August 2002 Space News |
- Boeing Wins Major Space Payload Processing Contract Boeing 29 Aug 2002 -- Boeing won a major space shuttle and expendable launch vehicle payload processing contract today from NASA/Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
- Successful Launch of Europe’s New Weather Satellite EADS 29 Aug 2002 -- Europe has a new weather satellite. On August 29, at 0:45 a.m. (CET), the first satellite of the Meteosat Second Generation MSG 1 was launched on board an Ariane 5 booster from the launch facilities in Kourou, French Guyana.
- BAE SYSTEMS delivers satellite communications to NATO BAE Systems 27 Aug 2002 -- BAE Systems C4ISR has completed the delivery of three of the newly designed Talon transportable satellite communications terminals, leased by the UK Defence Procurement Agency, to the headquarters of NATO's Allied Command Europe Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) near Rheindalen, Germany, from where they will be deployed wherever needed to enhance the Command's operational effectiveness.
- Launch marks new era of space vehicles AFPN 23 Aug 2002-- A new era of space launch vehicles began when the first Lockheed-Martin Atlas V lifted off the pad at Cape Canaveral Aug. 21.
- ATK Composite Structure Flies into Space on Inaugural Launch of Lockheed Martin Atlas V Rocket ATK 22 Aug 2002 -- An ATK (Alliant Techsystems, NYSE: ATK) composite structure flew into space on the new Lockheed Martin Atlas V 400 rocket yesterday, as the largest and most powerful member of the Atlas family of launch vehicles made its inaugural launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
- New Ariane 5 upper stage leaves Bremen EADS 21 Aug 2002
- Inaugural Atlas V Scores Success for ILS, Lockheed Martin Lockheed Martin 21 Aug 2002 -- The first Atlas V launch vehicle scored a triumph for builder Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE:LMT) and launch provider International Launch Services (ILS) today, placing its satellite payload into orbit with a flawless flight.
- SATCOM delivers critical info for war on terrorism AFPN 16 Aug 2002-- In today's information age, satellites are a vital link for global communication. Commanders and troops rely on them to ensure information is at least one step ahead of the enemy in the war on terrorism. At this forward deployed location, that job falls to a satellite communications team from the 114th Combat Communications Squadron of the Florida Air National Guard.
- Lockheed Martin Delivers Key Instrument for NASA Earth Observing System Aura Satellite Lockheed Martin 15 Aug 2002 -- The Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center (ATC) in Palo Alto, Calif. has delivered the High-Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (HiRDLS) -- a key instrument for NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS) Aura satellite designed to monitor long term atmospheric changes -- to the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC).
- Boeing Celebrates 10th Anniversary of the World's Best-Selling Satellite Model Boeing 14 Aug 2002 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] marks the 10th anniversary today of the Boeing 601, the best-selling geosynchronous communications satellite model that has powered revolutionary changes in the way people around the world communicate.
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Boeing Complete MB-XX Cryogenic Upper Stage Rocket Engine Thrust Chamber Assembly Test Program Boeing 12 Aug 2002 -- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd (MHI) and the Rocketdyne Propulsion & Power unit of The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) have successfully completed the preliminary MB-XX full-scale Combustion Chamber / Injector Assembly test program.
- ORBITAL SELECTED FOR $21 MILLION CONTRACT BY FUJI HEAVY INDUSTRIES FOR SUPERSONIC FLIGHT TESTING Orbital Sciences Corp. 08 Aug 2002 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced today that it has been awarded a contract by Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. of Japan, valued at up to $21 million, to provide launch support services for an experimental supersonic flight test program that is being sponsored by Japan's National Aerospace Laboratory.
- ORBITAL RECEIVES $22 MILLION ENGINEERING SERVICES CONTRACT FOR HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE SERVICING MISSION Orbital Sciences Corp. 08 Aug 2002 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced today that its Technical Services Division, based in Greenbelt, MD, has been awarded a two-year $22 million cost reimbursable contract from Lockheed Martin Corporation for engineering support services for NASA's upcoming Hubble Space Telescope (HST) servicing mission.
- Lockheed Martin Mississippi Space & Technology Center Opens Doors at John C. Stennis Space Center, MS Lockheed Martin 05 Aug 2002 -- Dignitaries from NASA, Lockheed Martin and the State of Mississippi today opened the new Lockheed Martin Mississippi Space & Technology Center, an advanced propulsion, thermal, and metrology facility located at the John C. Stennis Space Center, Mississippi.
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