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1999 Reports

• Post-Launch Validation of Multispectral Thermal Imager (MTI) Data and Algorithms WSRC-MS-99-00423 - Alfred J. Garrett, Robert J. Kurzeja, B. Lance O'Steen, Matthew J. Parker, Malcolm M. Pendergast, and Eliel Villa-Aleman -- Westinghouse Savannah River Company
• Celebrating Our Past: Sputnik and American navigation satellites - Harry Waldron
• Initial Report on the Environmental Health Assessment of the PAVE PAWS radar at the MMR, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, November 26, 1999
• Assessment of Public Health Concerns Associated with PAVE PAWS Radar Installations, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, November 1, 1999
• Report of the National Missile Defense Review Committee (Welsh Report) 16 November 1999 [43 pages, 4000 kb PDF]
• Combating Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction Report of the Commission to Assess the Organization of the Federal Government to Combat the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction - 14 July 1999
• Summary of Report to Congress on Utility of Sea-Based Assets to National Missile Defense Ballistic Missile Defense Organization June 1, 1999 [released 01 September 1999] -- The post-FY97 RDT&E procurement and military construction for the land-based NMD Capability 2 architecture (with 80 to 100 interceptors based in Alaska) is estimated to cost between 13ドルB to 14ドルB. Alternatively, a stand-alone sea-based architecture that could protect all 50 states is estimated to cost 16ドルB to 19ドルB (rough order of magnitude estimate that includes the cost of 3-6 AEGIS-type ships). The use of NTW in support of an NMD system would raise significant ABM Treaty issues. [PDF]
• Report to Congress on Theater Missile Defense Architecture Options for the Asia-Pacific Region May 1999
• Access to Space: Routine, Responsive and Flexible: Implications for an Expeditionary Force Dewey Parker; Edward F. Greer (Faculty Advisor) Air Command and Staff College April 1999 -- The near-future advent of Reusable Launch Vehicles and their implications for an Expeditionary Air Force as an illustration of how future Joint Force Commanders may effectively bring aerospace power to bear in the battlespace as a combined, synergistic whole.
• National Security Space Road Map Office of the National Security Space Architect (NSSA) - This Road Map is one component of a larger master plan envisioned by the NSS Architect (NSSA). The NSS Master Plan documents the NSS Systems Architecture which is both the NSS Road Map and the documented results of multiple Architecture Development Team efforts. - 26 March 1999
• Ultra High Frequency Follow-On (UFO) Program FACTSHEET [PEO for Space, Communications and Sensors], 1 March 1999, 263k PDF
• Titan IVA-20 Accident Investigation Board Report Summary 19 Jan 1999
• China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT)
  • Long March LM-2C Users Manual - Issue 1999
  • Long March LM-2E Users Manual - Issue 1999
  • Long March LM-3A Users Manual - Issue 1999
  • Long March LM-3B Users Manual - Issue 1999
  • Long March LM-3C Users Manual - Issue 1999

• Commercial Space Transportation Year in Review - 1998 1999 - Summarizes U.S. and international launch activities for a specific calendar year. It includes a review and analysis for the five-year period prior to the year of the Review.