HONOLULU — Boeing Satellite Systems of El Segundo, Calif., wants to secure U.S. Air Force funding this year so it can start ordering long-lead components for additional Wideband Gapfiller military communications satellites.
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WASHINGTON — The satellites expected to replace the Pentagon’s current missile warning constellation later this decade will dramatically boost the military’s ability to estimate where ballistic missiles are likely to land, a benefit for U.S. troops deployed overseas and civilians at home, according to Air Force officials.
NASA May Accelerate GPM Mission, Drop Composite Satellite
WASHINGTON — One year after NASA postponed until 2012 the launch of the key spacecraft in a proposed constellation of rain-measuring satellites, the U.S. space agency is now talking about launching the core satellite in 2010.
White House Nixes Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Funds for 2006
WASHINGTON — The White House has eliminated funding for a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope from its 2006 budget request and directed NASA to focus solely on deorbiting the popular spacecraft at the end of its life, according to government and industry sources.
JAXA To Launch Laser Satellite on Dnepr Rocket
TOKYO — The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will use a Ukrainian Dnepr rocket to launch a long-delayed experimental laser communications satellite this summer, according to documents released Dec. 27 by Japan’s Space Activities Commission .
Studying Space Radiation
NEW YORK — A team of researchers is looking to the M oon to develop the tools future astronauts may need to ward off potentially life-threatening levels of space radiation.
Cuts in Japan’s Space Budget To Force Launch Delays
TOKYO — Japan’s 2005 space budget will be 260.3 billion yen ($2.5 billion), 4.7 percent less than the current budget. As a result of the budget cuts and some technical problems, a number of satellite launches will be delayed, according to Japanese space officials.
Hubble Image Adds To Evidence of Planet Beyond Solar System
SAN DIEGO — Astronomers are highly confident that they have taken the first photograph of a planet outside our solar system — make that two photographs. A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope confirms with a high degree of confidence a picture made previously by astronomers at the European Southern Observatory (ESO).
Snecma, EADS Space To Merge Propulsion Divisions
PARIS — Rocket- and satellite-motor builder Snecma expects to complete an agreement with EADS Space this year on a merger of their liquid-propulsion and satellite-propulsion divisions, Snecma Chairman Jean-Paul Bechat said.
Satellite Manufacturers End year With Low Commercial Sales
PARIS — Twelve new commercial telecommunications satellite orders were booked in 2004, a year in which Space Systems/Loral did not emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection but did emerge from a multi-year slump in new business.