype Missile for Ground-Based Midcourse Defense Segment Boeing 31 Aug 2001 -- A Boeing-designed and -built booster vehicle was successfully launched today for its first verification test flight from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
  • COMPOSITE LIQUID OXYGEN TANK SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES INITIAL PROOF TESTS Lockheed Martin 30 Aug 2001 -- A joint Lockheed Martin/NASA effort has led to the successful initial testing of a composite tank in liquid oxygen (LO2). This is the first sub-scale cryogenic composite tank built of a composite material that is compatible with LO2. Lockheed Martin designed and built the composite tank, and NASA is testing it at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC).
  • ATK Composite Technology Supports Maiden Flight of Japan's H-IIA Space Launch Vehicle ATK 29 Aug 2001 -- ATK (Alliant Techsystems) (NYSE: ATK) said rocket motor case and advanced composite material technologies developed by its Aerospace Group supported the successful maiden launch today of Japan's new H-IIA space launch vehicle from Tanegashima Space Center, Tanegashima Island, Japan.
  • ARROW Weapon System Scores Another Successful Test Israel Aerospace Industries 27 Aug 2001 -- Another successful test of the ARROW Weapon System was conducted today at 12:50 p.m. at an Israel Air Force (IAF) test site.
  • Bush Nominates Myers to Chair Joint Chiefs of Staff, Washington File, August 24, 2001 -- "President Bush has nominated Air Force General Richard Myers to become the 15th chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), the most senior military advisor in the United States"
  • RUSSIA / U-S / ARMS, VOA, August 24, 2001 -- "A senior American official has again said the United States has not set a deadline for finding agreement with Russia on resolving the future of a key arms control treaty. The latest comment came Friday following talks in Moscow between U-S Undersecretary of State John Bolton and Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov"
  • Transcript: Bolton Missile Defense Interview in Moscow, Washington File, August 22, 2001 -- "The United States hopes to reach an accommodation with Russia on the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty as it researches, tests and develops a missile defense program, says John Bolton, under secretary of state for arms control and international security affairs."
  • SHUTTLE LANDING, VOA, August 22, 2001 -- "The U-S space shuttle Discovery has landed in Florida with three international space station crewmembers returning from nearly six months in orbit. The trio faces extensive reconditioning to gravity."
  • U-S-Russia Arms, VOA, August 17, 2001 -- "The Bush administration says it has not set a November deadline for resolving differences with Moscow over the future of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. But it also says there will come a point -- in a matter of months -- when Moscow will either have to accept changes in the 1972 agreement, or the United States will withdraw from it."
  • Boeing-Built Wideband Gapfiller Military Satellite Communications Program Passes Major Design Milestone Boeing 20 Aug 2001 -- The Boeing-led team that is building the Wideband Gapfiller Satellite (WGS), a high-capacity military satellite communications system, today announced successful completion of a recent series of preliminary design reviews (PDRs), a key milestone for the program.
  • Boeing Plans 30-Percent Expansion to World's Largest Satellite Factory Boeing 20 Aug 2001 -- Boeing Satellite Systems (BSS), the world's leading satellite manufacturer, is expanding and remodeling its one-million-square-foot satellite factory to accommodate new business and the transfer of satellite manufacturing from other parts of Boeing.
  • NASA Selects Logicon FDC For SEWP III Contract in High-End Networking, Mass Storage Classes Northrop Grumman 20 Aug 2001 -- Logicon Inc., a Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) company, announced today that its Logicon FDC unit has been selected for NASA's Scientific and Engineering Workstation Procurement III (SEWP III) contract.
  • SPACE STATION, VOA, August 17, 2001 -- "Aboard the international space station, the incoming and outgoing crews have formally exchanged command. The crew of the space shuttle Discovery, which is docked at the station, is preparing for another spacewalk Saturday"
  • ORBITAL COMMEMORATES ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF EXECUTING VANDAL TARGET LAUNCH VEHICLE SERVICES FOR U.S. NAVY Orbital Sciences Corp. 15 Aug 2001 -- This month Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) commemorates its one-year anniversary of executing the MQM-8 VANDAL target launch services contract for the United States Navy Air Systems Command (NAVAIR).
