| December 08, 2006 |
 |
our time will build eternity |
|
US Aborts ABM Test Washington (AFP) Dec 7, 2006 
A US missile defense test in the Pacific aborted Thursday when one of two interceptor missiles failed to fire from a US Aegis class cruiser, the Pentagon said. The Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency blamed the setback on an "incorrect system setting" aboard the USS Lake Erie which was supposed to launch the missiles almost simultaneously at two targets. "The incorrect configuration prevented the fire control system aboard the ship from launching the first of the two interceptor missiles," the agency said in a statement. "Since a primary test objective was a near-simultaneous launch of two missiles against two different targets, the second interceptor missile was intentionally not launched," it said.
|
|
| PREVIOUS ISSUE OF SPACEWAR |
BMD Focus: Israel's New BMD dilemma
Washington (UPI) Dec 07, 2006Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin are fiercely competing for an Israeli order for very short range anti-ballistic missile defense systems. Israel desperately needs such a system. In its July-August operations against Hezbollah (the Iranian-backed Shiite Party of God) in Lebanon, the Israeli Army received a nasty surprise from the ability of Hezbollah to disrupt organized life throughout northern Israel as far south as the port city of Haifa with massive bombardments of Russian-designed Katyusha rockets. LockMart-Built Trident II D5 Launched In Two-Missile US Navy Test 
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Dec 08, 2006The U.S. Navy conducted a successful test launch Nov. 21 of two Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missiles (FBMs) built by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT). The Navy launched the unarmed missiles from USS Maryland (SSBN 738) at the Eastern Range in the Atlantic Ocean. Goldeneye 80 UAV Designed For Urban Warfare 
Warrenton VA (SPX) Dec 08, 2006Athena Technologies has announced its GuideStar flight control and navigation system contributed to the successful first flight of Aurora Flight Sciences' GoldenEye 80 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). |
Time To Leave Iraq
Washington (UPI) Dec 06, 2006More than two thousand years ago, a Spartan king resisted pressure to go to war saying, "I am less afraid of the enemy's strategy than I am of the mistakes we will make." A New Pearl Harbor 
Washington (UPI) Dec 07, 2006It was a curious coincidence of history that saw the publication of the eagerly-awaited report of the Iraq Study Group on Dec. 6, the day before the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. That attack, described by President Franklin Roosevelt as "a day that will live in infamy," was an American defeat that was followed 44 months later by the overwhelming U.S. victory and Japan's surrender. Putin Admits Concern Over Iran Nuclear Program 
Moscow (AFP) Dec 07, 2006Russian President Vladimir Putin admitted Thursday that Russia was "concerned" over Iran's nuclear program and urged Tehran to an "active and transparent cooperation" with the International Atomic Energy Agency. "One cannot say that the IAEA does not have serious questions on certain aspects of Iran's past nuclear activity," Putin said in an interview with the Mexican publisher Mario Vasquez Rana. |
|
Aerospace Manufacturers Meeting The Technology Challenge Of Climate Change
London, UK (SPX) Dec 08, 2006The UK aviation industry has launched its inaugural Sustainable Aviation progress report. This highlights the leading role played by aerospace manufacturers and the pound130 million invested in the past 12 months in research and technology programmes to deliver the improvements required to reduce aviation's impact on the environment. Global Warming Of The Future Is Projected By Ancient Carbon Emissions 
New Haven CT (SPX) Dec 08, 2006Global warming 55 million years ago suggests a high climate sensitivity to carbon dioxide, according to research led by Mark Pagani, associate professor of geology and geophysics at Yale and published in the December 8 issue of Science. Jason-1 Celebrates Five Years In Orbit - Ocean Data Continues To Flow 
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 08, 2006Jason-1 completes its 5th year on orbit on 7 December 2006. From its vantage point 1,330 kilometers (860 miles) above Earth, this follow-on to the highly successful TOPEX/Poseidon mission has provided measurements of the surface height of the world's oceans to an accuracy of 3.3 centimeters (1.3 inches). |
French Finance Group CDC Buys 25.5 Percent Stake In Eutelsat
Paris (AFP) Dec 07, 2006Powerful French state financial body the Caisse des Depots is to buy 25.5 percent of Eutelsat, one of the world's top three satellite operators, from the investment fund Eurazeo, the Caisse Des Depots said Thursday in a statement. The Caisse des Depots will pay 862.7 million euros (1.15 billion dollars) to Eurazeo and end up with 26.15 percent of the satellite operator. Europe Postpones Launch Of Planet-Detecting Spacecraft 
Paris (AFP) Dec 07, 2006The December 21 launch of Corot, a European spacecraft designed to hunt for Earth-like planets in other star systems, has been postponed until December 27, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Thursday. China To Use Galileo Satellite Navigation System 
Nanjing, China (XNA) Dec 08, 2006The European Union's Galileo satellite navigation system, a rival to the reigning global positioning system (GPS) of the United States, is expected to be operational in China in 2008. |
| The contents herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2005 - SpaceDaily. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy statement |