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US Awards $40m Contract to Aerojet
Relevance Score: 3.625 2009-07-20 21:21:57
The US Army has awarded a $40m contract to Aerojet to deliver HAWK rocket motors to the US Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) for sale to allied countries. The HAWK is a surface-to-air guided, medium-range missile that provides air defence coverage against low-to-medium-altitude aircraft. The system is currently in use by ...
Russia Launches Carrier Rocket With Canadian Telecoms Satellite.
Relevance Score: 3.498 2009-10-02 23:19:04
Russia has launched a Proton-M heavy carrier rocket with the Nimiq 5 telecommunications satellite on board from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, the Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said. The launch of a Proton rocket was carried out at 23:19 Moscow time (19:19 GMT) on Thursday. Telesat Canada inked a ...
Indonesia Testing Home Produced Rockets — One By One.
Relevance Score: 3.461 2009-07-08 01:54:27
Way to go — Indonesia successfully launched a home-grown rocket into space on Thursday as part of plans to send a satellite into orbit by 2014, officials informed. The RX-420 rocket launched from a launch pad in Garut regency, West Java province, around 8:00am (0100 GMT). "The RX-420 rocket was ...
Ariane Rocket Launches Two Television Satellites
Relevance Score: 3.443 2009-11-09 22:33:08
An Ariane-5 rocket placed two television satellites in orbit after blasting off from French Guiana, space officials informed. The rocket lifted off from the European Space Agency's launch center in Kourou on the northeast coast of South America at 5:00 p.m. (2000 GMT). Twenty-seven minutes after launch, the ...
U.S. warns Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) against rocket launch
Relevance Score: 3.404 2009-03-27 22:23:08
The USA said on Thursday that it will be a highly "provocative" act if the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) does a suspected satellite launch. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters that "Any rocket launch would be "provocative" and violate the resolutions adopted by the United Nations Security Council". Situation ...
Satellite vehicles and launch services
Relevance Score: 3.265 2000-04-06 15:00:41
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USAF Launches Satellite To Enhance Military Communications
Relevance Score: 3.055 2009-12-31 14:12:01
The U.S. Air Force successfully launched a new-generation military communications satellite from here at 8:47 p.m. (EST), when a Delta IV rocket carried a Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) into space. WGS satellites are designed to provide high-capacity communications to U.S. military forces. They will augment and eventually replace the Defense Satellite ...
South Korea's Naro Does Well, Satellite Not So Superbly.
Relevance Score: 3.048 2009-09-02 22:55:59
The South Korean rocket launch earlier today occurred successfully — unfortunately, as was the case with this nation's counterpart to the north, the satellite never arrived at its intended orbit. Putting a positive spin on the launch was the South Korean Science Ministry, which called the event a partial success, ...
South Korea Space Attempt Terminated Again.
Relevance Score: 2.878 2009-07-23 23:46:51
South Korea has once again terminated the launch of its first space rocket due to technical obstacles, a spokesman for the Korea Aerospace Research Institute has informed. Russian counterparts building the first stage of the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 had called for more time for testing, said spokesman Kim Hong-Gab. ...
Proton-M carrier rocket, American satellite Intelsat-16 launched from Baikonur
Relevance Score: 2.838 2010-02-12 12:16:19
Kazakhstan Today - Proton-M carrier rocket with the booster block Breeze-M and the American satellite Intelsat-16 were launched from the cosmodrome Baikonur today at 06.40 Astana time, the agency reports citing RosBusinessConsulting (RBC). It is the first commercial launch of the carrier rocket Proton in 2010. Telecommunication space satellite Intelsat-16 was made ...
Japan launches new spy satellite.
Relevance Score: 2.820 2009-12-01 00:19:36
Japan on Saturday launched a next-generation spy satellite as part of efforts to beef up its surveillance system against the threat of North Korea's missiles, officials informed. An H-2A rocket carrying the nation's No. 3 Information Gathering Satellite was launched Saturday morning from Tanegashima Space Centre on Tanegashima island, southwestern ...
Japan's HTV Launched Successfully And En Route To ISS.
Relevance Score: 2.704 2009-09-21 21:38:23
Early Friday morning, Japan's H-2B rocket successfully launched an H-2 Transfer Vehicle, or HTV cargo transporter, which is Japan's first unmanned cargo vehicle. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) crafted it to transport supplies to the International Space Station orbiting Earth. The launch rocket with the HTV on board, the ...
Japan's HTV Launched Successfully And En Route To ISS.
Relevance Score: 2.671 2009-09-23 21:50:29
Japan's H-2B rocket successfully launched an H-2 Transfer Vehicle, or HTV cargo transporter, which is Japan's first unmanned cargo vehicle. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) designed it to transport supplies to the International Space Station orbiting Earth. The launch rocket with the HTV on board, the first of its ...
Korea to Take Another Shot at Satellite Launch in May
Relevance Score: 2.577 2010-02-09 12:52:46
Seoul will attempt another launch of the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1, also known as Naro-1, in May after the first attempt to put a satellite into orbit failed on Aug. 25 last year. The KSLV-1 is Korea's first locally assembled and launched space rocket. The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology ...
Russia Puts U.S Communications Satellite Into Orbit.
Relevance Score: 2.521 2009-07-06 22:31:53
Russia launched a carrier rocket to send a U.S. communications satellite into space, news agencies reported, citing the Khrunichev state space research and production center. Alexander Borbrenyov, press secretary of the Khrunichev center, informed that a Russian Proton-M carrier rocket, with a Sirius FM5 atop, blasted off at around 23:10 ...
Japan reacts
Relevance Score: 2.482 2009-03-27 15:41:52
After repeatedly and unsuccesfully asking North Korea to cancel the launch of its satellite, Japan decided to order two destroyers equipped with American-built Aegis anti-missile systems into the Sea of Japan. Ships are going to prevent Japanese territory from falling pieces of the rocket or other debris. Since North Korea announced ...
