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2004-2005 Enterprise Success Stories

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Date Posted	Subject
May 6, 2008	University-Industry Partnership Results in First LOX-Methane Rocket Flight
May 5, 2008	Lockheed Martin Achieves Key Milestone on New Missile Warning Satellite
April 29, 2008	Girls Incorporated Honors Lockheed Martin's Joanne Maguire
April 28, 2008	Land Launch Executes its First Successful Mission
April 23, 2008	Lockheed Martin Submits Proposals to Advance Defense Departments Operationally Responsive Space Efforts
April 22, 2008	NASA Offers Educational Online Gaming Opportunity to Developers
April 21, 2008	Lockheed Martin-Built Vinasat-1 Satellite Launched Successfully for Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group
April 15, 2008	Lockheed Martin Successfully Launches ICO G1 Mobile Interactive Media Spacecraft
April 7, 2008	U.S. Air Force/Lockheed Martin Team Celebrates Success of GPS IIR Program As Final Satellite Is Readied for Shipment to Cape Canaveral for June Launch Modernized GPS Satellite Begins Operations Following Another Record On-orbit Deployment by U.S. Air Force Lockheed Martin Team
March 27, 2008	XCOR Aerospace Raises Their Own Bar to 200,000 Feet
March 26, 2008	XCOR Aerospace's Suborbital Vehicle to Fly Within Two Years XCOR Wins Contract for Operations Demonstrations with New Suborbital Vehicle
March 19, 2008	New Missile Warning Satellite Built By Lockheed Martin Progressing in Critical Test Phase
March 12, 2008	Lockheed Martin-built AMC-14 Satellite Ready for Launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome
March 10, 2008	Sea Launch Prepares for the Launch fo DIRECTV 11 (PDF) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Awards F6 Satellite Program Contract to Lockheed Martin Lockheed Martin Submits Proposal to Provide GOES-R Spacecraft
March 4, 2008	Interorbital Releases Neptune Rocket Design; Readies for MSLV Flight Tests (PDF, 1.2 Mb) Interorbital Systems Taps Destiny Space to Book Space Tourism and Sat Launches
February 28, 2008	Lockheed Martin Completes Rigorous Test Of First Advanced Military Communications Satellite Northrop, Loral Hook Up to Get U.S. Satellite Work
February 26, 2008	COM DEV Acquires Passive Microwave Devices Product Line from L-3 Communications
February 12, 2008	Lockheed Martin-built A2100 Satellite Fleet Achieves 200 Years in Orbit
February 11, 2008	AirLaunch LLC Passes Hardware Milestone: Horizontal Test Stand Hardware Complete, Ready for Testing
January 28, 2008	Virgin Galactic Plans Satellite Launches Major Milestones Ahead for New Mexico Spaceport
January 23, 2008	Lockheed Martin-built GPS Satellites Pass 75 Year Mark of Combined On-orbit Operations
January 15, 2008	Sea Launch Delivers Thuraya-3 Satellite to Orbit
January 9, 2008	Gov. Schwarzenegger Launches Web Site Dedicated to His 2008 State of the State Address
January 3, 2008	Sea Launch Continues Thuraya-3 Mission (PDF) NASA Will Broadcast 2008 Robotics Competition Kickoff Live SpaceDev to Develop Payload for International Lunar Observatory Zero Gravity Corporation Wins NASA Contract to Provide Parabolic (Weightless) Flights for Research and Personnel Training
December 26, 2007	Boeing To Build NASA's Newest Tracking and Data Relay Satellites
December 20, 2007	Lockheed Martin Receives $849M Contract for Trident II DS Missile
December 17, 2007	Boeing Selected to Build Instrument Unit Avionics for NASA's Ares I Crew Launch Vehicle Lockheed Martin Delivers Atmospheric Imaging Assembly To Goddard Space Flight Center for NASA'S Solar Dynamics Observatory Lockheed Martin-built GPS Satellite Poised for Liftoff from Cape Canaveral Launch Pad
December 10, 2007	Lockheed Martin Invites Media to Ceremony Dedicating New Space Exploration Development Laboratory for Orion and Constellation Wyle Acquires RS Information Systems (PDF) We Can't Wait for the Next Sputnik (by Sen. Elaine Alquist (D-San Jose) (PDF)
December 6, 2007	History Making Moon Mission Unveiled (PDF)
November 1, 2007	Sea Launch Prepares for its 25th Mission--Launch of Thuraya-3 (PDF)
