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67 Ibid.
68 Stephen Clark, “Air Force orders fourth AEHF communications satellite,” Spaceight Now,
17 December 2010, online: http://spaceightnow.com/news/n1012/17aehf4.
69 Justin Ray, “Rise and shine: Atlas 5 rocket successfully soars at dawn,” Spaceight Now, 14 August
2010, online: http://spaceightnow.com/atlas/av019.
70 Turner Brinton, “Intelsat Nabs Big Navy Satcom Contract,” Space News, 26 January 2010, online:
www.spacenews.com/contracts/100126-intelsat-nabs-big-navy-satcom-contract.html.
71 Aviation Week & Space Technology, “Satcom Moving Forward,” 5 July 2010 at 14.
72 John Cummings, “Army nanosatellite on rst ight,” Ocial Homepage of the U.S. Army,
8 December 2010, online: www.army.mil/-news/2010/12/08/49115-army-nanosatellite-on-rst-
ight.
73 Turner Brinton, “U.S. Army Poised to Return to Satellite Operating Business,” Space News,
9 August 2010, online: http://spacenews.com/military/100809-army-return-satellite-operating.html.
74 Turner Brinton, “U.S. Army Cubesat Completes Monthlong Demonstration; 2 More May Launch
is Year,” Space News, 17 January 2011, online: http://spacenews.com/military/110117-cubesatcompletes-demonstration.html.
75 Ibid.
76 John Keller, “DARPA eyes space-based Internet for persistent battleeld data communications,
surveillance, and satellite control,” Military Aerospace, 15 August 2010, online: www.military
aerospace.com/index/display/generic-article-tools-template/_printArticle/articles/militaryaerospace-electronics/online-news-2/2010/8/darpa-eyes_space-based.html.
77 Missile Defense Agency, “Missile Defense Agency Space Tracking and Surveillance System
Advanced Technology Risk Reduction Satellite transfers to Air Force Space Command,” news
release, 8 November 2010, online: www.mda.mil/news/10news0017.html.
78 Missile Defense Agency, “Fiscal Year 2011Budget Estimates,” 15 January 2010, online:
www.mda.mil/global/documents/pdf/budgetfy11.pdf at 14-15.
79 Ibid.
80 Turner Brinton, “Pentagon’s 1st SBIRS Craft Faces Narrow Window for 2011 Launch,” Space
News, 15 October 2010, online: www.spacenews.com/military/sbirs-narrow-window.html.
81 Ibid.
82 Lockheed Martin, “Second Missile Warning Satellite Achieves Key Testing Milestone At Lockheed
Martin,” 16 February 2010, online: www.lockheedmartin.com/news/press_releases/2010/
02-16-ssc-2nd-sbirs-bist.html.
83 Air Force Space Command, “SBIRS HEO-2 payload achieves technical intelligence operational
acceptance from NSG,” 10 May 2010, online: www.afspc.af.mil/pressreleasearchive/story.
asp?id=123203802.
84 Amy Butler, “SBIRS GEO-1 Getting Final Components,” Aviation Week, 5 October 2010,
online: www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_generic.jsp?channel=defense&id=news/
asd/2010/10/05/04.xml&headline=SBIRS%20GEO-1%20Getting%20Final%20Components.
85 Air Force Space Command, “SBIRS GEO-2 Satellite Successfully Completes Integrated System
Test,” 16 February 2010, online: www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=13425.
86 Department of Defense, “Department of Defense Announces Selected Acquisition Reports,”
Oce of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, Public Aairs, 1 April 2010, online: www.
defenseindustrydaily.com/sbirs-evaluating-new-technologies-updated-02642.
87 Department of Defense, Fiscal Year 2011 Budget Request, Oce of the Under Secretary of Defense
(Comptroller)/ CFO, February 2010, online: http://www.defense.gov/news/d2010rolloutbrief1.pdf
at 10.
88 Amy Butler, “2011 Funding Request Includes New Sat System,” Aviation Week, 11 February
2011, online: www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=defense&id=news/
awst/2010/02/08/AW_02_08_2010_p27-202005.xml.
89 Amy Butler, “Stratcom Rings Missile-Warning-Gap Alarm,” Aviation Week, 19 April 2010, online:
www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=space&id=news/awst/2010/04/19/