The second Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous (GEO-2) satellite Lockheed Martin is developing for the United States Air Force (USAF) has just completed its thermal vacuum testing. This brings the spacecraft significantly closer to launch.
GEO-2 will aid the US improve its missile defense, technical i... |
14 December 2011
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Officials at Northrop Grumman say that the Space Tracking and Surveillance System Demonstration Satellites (STSS) they built have already successfully completed their mission, ahead of schedule.
The spacecraft celebrated their 2-year anniversary on September 25. The main purpose of the STSS network is to track miss... |
10 November 2011
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Officials with the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) believe that laser systems mounted on aircraft represent the future of safeguarding the nation against incoming missiles. But such a system has recently had its third flight test delayed due to technical issues. The Airborne Laser is a device mounted in a heavily-mod... |
21 August 2010
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The United States may in the near future benefit from a new, advanced missile-detection system, now that two demonstrations satellites have proven their worth. The instruments proved in recent tests that they are capable of detecting ground-based rocket launches with extreme accuracy, which means that the constellati... |
27 July 2010
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Though experts are still peering through telemetry data, officials at the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) are thrilled about the preliminary results of a new missile test the organization conducted. On June 6, the MDA managed to successfully launch a new, trimmed-down version of a ground-based interceptor it uses for... |
11 June 2010
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Despite the fact that North Korea launched its redesigned Taepo-Dong-2 long-range missile on Sunday ignoring all warnings, the mission in itself was an utter failure, if its goal was to deliver a small communications satellite into orbit. The UN and the United States, together with Japan and South Korea, strongly opp... |
7 April 2009
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This has to be the most realistic flight simulator in the world, though it is not used to entertain youth, but to possibly kill them. The Reaper drone is the unmanned aircraft that will deliver one and tons of bombs on Iraqi soil while being controlled by an operator sitting comfortably at a video console 7,000 miles... |
18 July 2007
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