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September 2001 Space News

  • Lockheed Martin Athena I Launch Vehicle Successfully Completes First Launch From Alaska's Kodiak Launch Complex Lockheed Martin 28 Sep 2001 -- An Athena I launch vehicle roared into space from the Kodiak Launch Complex this evening carrying four individual satellites to two different Earth orbits for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Department of Defense Space Test program.
  • First Flight Boeing Delta IV Heads to Launch Site Boeing 25 Sep 2001 -- The first stage of the Boeing Delta IV is on its way to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., in preparation for its first launch. On Tuesday, the first stage - also referred to as the common booster core (CBC) - was rolled out of the Delta Launch Vehicle Factory in Decatur, Ala.
  • Sea Launch Marketed Alongside Boeing Delta Rockets Boeing 24 Sep 2001 -- Sea Launch partners and Boeing Space & Communications officials announced today their intention to have a common sales and marketing organization for Sea Launch and Boeing Delta commercial launch services.
  • ORBITAL COMPLETES $20 MILLION SALE OF SENSOR SYSTEMS DIVISION TO HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND Orbital Sciences Corp. 21 Sep 2001 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) today announced that it has completed the sale of its Sensor Systems Division (SSD) to the Hamilton Sundstrand unit of United Technologies Corporation (NYSE: UTX).
  • ORBITAL'S LAUNCH OF TAURUS ROCKET UNSUCCESSFUL Orbital Sciences Corp. 21 Sep 2001 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced today that the launch of its Taurus rocket, which was carrying the OrbView-4 satellite for ORBIMAGE and the QuikTOMS satellite for NASA, did not achieve the mission’s intended orbit.
  • ORBITAL SET TO LAUNCH THE WORLD’S NEWEST COMMERCIAL HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING SATELLITE ABOARD TAURUS ROCKET ON SEPTEMBER 21 Orbital Sciences Corp. 20 Sep 2001 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced today that it is in final preparations to launch its Taurus® rocket, which will carry two satellites and another small commercial payload into orbit, on Friday, September 21, 2001.
  • NATIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE?, VOA, September 19, 2001 -- "One of the many sub-themes of editorials in the United States press about last week's terrorist attack is that it was carried out with low-technology. As some have pointed out, the hijackers who took over four U-S commercial airliners and used three of them as guided missiles, used about 30-dollars worth of small knives and box-cutters."
  • BAE SYSTEMS, Qinetiq and Roke Manor partner to create "Satcoms on the move" BAE Systems 18 Sep 2001 -- BAE Systems, in partnership with Roke Manor Research and QinetiQ, has developed and patented AGILe Information Transfer abilitY - AGILITY - a system to meet the increasing need for affordable, high bandwidth, secure and assured satellite communications (satcom) to-and-from military platforms on the move.
  • Boeing Delivers Final Designs of Powerful Next-Generation Integrated Circuits for Spaceway Satellite Payloads Boeing 18 Sep 2001 -- Boeing Satellite Systems (BSS), a unit of The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA), has completed design of nine unique types of application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) for the Spaceway broadband satellite system.
  • Boeing Wins First Contract For Linearized Satellite Amplifiers Valued At Up To $16 Million Boeing 10 Sep 2001 -- Boeing Electron Dynamic Devices (EDD), the leading manufacturer of power and propulsion components for space applications, has received its first contract for linearized traveling wave tube amplifiers (LTWTAs).
  • Lockheed Martin Team Passes SBIRS High System Critical Design Review Lockheed Martin 10 Sep 2001 -- The Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) High team led by prime contractor Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company successfully completed the system critical design review (CDR) with its customer, the U.S. Air Force, on August 30-31.
  • Biden Says Bush Missile Defense Plan Could Trigger New Arms Race, Washington File, September 10, 2001 -- "The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has delivered a broadside against the Bush administration's missile defense proposal, calling it dangerous nonsense that could propel a new arms race even as it steals scarce funds from real defense needs."
  • RICE/MISSILE DEFENSE, VOA, September 9, 2001 -- "Two members of the Bush administration are again defending the president's decision to move ahead with testing and deployment of a national missile defense system - even if it means breaking the Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty with Russia. And the White House is moving ahead with discussions with China and Russia, two countries THAT oppose the system"
  • ILS Successfully Launches Atlas With NRO Payload Lockheed Martin 08 Sep 2001 -- An Atlas IIAS rocket successfully lifted off today at 8:24 a.m. PDT (15:24 p.m. GMT) today from this West Coast launch site, releasing a national security payload into transfer orbit 66 minutes later.
  • Senate Committee Cuts Missile Defense Spending Below Bush Request, Washington File, September 07, 2001 -- "The Senate Armed Services Committee has approved a $343,000 million defense authorization bill for fiscal year 2002 that cuts some $1,300 million from the Bush administration's top priority missile defense program"
  • Fact Sheet: State Dept. on Missile Defense and Deterrence, Washington File, September 07, 2001 -- "The following fact sheet was prepared by the Arms Control Bureau of the U.S. Department of State. It cites emerging threats and a need to diversify the U.S. approach to deterrence, and touches upon U.S. missile defense and Russia and China"
  • SENATE-MISSILE DEFENSE , VOA, September 7, 2001 -- "President Bush's proposed missile defense network has suffered a setback in Congress. A key Senate committee has voted to limit tests of the system and cut its funding."
  • PROSPECTS FOR MISSILE DEFENSE, VOA, September 7, 2001 -- "President Bush is now battling to save his missile defense program from opposition Democratic efforts in Congress to cut it. That reflects the wider national debate over the value of missile defense in terms of its cost, effectiveness and impact on the rest of the world, where there is much skepticism about the program"
  • PENTAGON-MISSILE DEFENSE, VOA, September 5, 2001 -- "The Bush administration has declared it will not turn a blind eye to China's military buildup in return for Beijing accepting American missile defenses. The president's missile defense plans and Pentagon budget are being coolly received by some in Congress."
  • Lockheed Martin Awarded Contract to Build Three A2100 Satellites for GE American Communications Lockheed Martin 06 Sep 2001 -- Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems (LMCSS) today announced the award of a contract to build three A2100 geosynchronous satellites for GE American Communications, Inc. (GE Americom).
  • Lockheed Martin-led National Team Passes Major Design Milestone for Next Generation Military Communications Satellite Program Lockheed Martin 05 Sep 2001 -- The Advanced Extremely High Frequency (Advanced EHF) National Team of Lockheed Martin Space Systems, TRW Space & Electronics and Boeing Satellite Systems has successfully completed the system Preliminary Design Review (PDR) with its customer, the MILSATCOM Joint Program Office, U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center.
  • ATK Rocket Motor Supports Successful Flight Test of Missile Defense Prototype Interceptor ATK 04 Sep 2001 -- ATK (Alliant Techsystems) (NYSE: ATK) said a solid rocket motor developed by its Aerospace Group provided the first-stage propulsion during the first successful flight test of a booster vehicle that is a prototype interceptor missile for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense Segment (GMDS) Program (formerly National Missile Defense).
  • Boeing to Build New Satellite for PanAmSat, JSAT Joint Venture Boeing 04 Sep 2001 -- PanAmSat Corporation and Japan's JSAT Corporation have selected Boeing Satellite Systems (BSS) to build a new spacecraft in support of the two companies' recent joint venture, Horizons, as well as PanAmSat's domestic U.S. cable program distribution offerings.



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