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U.S. military and commercial satellites, long considered out of harm’s way, are vulnerable to multiple types of attack, an assault a determined enemy someday will attempt, according to military, government,...

By Dave Ahearn Hours after testing yielded yet another successful destruction of a target ballistic missile, the top U.S. ballistic missile defense (BMD) leader gave assurance that the United States...

China is developing weapons to destroy satellites in orbit, a senior Department of Defense leader said. Peter W. Rodman, assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs, reported the Chinese...

By Dave Ahearn U.S. military and commercial satellites, long seen as above the fray and out of harm’s way, are vulnerable to multiple types of attack, an assault that a...

A Patriot Guidance Enhanced Missile (GEM) destroyed a target missile at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., according to the GEM maker, Raytheon [RTN]. It was the second consecutive test flight...

A Boeing-led [BA] industry team and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) took a major step toward demonstrating the capability of the Airborne Laser (ABL) by successfully firing surrogate lasers...

Two key NASA leaders said in a new statement that the crew set to ride the Space Shuttle Discovery on a July 1 launch will be able to return safely,...

Myriad launches are keeping launch pads busy, according to announcements: On June 21, The Boeing Co. [BA] announced that the GOES-N satellite, the first of three in the Geostationary Operational...

A C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft dropped a 65-foot, 65,000-pound mockup of a booster rocket, a move toward a new and better means of placing satellites in low earth orbit....

NASA named six astronauts for the STS-120 mission of Space Shuttle Atlantis that is to launch in August or September next year. The STS-120 mission will take into orbit an...