February 2002 Space News

Boeing Delta One Step Closer To Launching NASA's Aqua Mission Boeing 28 Feb 2002 -- The Boeing [NYSE:BA] Delta II rocket that will launch NASA's Aqua mission to better understand the cause and effects of Earth's environmental changes, is one step closer to liftoff as technicians hoisted the rocket onto Launch Pad 2W at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The mission is scheduled for early May.
SPACE SHUTTLE TO UPGRADE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE Lockheed Martin 28 Feb 2002 -- Space Shuttle Columbia is set for liftoff from Kennedy Space Center at 5:48 a.m. (CST) Thursday, February 28, on a servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope.
Missile Agency Head Details Progress to Congress AFPS 28 Feb 2002-- The Defense Department's aggressive missile defense testing program will continue with a test launch March 15, Air Force Lt. Gen. Ronald Kadish told Congress Feb. 27.
EADS provides full backing for Skynet 5 bid EADS 26 Feb 2002 -- EADS European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company welcomes the UK Government's selection of Paradigm Secure Communications as preferred bidder for Skynet 5.
Boeing-Led Team Pursues Satellite Communications Contract Boeing 22 Feb 2002 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] is enlisting the help of four industry leaders to pursue the first phase of a multi-year, multimillion-dollar U.S. Air Force contract to acquire wideband satellite communication terminals that will provide critical protected communications for the military.
Boeing Restructures Satellite Operations Boeing 21 Feb 2002 -- A restructuring of the satellite operations of Boeing Space and Communications will enable the world's leading satellite provider to position itself to compete more aggressively in a highly competitive market. Boeing Space and Communications (S&C) is a unit of The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA).
'Swords to plough-shares' - from the SS 19 to the commercial launch vehicle Rockot EADS 21 Feb 2002 -- The Space Infrastructure division of Astrium has announced in the German Embassy in Moscow today that the German-Russian Rockot launcher will launch two US-German GRACE research satellites from Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia on 16 March 2002.
Lockheed Martin-built Atlas IIIB and A2100 Satellite Launched Successfully for EchoStar Communications Corporation Lockheed Martin 21 Feb 2002 -- The EchoStar VII telecommunications satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems for EchoStar Orbital Corporation, was launched successfully today from this seaside launch complex aboard an Atlas IIIB rocket provided by International Launch Services.
Army tests PAC3 missile at White Sands Army News Service 21 Feb 2002-- The Missile Defense Agency and the 2/43rd Air Defense Artillery Battalion conducted a test of the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 system Feb. 16 at White Sands Missile Range, N.M.
Lockheed Martin Awarded Advanced Radar Contract For Sea-Based Midcourse Missile Defense Segment Lockheed Martin 20 Feb 2002 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command awarded Lockheed Martin Naval Electronic & Surveillance Systems (NE&SS) a $420 million contract modification to develop a prototype tactical radar, called SPY-1E, as a critical component of the nation's sea-based midcourse missile defense segment.
ATK Rocket Motors Boost Boeing Delta II Launch Vehicle Carrying Iridium Satellites ATK 12 Feb 2002 -- Solid propellant rocket motors manufactured by ATK (Alliant Techsystems) (NYSE: ATK) helped launch a Boeing Delta II 7920 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. on Feb. 11 on a mission that successfully placed into orbit five replacement satellites for the Iridium mobile telephone constellation.
Boeing Delta II Delivers Latest Additions to Iridium Constellation Boeing 11 Feb 2002 -- A Boeing Delta II rocket launched the latest additions to the Iridium satellite constellation Monday from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. at 9:44 a.m. PST.
Boeing Delta II Launch of Iridium Satellites Scrubbed Boeing 08 Feb 2002 -- Boeing [NYSE:BA] officials scrubbed today's launch of a Boeing Delta II rocket because of high surface winds at the launch pad.
CryoSat - A Satellite with an icy Mission EADS 08 Feb 2002 -- Astrium will build the new European environmental and climate satellite CryoSat.
ATK Motors Launch Orbital's Pegasus XL Rocket Carrying NASA Solar Imaging Satellite ATK 06 Feb 2002 -- the most powerful explosions in the solar system. The research will help NASA scientists more accurately predict solar eruptions and assess their effect on Earth and space.
Wings for X-37 Spaceplane Shipped to Palmdale Final Assembly Facility Boeing 06 Feb 2002 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE:BA] announced today that it recently completed the composite wings for the X-37 reusable spaceplane at its Huntington Beach, Calif., facility and delivered them to the High Desert Assembly Integration & Test facility in Palmdale, Calif.
SPACE SHUTTLE TO DELIVER SCIENCE LABORATORY TO SPACE STATION Lockheed Martin 06 Feb 2002 -- The first Space Shuttle mission of 2001 – STS-98 – is scheduled to lift off at 5:06 p.m. (Central time) on Wednesday, February 7. Bound for the International Space Station (ISS), the shuttle crew will deliver Destiny, the science laboratory that is the centerpiece of the space station.
Under Secretary of the Air Force Peter Teets Briefs on Space Transformation AFPS 07 Feb 2002
Boeing Delta II to Launch New Additions to Iridium Constellation Boeing 05 Feb 2002 -- The first Boeing Delta II rocket launch of 2002 will carry the latest additions to a satellite constellation that delivers essential communications services to remote areas of the globe.
ORBITAL'S PEGASUS ROCKET SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHES NASA'S HESSI SATELLITE Orbital Sciences Corp. 05 Feb 2002 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced that it successfully launched the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA's) High Energy Spectroscopic Imager (HESSI) satellite into its targeted orbit aboard the company's Pegasus® rocket earlier today.
Text: NOAA Satellites Help Save Lives Around the World Washington File 04 Feb 2002-- Using a constellation of environmental satellites to detect and locate emergency beacons, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Russian government saved 166 people last year from U.S. waters, the Alaska wilderness, and downed aircraft in states around the country.
BAE SYSTEMS launches new space microprocessor line BAE Systems 04 Feb 2002 -- BAE Systems is now producing the next-generation space computer microprocessor - the RAD750 TM microprocessor - the most powerful radiation-hardened general-purpose microprocessor ever developed, said Dale Hutchinson, Executive Vice President for the Information & Electronic Warfare Systems unit.
Customer Acceptance Granted for Boeing-Built Thuraya Satellite Mobile Communications System Boeing 04 Feb 2002 -- Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications Company has assumed control of a turnkey satellite mobile communications system designed and built by Boeing Space and Communications (S&C), a unit of The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA]. Thuraya's acceptance marks the successful culmination of Boeing's first effort to design and deliver an integrated mobile communications system.
ORBITAL SET TO LAUNCH NASA SATELLITE ABOARD PEGASUS SPACE LAUNCH VEHICLE Orbital Sciences Corp. 04 Feb 2002 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) today announced that it is in final preparations to launch the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) High Energy Spectroscopic Imager (HESSI) satellite aboard the company's Pegasus® rocket.
Countdown for Ariane 511 at Bremen Airport - Ariane 5 upper stage to fly to French Guiana EADS 01 Feb 2002 -- An Ariane 5 upper stage made by Astrium in Bremen is being transported for the first time with a Russian Antonov 124 large-capacity transport aircraft from Bremen Airport to Europe's spaceport in French Guiana.
ORBITAL SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHES TARGET VEHICLE FOR MDA'S SEA-BASED MIDCOURSE MISSILE DEFENSE TEST Orbital Sciences Corp. 01 Feb 2002 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced today that it successfully launched the suborbital rocket that served as the target vehicle for last Friday's test of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) Sea-based Midcourse missile defense program.

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