  • SPACE STATION, VOA, August 15, 2001 -- "The outgoing and incoming international space station crews are keeping busy with the change in command while visiting space shuttle astronauts clean the outpost of its trash and prepare for a spacewalk Thursday. The first woman to inhabit the station says she is reluctant to leave after five-and-a-half months"
  • SPACE STATION, VOA, August 14, 2001 -- "The crew of the space shuttle Discovery has beaten the clock and unloaded tons of new supplies for the international space station ahead of schedule. In the meantime, the outgoing Russian commander of the outpost is eager to get home after five-and-a-half months in orbit"
  • ATK Rocket Motors Launch Shuttle Discovery on Mission to International Space Station ATK 13 Aug 2001 -- ATK (Alliant Techsystems) (NYSE: ATK) said two reusable solid rocket motors (RSRM) manufactured by its Aerospace Group helped launch NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery on a mission to the International Space Station from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., on Aug. 10.
  • Boeing and NASA Complete Dual Aerospike Engine Tests Boeing 13 Aug 2001 -- A series of three hot-fire tests on tandem Boeing Rocketdyne XRS-2200 aerospike engines has been completed at NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center, confirming the performance of electromechanical actuators (EMAs) that were used in propellant valving for the engines.
  • SPACE SHUTTLE, VOA, August 13, 2001 -- "The third international space station crew has moved in, after arriving at the outpost Sunday aboard the U-S space shuttle Discovery. Tons of new supplies are going in with them."
  • RUSSIA / RUMSFELD, VOA, August 12, 2001 -- "Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has arrived in Moscow for meetings with his Russian counterpart. Irris Makler reports from the Russian capital that the talks are expected to focus on the future of the anti-ballistic-missile treaty"
  • ON THE LINE: BUILDING MISSILE DEFENSES, VOA, August 11, 2001 -- "After a successful test in July of an interceptor that destroyed an intercontinental ballistic missile high over the Pacific Ocean, the United States is proceeding with plans to develop and deploy a limited national missile defense system. These plans run counter to the thirty-year-old Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, which President George Bush has said it is time to "move beyond." The A-B-M treaty was negotiated with the Soviet Union and prohibits nationwide defenses against long-ranged missiles. At their meeting in Genoa, Italy, however, President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to work toward a new "strategic framework" that would embrace both missile defense and substantial cuts in the two countries' nuclear arsenals. Nevertheless, critics say missile defenses are unnecessary, unworkable, and may set off a new arms race."
  • RUMSFELD / RUSSIA, VOA, August 10, 2001 -- "Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld leaves Saturday for Moscow and what officials say will be an intense day of meetings on missile defense. The United States is setting modest objectives for the talks with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov."
  • Boeing and NASA Complete Dual Aerospike Engine Tests Boeing 10 Aug 2001 -- A series of three hot-fire tests on tandem Boeing Rocketdyne XRS-2200 aerospike engines has been completed at NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center, confirming the performance of electromechanical actuators (EMAs) that were used in propellant valving for the engines.
  • SHUTTLE-SPACE STATION OVERVIEW, VOA, August 10, 2001 -- "The international space station is about to get its third U-S/Russian crew in less than one year. The new team lifted off aboard the U-S space shuttle Discovery late Friday to relieve the current station crew, which has been in orbit for about five-months"
  • SHUTTLE-SPACE STATION OVERVIEW, VOA, August 09, 2001 -- "The crew of the international space station will have to wait at least one more day for replacement. Thursday's launch of the U-S space shuttle Discovery, which carries supplies and a new crew to the space station, was called off because of bad weather"
  • Boeing Delta II Takes NASA on a Trip Back in Time Boeing 08 Aug 2001 -- Today's successful launch of a Boeing [NYSE:BA] Delta II rocket sets the stage for a 38-month NASA mission to investigate the origins of the solar system.