Russian Proton-M carrier rocket set to orbit Chinese satellite
Relevance Score: 2.471 2009-08-21 00:56:23
A Proton-M rocket with a Chinese telecommunications satellite will be launched on Tuesday from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, the Russian Federal Space Agency informed. Russian-U.S. joint venture International Launch Services (ILS) and Hong Kong-based Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd. (AsiaSat) signed a contract in February for the launch ...
Russian rocket Proton-M launches communication satellite AsiaSat-5
Relevance Score: 2.462 2009-08-12 15:10:52
Russia launched a carrier rocket on Tuesday to send an Asian communication satellite into orbit, a spokesman for the Khrunichev space research and production center said. The Proton-M rocket, with an AsiaSat-5 satellite atop, blasted off at 11:47 p.m. Moscow time (1947 GMT) from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, Alexander ...
Russian Military Satellite Launched Into Orbit.
Relevance Score: 2.455 2009-05-26 00:14:49
An aide to the Russian Space Forces commander informed that Russian Meridian 2 military satellite was sent orbit Friday by a Soyuz-2 carrier rocket launched from Plesetsk space centre in north of the country. The Meridian-series communication satellites are designed to replace the older Molniya-series spacecraft and in addition to their ...
South Korea Ramps Up For Third Try First Rocket Launch.
Relevance Score: 2.405 2009-08-18 18:00:51
South Korea will launch its first space rocket from its territory on August 11, following repeated delays due to technical problems, officials informed. The country’s Ministry of Education, Science and Technology said South Korea set the new launch date after talks with Russia, a co-builder of the rocket. "Both ...
ARIANE 5 –A Contract Between Nammo And Astrium
Relevance Score: 2.394 2009-04-03 21:42:50
Nammo Raufoss contracted EADS Astrium for 700 rocket motors. The total range of the agreement represents the requirement for Separation Boosters (FE), Acceleration Boosters (FA) and Safe & Arm devices (BSA) for 35 launches of the European Spacecraft ARIANE 5 built by Astrium. This agreement will allow Nammo Raufoss to ...
SumbandilaSat Succumbs Again To A Soyuz-2 "Hold".
Relevance Score: 2.312 2009-10-03 13:20:37
The launch of South Africa's SumbandilaSat has, once again, been delayed, after Russian space agency Roscosmos imposed another 24-hold on the rocket that will carry the microsatellite into space. The launch was originally meant to have happened on Tuesday evening, but high winds and a telemetry glitch forced Roscosmos to ...
Russia Will Launch 3 Glonass Satellites In March
Relevance Score: 2.298 2010-02-17 23:49:55
A Proton M carrier rocket bearing three Glonass satellites will be sent into space from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on March 2, Russian space officials informed. The carrier rocket and the satellites are currently being tested at the Kazakh space center. Glonass - the Global Navigation Satellite System ...
SpaceX Gets Satellite Contract
Relevance Score: 2.297 2010-01-28 13:58:34
Hawthorne-based Space Exploration Technologies, the commercial rocket firm headed by Elon Musk, said late Wednesday that it has signed a deal with Israeli satellite firm Space Communications Ltd., to launch a communications satellite aboard its Falcon 9 rocket as early as December of 2012. SpaceX said the launch will insert the ...
High-Tech Response To Rocket Attacks
Relevance Score: 2.296 2009-06-01 11:42:43
German troops serving in Afghanistan will soon be equipped with a highly effective new form of protection against rocket, artillery, and mortar attacks. The German government has contracted with the Dusseldorf-based Rheinmetall Group to supply the Bundeswehr with newly developed air defence systems worth around EUR110.8 million. The current contract encompasses ...
Upgraded Block C Solid Rocket Motor Case for Atlas V Successfully Tested By Aerojet.
Relevance Score: 2.275 2009-06-19 09:02:16
Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, informed that it has performed a successful burst test and re-qualification of the upgraded Atlas V Solid Rocket Motor composite case. The test took place at Aerojet's test facility in Rancho Cordova, Calif. The Pre-Planned Product Improvement (P3I) motor case design upgrade qualifies an ...
Falcon1 Rocket Takes Off
Relevance Score: 2.272 2009-03-29 03:49:49
On 21 Apr local time Falcon1 rocket will begin its first commercial venture. The action is performed by SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk The main goal of the mission is to locate RazakSAT Malaysia's first attempt at an Earth observation satellite on the orbit. The rocket will also carry two ...
China Launches New Observation Satellite
Relevance Score: 2.270 2009-04-25 17:29:27
A Long March 2C rocket blasted off at 0255 GMT Wednesday from the Taiyuan space base in northern China's Shanxi province. The two-stage booster, propelled by a noxious mix of hydrazine and nitrogen tetroxide, deftly guided the secret Yaogan 6 satellite into orbit, according to the official Xinhua news agency. Rocket ...
Russia Prepares To Launch US Telecoms Satellite
Relevance Score: 2.258 2010-02-10 20:31:07
A Russian Proton-M rocket carrying a U.S. telecommunications satellite has been delivered to a launch pad at the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan in preparation for the February 12 launch. The carrier rocket will put into orbit the Intelsat-16 satellite, which was developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation for the Intelsat Ltd., ...
USAF Launches Satellite To Enhance Military Communications
Relevance Score: 2.256 2009-12-08 21:07:44
The U.S. Air Force successfully launched a new-generation military communications satellite from here at 8:47 p.m. (EST), when a Delta IV rocket carried a Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) into space. WGS satellites are designed to provide high-capacity communications to U.S. military forces. They will augment and eventually replace the Defense Satellite ...
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