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NASA Needs Total Strategy To Control CostsWashington DC (SPX) Jul 14, 2010 NASA should develop a broad, integrated strategy to contain costs and maintain schedules as earth and space science missions are planned and designed, says a new report by the National Research Council. The report also calls on NASA, Congress, and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to consistently use the same method to quantify and track costs. "Cost and schedule considerations are important for NASA missions," said Ronald M. Sega, chair of the committee that wrote the report and the Woodw ... read more |
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Petah Tikva, Israel (SPX) Jul 14, 2010Gilat Satellite Networks has been chosen to provide broadband satellite networks for homeland security applications in Asia. The networks are being used to deliver data, video and voice applications for homeland security and border patrol forces in addition to other defense requirements. The networks incorporate a video surveillance application and various quick-deploy transportable units. ... more 
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 14, 2010NASA announced three new Centennial Challenges Tuesday, with an overall prize purse of $5 million. NASA's Centennial Challenges are prize competitions for technological achievements by independent teams who work without government funding. "NASA sponsors prize competitions because the agency believes student teams, private companies of all sizes and citizen-inventors can provide creative s ... more  
Long Beach CA (SPX) Jul 14, 2010Sea Launch Company, a leading provider of launch services to the commercial satellite industry, has entered into an agreement with Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited ("AsiaSat"), for the launch of an AsiaSat satellite to geosynchronous transfer orbit, on the Sea Launch system. AsiaSat will assign the mission at a later date for a launch to be executed between 2012 and 2014. ... more |
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Satellites Track Two-Stage Interceptor In Missile Defense TestVandenberg Air Force Base CA (SPX) Jul 14, 2010 The Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) Demonstration satellites, built by Northrop Grumman Corporation and Raytheon Company, successfully detected and tracked a two-stage Ground-Based Interceptor (GBI) during a U.S. Missile Defense Agency flight test on June 6, 2010. Tracking data generated by the satellite sensors were transmitted to the Missile Defense Integration and Operation Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., which serves as the ground station for the two demonstration spacecraft. ... read more |
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