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The two Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) demonstration satellites being built by prime contractor Northrop Grumman Corporation [NYSE:NOC] for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) withstood the tests of maximum sound and vibration levels and it looks like they're good to go.
Read MoreThe Air Force has successfully completed the early on-orbit checkout of the second space based infrared systems (SBIRS) sensor operating in a highly elliptical orbit (HEO) over the northern hemisphere.
Read MoreLockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has achieved a major integrated test milestone on the first Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous orbit (GEO-1) spacecraft.
Read MoreThe U.S. Air Force nominated the Space Based Infrared Systems (SBIRS) Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO) Development, Test and On-orbit Operations Team for the 2007 Robert J. Collier Trophy.
Read MoreThe Space Based infrared System, known as SBIRS, is the first of a newgen of missile warning satellites for the U.S. Air Force. During some testing of SBIRS earlier this year, some "problems" popped-up.
Read MoreIn close cooperation with the U.S. Air Force, the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) deployed two payloads of nuclear detonation detection equipment aboard an Air Force satellite. The payloads were separated from the second stage booster at 3:22 a.m. EST yesterday morning.
Read MoreThe final Northrop Grumman Corporation [NYSE:NOC] built satellite in support of the Defense Support Program for the U.S. Air Force will launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Saturday, November 10th, from Launch Complex 37.
Read MoreYou may recall we reported on the Near Field Infrared Experiment (NFIRE) satellite test that was going to be conducted earlier this month at Vandenburg AFB in California for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA). The test has been conducted and was successful—NFIRE collected images of a launched boosting missile that flew within 3.5 kilometers of the on-orbit satellite.
Read MoreVANDENBURG AFB, CALIFORNIA: August 18, 2007—Satnews Daily—According to The Lompoc Record newspaper’s online site, the Missile Defense Agency will engage in a test that studies the exhaust plume of a missile as it blasts away from the launch center.
Read MoreREDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA: August 15, 2007—Satnews Daily—The prime contractor for the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) is Northrop Grumman Corporation.
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