October 29, 2007	Sea Launch Vessels Awarded Port of Long Beach Green Flags Ikhana Wildfire Imaging Flights Featured Today on CNN
October 24, 2007	NASA Remotely Piloted Plane to Help Battle California Wildfires
October 17, 2007	4th Modernized GPS Satellite Built By Lockheed Martin Launched Successfully
October 16, 2007	Space Enterprise Leader Lauded as Good Neighbor (Boeing Commits Santa Susana Field Laboratory to Open Space) (PDF)
October 15, 2007	Sofia Observatory Enters Aircraft Testing Phase Modernized GPS Built By Lockheed Martin Ready for Launch from Cape Canaveral
October 10, 2007	AR Tech, Division of A&R Tarpaulins, Inc. Receives Three IFAI 2007 International Achievement Awards
October 4, 2007	Space Tourism Is A Hot Ticket: Consumer Space Travel Is Rife With Stories (PDF)
October 3, 2007	"The Wonder Of It All" Space Film Captures Fresh Moonwalker Stories (PDF, 2 pages: page 2 is the movie poster)
September 25, 2007	Lockheed Martin Awarded NASA Contract To Design and Build Solar Ultraviolet Imager for GOES-R Satellite Series
September 19, 2007	Corbin Bleu Gravitates To Helping Weightless Flights of Discovery Program (PDF)
September 4, 2007	Sea Launch takes Delivery of Zenit-3SL Rocket Stages for Upcoming Missions (PDF) Lockheed Martin Team Shifts Into Production Effort to Add GPS Demonstration Signal Lockheed Martin Team Shifts Into Production Effort to Add GPS Demonstration Signal
August 30, 2007	Science Teachers Take Flight in Zero-Gravity as Part of Northrop Grumman Foundation Weightless Flights of Discovery Dr. Sally Ride to be Keynote Speaker at Annual Economic Summit (PDF)
August 28, 2007	Lockheed Martin Team Submits Proposal To Design And Build U.S. Air Force's GPS III Space Segment Lockheed Martin Team Tests Propulsion System For Missile Defense Agency's Multiple Kill Vehicle
August 23, 2007	New Gas Deflector Arrives at Sea Launch Home Port (PDF, 104 kb)
August 6, 2007	Space Generation Congress (SGC) Will Be Held in Hyderabad, India, September 20-22, 2007 Online Registration Now Open for $9,000 Pete Conrad Spirit of Innovation Award Lockheed Martin-built Phoenix Spacecraft Lifts Off For Nine Month Voyage To Mars
August 2, 2007	NASA Extends Space Shuttle Main Engine Contract
August 1, 2007	Lockheed Martin Completes Key End-to-End Test of Space Based Infrared System
July 30, 2007	Lockheed Martin Team Submits Proposal to Design and Build U.S. Air Force's TSAT Space Segment
July 24, 2007	NASA Awards Upper Stage Engine Contract for Ares Rockets First Lockheed Martin-built GPS Satellite Marks 10 Years in Service Sea Launch Awaits Delivery of New Gas Deflector AirLaunch LLC, DARPA, and U.S. Air Force Kick Off Phase 2C
July 17, 2007	Airlaunch LLC, DARPA, and U.S. Air Force Kick Off Phase 2C Registration Is Open for Sally Ride Science STS-118 Workshop
July 16, 2007	Lockheed Martin-built Milstar Satellite Constellation Repositioned to Enhance Global Coverage
July 13, 2007	Wyle to Prepare Virgin Galactic's First Passengers for Maiden Spaceflight Voyage
July 11, 2007	New Mission Given to Lockheed Martin-Built STARdust Spacecraft Lockheed Martin-built ASTRA 1L Satellite Begins Service for SES ASTRA Customers
July 10, 2007	Educator-Astronaut Morgan On Countdown To Make History
July 2, 2007	Hilton LAX Hotel Workers Send Thanks to CSA
June 28, 2007	Quintron Supports Multiple Launch Programs on Both Coasts
May 27, 2007	Lockheed Martin-Led Team Completes Integrated Baseline Review for Space Radar
June 20, 2007	Lockheed Martin TeamShifts Into Production Phase of U.S. Navy's Mobile User Objective System
June 13, 2007	BTH and CSA Video Captures California Innovation History
June 12, 2007	Sea Launch Concludes Investigation of Launch Failure (PDF, 104 kb)
June 7, 2007	Third Pair of Massive Lockheed Martin Solar Arrays to be Launched to International Space Station
May 16, 2007	California, Maryland Co-Host Space Science Roundtable on Capitol Hill Space Medicine Program/Partnership Includes Wyle Labs (PDF) NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Supports Space Exploration as First Step Toward National Innovation Prosperity