  • SPACE SHUTTLE TO DELIVER THIRD CREW TO LIVE ABOARD INTERNATION SPACE STATION Lockheed Martin 08 Aug 2001 -- Space Shuttle Discovery is on the pad, ready for liftoff to the International Space Station. The scheduled launch time is 4:38 p.m. (Central Time) Thursday, August 9.
  • ATK Rocket Motors Successfully Launch U.S. Air Force Satellite Aboard Titan IV B Rocket ATK 07 Aug 2001 -- ATK (Alliant Techsystems) (NYSE: ATK) said rocket motors designed and manufactured by its Aerospace Group helped launch a Lockheed Martin Titan IV B rocket carrying a Defense Support Program (DSP) satellite from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., on Aug. 6.
  • Boeing Announces Decatur Docking by Delta Mariner to be Delayed Boeing 07 Aug 2001 -- The first arrival ceremony for the MV Delta Mariner to Decatur Ala., scheduled for Wednesday, August 8th, has been cancelled.
  • Delta Mariner Arrival Will Launch Boeing Delta IV on Final Leg of Journey Boeing 06 Aug 2001 -- With the sea-going vessel Delta Mariner to arrive in Alabama for the first time, the Boeing [NYSE:BA] Delta IV common booster core (CBC), built in Decatur, will soon set sail to Space Launch Complex 37, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
  • Boeing Inertial Upper Stage Deploys DSP-21 Satellite Boeing 06 Aug 2001 -- A Boeing [NYSE:BA] Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) payload delivery vehicle successfully deployed a Defense Support Program (DSP) satellite today for the U.S. Air Force from space launch complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
  • Lockheed Martin and U.S. Air Force Successfully Launch Titan IV with Defense Support Program Satellite on Board Lockheed Martin 06 Aug 2001 -- A Titan IV B rocket roared off its launch pad at Complex 40 early this morning carrying a Defense Support Program (DSP) satellite for the U.S. Air Force.
  • Genesis Launch Aboard Boeing Delta Delayed for Weather Boeing 03 Aug 2001 -- At T minus 6, today's Genesis launch on a Boeing Delta II rocket was scrubbed due to adverse weather conditions including thick clouds and high moisture content, both of which violate requirements needed for launch.
  • ORBITAL TO SELL ITS SENSOR SYSTEMS DIVISION Orbital Sciences Corp. 03 Aug 2001 -- Continuing its successful year-long campaign to reduce debt, boost cash and return the company's primary focus to its core space technology products, Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced today that it has reached a definitive agreement with the Hamilton Sundstrand unit of United Technologies Corporation (NYSE: UTX) for the sale of the company's Pomona, California-based Sensor Systems Division (SSD) for approximately $20 million in cash. Orbital anticipates that the transaction will close in September.
  • Genesis Launch Aboard Boeing Delta Rocket Stands Down Boeing 02 Aug 2001 -- At about 6:00 a.m. EDT, officials decided to stand down today's launch of a Boeing Delta II rocket carrying NASA's Genesis spacecraft, due to adverse weather conditions including strong winds.
  • ORBITAL TO DEVELOP ALTERNATIVE BOOST VEHICLE CONCEPT FOR U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM Orbital Sciences Corp. 02 Aug 2001 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced today that it has been awarded a seven-month contract, worth up to $11 million, by The Boeing Company to develop a concept for an Alternative Boost Vehicle (ABV) for the country’s Ground-Based Midcourse Defense Segment (GMDS), formerly the National Missile Defense (NMD) program.
  • Thales acquires sat-nav firms magellan Corp. Thales 02 Aug 2001 -- Magellan Corporation and Navigation Solutions are now part of the Thales group, following approval by U.S. authorities. The acquisition was originally announced by Thales and Orbital Sciences on May 23.
  • Bad Weather Delays Genesis Launch Aboard Boeing Delta Rocket Boeing 01 Aug 2001 -- At about 12:30 p.m. EDT, officials scrubbed today's launch of a Boeing [NYSE: BA] Delta II rocket carrying NASA's Genesis spacecraft, due to range weather constraint of thick clouds.



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