Space and Missile Defense Report articles

Recent articles from Space and Missile Defense Report

Weapons In Space Debate Heats Up.(Brief Article)
May 23, 2002... The Department of Defense is taking a deep look into the development of antisatellites, space mines, orbiting lasers, space planes, and natural meteoroids that can be used to attack land, sea, air and space targets. A recent study published by Project Air Force, a division of RAND, a...

Government, Industry Leaders Call For Sustained NASA Budget Boost.(Brief Article)
May 23, 2002... Top government and industry leaders called on a presidential commission for sustained increases to the annual NASA budget beginning in fiscal year 2003 and continuing for the next decade. The Commission on the Future of the United States Aerospace Industry, chaired by former Rep. Robert...

Space Vehicles Directorate Supports MDA.(Missile Defense Agency )(Brief Article)
May 23, 2002... Janet Fender, Chief Scientist for the Air Force Research Laboratory's Space Vehicles Directorate, told SMD Report that the Missile Defense Agency now relies upon the directorate for support in a number of technology areas. Fender said she perceives the directorate's MDA relationship as...

China Launches New Satellites.(Brief Article)
May 23, 2002... China launched two imaging satellites May 15. A Long March 4B was launched from the Taiyuan Space Center carrying the 428 kilogram Feng Yun 1D meteorological satellite and the country's first dedicated ocean monitoring satellite, the 360 kg Haiyang 1,-the first of three satellites-into polar,...

Atlas V Moving To First Launch In July.
May 23, 2002... The maiden flight of the first Air Force Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV), an Atlas V booster built by Lockheed Martin, is one step closer to launch after completing a full countdown test. The Atlas V is scheduled for launch no earlier than July 8 from the newly refurbished launch pad...