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 Malin Space Science Systems @ LaunchBase.com (Launch Base)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Malin Space Science Systems and the California Institute of Technology built the MOC using spare hardware from the Mars Observer mission.
Malin Space Science Systems (or MSSS) is a San Diego, California company that designs, develops, and operates instruments to fly on unmanned spacecraft.
Founded in 1990, their first mission was the failed 1993 Mars Observer for which they developed and operated the Mars Observer Camera Ground Data System.
www.launchbase.com /encyclopedia/Malin_Space_Science_Systems   (395 words)

  
 Air Force Space Systems Division (SSD) recommended a Gemini Agena launch on a nonrendezvous mission to improve ...
Air Force Space Systems Division (SSD) recommended a Gemini Agena launch on a nonrendezvous mission to improve confidence in target vehicle performance before undertaking a rendezvous mission.
GPO accepted, however, SSD's alternate recommendation that one target vehicle be designated a development test vehicle (DTV) to permit more extensive subsystems and systems testing, malfunction studies, and modifications at the Lockheed plant.
Gemini Agena target vehicle (GATV) 5001 was designated the DTV, but GPO insisted that it be maintained in flight status until the program office authorized its removal.
www.astronautix.com /details/air21519.htm   (274 words)

  
 Kapustin Yar Launch Facilities - Russia and Space Transportation Systems
The last facility, which only launched the smallest space boosters, conducted its final orbital mission in 1987 and is no longer a part of the Russian Military Space Forces which manages all launch activities.
Kapustin Yar's last space related mission was the concluding sub-orbital flight of the BOR-5 subscale model of the Buran space shuttle in June, 1988.
Kapustin Yar is located on the banks of the Volga River, about 75 miles east of Volgograd (formerly Stalingrad) and less than 30 miles east of Kazakhstan.
www.fas.org /spp/guide/russia/facility/kapustin_yar.htm   (326 words)

  
 index for space topics, systems, and issues   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
CONOPS and Contingency Plans, at ANG Conflict 21
Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) systems and resources
Report of the Commission to Assess United States National Security Space Management and Organization
space.au.af.mil /spc-ndex.htm   (147 words)

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