May 15, 2007	Space Systems/Loral Awarded Contract to Build High-Power Satellite for SES New Skies (PDF) NASA's SOFIA to be Rededicated on Historic Lindbergh Anniversary Fillmore and North Hills Schools Join Unique Partnership with NASA MSV, Sea Launch Contract to Launch Next-Generation Satellite (PDF)
May 9, 2007	Governor Schwarzenegger Issues Statement of UC Winning Contract to Operate Lawrence Livermore Laboratory
May 8, 2007	Latest Group of NASA Solar System Ambassadors Ready for Liftoff
May 7, 2007	Lockheed Martin Team Successfully Completes Major Design Review for TSAT Program
May 3, 2007	Governor Schwarzenegger Gives Warm Greeting to Astronaut Buzz Aldrin and CSA
May 1, 2007	Economic Impact of Vendenberg Air Force Base on Two-County Area Report (PDF, 1.1 Mb) Summary (PDF) RP Tests Prototype Small Launch Vehicle Upper Stage Engine (PDF)
April 30, 2007	Congresswoman Matsui Praises Passage of Bill to Increase Pipeline of Math and Science Teachers
April 25, 2007	Top 15 Companies Win California Innovation Award
April 19, 2007	Oak Middle School "Student-built" Decelerator Flight Test Unit #6 - Takes to the Air from Kodiak Launch Complex, Alaska (PDF, 237 kb) Fresh Voices Join CSA Board (PDF)
April 16, 2007	Lockheed Martin Receiving $14M Annual Support Contract for the U.K.'s Trident Missile Program CSA's Aquarius Economics Study video (12 minutes) aquarius-econ-study1.wmv aquarius-econ-study2.wmv
April 10, 2007	AR Tech, Division of A&R Tarpaulins, Inc. Receives AS-9100B Registration
April 3, 2007	Progress on the Sea Launch Investigation and Recovery (PDF)
March 29, 2007	DoL Lauds CSA of WIRED Grant as "Model" for Nation (PDF)
March 28, 2007	NASA Announces Aeronautics Research Opportunities
March 14, 2007	NASA Ames to Host International Space University Summer Session (PDF, 136 kb) AR Tech, Division of A&R Tarpaulins, Inc. Receives Award from Lockheed Martin
February 14, 2007	Quintron Receives Frost Sullivan Product Innvation of the Year Award
February 8, 2007	Sea Launch news: Odyssey Launch Platform en route to Home Port
January 30, 2007	Astronauts Reveal Thoughts in Journals (PDF, 232 kb)
January 18, 2007	Space Foundation Honors the California Institute of Technology with Jack Swigert Award for Space Exploration
January 9, 2007	Two of Four NASA Selectees for Mars Mission Studies from California (PDF, 124 kb) California Proposals Valuied at $1.5M
January 8, 2007	Quintron to Exhibit at West 2007
December 12, 2006	NASA Expanding Manned, Robotic Space Exploration El Camino College Offers Aerospace Export Training and Enabler Program (PDF) Endeavour Programs Seeking Sponsorship for Youth (PDF) California Institute of Technology to Host an International Aerospace Conference (PDF)
November 28, 2006	Quintron Provides Complete Technological and Innovative Upgrade to Vandenberg AFB Range Status Alert System
November 15, 2006	Boeing Delta IV Launches Critical Military Weather Satellite
November 9, 2006	Employment Training Panel Awards Almost $9.5M to Train 7,265 California Workers (PDF)
November 7, 2006	Quintron DICES III Communications System – A Necessity for the Success of the Sea Launch Rocket Mission
November 1, 2006	Boehlert, Calvert Praise Hubble Decision
October 31, 2006	Sea Launch successfully delivers the XM-4 Satellite to Orbit NASA Approves Mission and Names Crew for Return to Hubble
October 24, 2006	Mission: Solar System Grant Opportunity Sea Launch Begins Countdown for XM-4 Launch (PDF)
October 17, 2006	Sea Launch Prepares for the Launch of XM-4 (PDF)
October 12, 2006	NASA Announces New Student Competitions
September 19, 2006	Boeing Wins Thermal Protection Contract for Orion
September 13, 2006	2006-2008 K-12 Science Educator Launch Conferences (WIRED events)
September 6, 2006	OMAS Scope of Work Planning Session
September 5, 2006	Templeton Endeavour Engineering Academy Launched for 2006-2007 School Year
August 28, 2006	National Model Rocket Competition with $60,000
August 23, 2006	NASA Names New Crew Exploration Vehicle "Orion"
August 22, 2006	Sea Launch Delivers Koreasat 5 Satellite to Orbit
August 21, 2006	Successful Qualification of Full-Scale All-Composite Cryogenic Lox Tank Opens the Way to Low-cost, Responsive Launch-on-Demand (PDF, 276 kb)
August 17, 2006	AirLaunch LLC to Partner with NASA on Small Satellite Development CSA Sponsors a Zero-G Experience for California Educators
August 16, 2006	Space Systems/Loral Awarded Contract to Build Terrestar-2 Satellite Employment Training Panel Awards $16M to Train More Than 14,000 California Workers (PDF)
August 15, 2006	SpaceDev Awarded Patent for Hybrid Propulsion Technology
August 14, 2006	Sea Launch Prepares to Launch Koreasat 5 Satellite
August 10, 2006	Test Team Breaks It's Own Record with C-17 Drop
August 9, 2006	Northrop Grumman's "Weightless Flights of Discovery"
August 7, 2006	NASA to Exhibit the Vision for Space Exploration in the Antelope Valley (PDF) NASA Co-Sponsors Space 2006 Conference in Silicon Valley
August 1, 2006	AirLaunch July Drop Test Press Release (PDF, 44 kb)
July 19, 2006	Sea Launch Delivers Galaxy 16 Satellite to Orbit Peckham Named Sea Launch President and General Manager Peter Stier Named Vice President, Marketing and Sales [of Sea Launch]
July 18, 2006	DARPA Approves Return to Flight for Falcon I Launch Vehicle (PDF) New Rocket Engine Combustion Cycle Technology Testing Reaches 100% Power Level
July 17, 2006	Calvert Congratulates NASA and Crew of Discovery
July 13, 2006	State and Local VIP Officials Visit Propulsion Conference Calvert Congratulates NASA and Crew of Discovery
June 19, 2006	SES Americom Arthur C. Clarke Challenge
June 15, 2006	AirLaunch LLC Drop Test Sets New C-17 Record The Vortex-Cooled Chamber Wall Engine: A Tamed Tornado (a CSIP Success Story) (PDF, 192 kb) CA and UK Space Enterprise Organizations Enter into International Agreement
June 12, 2006	Joint Strike Fighter Tax Credit Sought to Include CEV Cisco Space News
June 5, 2006	NASA Announces Distribution of Constellation Work
May 25, 2006	Delta III Display Visible to Millions Each Year
May 24, 2006	Quintron's CEO Interviewed by Alexander Haig on World Business Review TV
May 22, 2006	Air Force Earns Prestigious Environmental Award
May 11, 2006	CSA Space Day held in Sacramento, May 02, 2006
May 8, 2006	California Space & Technology News Set to Premiere Via Internet and Podcast May 15
May 3, 2006	"Fast Track" Teaching Exam Set for June and August
April 24, 2006	NASA Names Pete Worden to be New Ames Research Center Director
April 18, 2006	ISCe International Reception and Roundtable
April 17, 2006	Highlights from NASA Dryden Flight Research Center April 2006
April 13, 2006	Calipso/Cloudsat Satellites Ready for April 21 Launch Calvert Commends NASA on 25th Anniversary of 1st Space Shuttle Launch NASA Request for Information (RFI): Developing a Strategy for Future Exploration of the Moon and Beyond
April 10, 2006	NASA Honors First Man on the Moon: Neil Armstrong
February 28, 2006	XCOR Aerospace Teams with Silicon Graphics and Metacomp for Next-Generation Space Vehicle Design
February 27, 2006	Air Force Leader Seeks Partnership with Communities Media Advisory: Decelerator Drops into JFTB Swimming Pool on Tuesday, February 28 JPL Industry Days, April 18, 2006
February 21, 2006	Sea Launch Delivers EchoStar X Satellite to Orbit
February 15, 2006	Successfully Contracting With the Feds, A Small Business Conference for Enterprising Entrepreneurs
February 14, 2006	Space Exploration Alliance Concludes Successful Budget Week Citizen Action Blitz (PDF, 68 kb)
February 6, 2006	Decelerator Drop tests with Oak Middle School Students (1/27/06) (PDF, 392 kb)
January 25, 2006	CSA to Present at National Strategic Planning Conference
January 24, 2006	NASA Desire for New Blood Hinted in Research Center Departure NASA's Exploration Systems Architecture Study--Final Report Commercial Orbital Transportation Services Solicitation
January 16, 2006	NASA Releases Crew Exploration Vehicle Phase 2 RFP
January 12, 2006	Two CSA Members Reach Large Satellite Deal Boeing Announces Largest Satellite Contract in Nine Years with Mobile Satellite Ventures
January 9, 2005	California Air Guard to Get Predators Unmanned Aerial Systems (PDF, 188 kb)
January 4, 2006	MSV Releases Two Papers on Hybrid Communications