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September 20, 2019
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Putin briefed on results of probe into hole in Soyuz MS-09



Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 20, 2019
Russian President Vladimir Putin has been briefed on the results of a probe into the mysterious hole in the hull of Soyuz MS-09 spaceship, a source in the space industry told Sputnik. "The president has been briefed on the results of the investigation," the source said. Dmitry Rogozin, the head of the state space agency Roscosmos, said Wednesday that the probe found out how the hole appeared in the ship but the conclusions would not be made public. Prior to that, the Russian Prosecutor ... read more

MICROSAT BLITZ
NanoRacks to make space more accessible to the world from the United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi UAE (SPX) Sep 20, 2019
NanoRacks, the world's leading provider of commercial access to space, is pleased to announce that it's opening and staffing its first office in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in Abu Dhabi's Hub71, ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
Kleos Space wins first South American contract
Luxembourg (SPX) Sep 20, 2019
Kleos Space S.A. (ASX: KSS, Frankfurt: KS1), a space-powered Radio Frequency Reconnaissance data-as-a-service (DaaS) company, is proud to inform that it has received its first South American pre-ord ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
GomSpace and Leaf Space sign MoU to strengthen ground segment collaboration
Aalborg, Danmark (SPX) Sep 20, 2019
Space, provider of ground station services, and GomSpace, manufacturer of nanosatellite solutions and operations services, will ensure that their respective solutions are fully integrated with each ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Roscosmos finds causes of hole in Soyuz MS-09, but won't disclose them
St. Petersburg (Sputnik) Sep 19, 2019
Russian State Space Corporation Roscosmos found out the causes of a "hole" in the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft, but will not disclose the information, Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin said. "It was in ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL
Russia to give cosmonauts guns to fend off animals on landing
Moscow (AFP) Sept 18, 2019
Russia is testing a gun that returning cosmonauts could use to fend off wild animals when landing in remote areas, the head of the Russian space agency said Wednesday. ... more
MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
US Air Force selects Hughes to strengthen SATCOM resilience
Germantown MD (SPX) Sep 17, 2019
Hughes Network Systems has been awarded a $2.2M contract funded by the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), through the Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC), to produce an Enterprise ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Aerojet Rocketdyne Scores Big Contracts on US ICBM, Hypersonic Missile Programs
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 18, 2019
Aerojet Rocketdyne has scored parts of several big contracts in the burgeoning US missile program, including developing a hypersonic missile and the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD), the next ... more
MISSILE DEFENSE
Developer hints at start date for mass production of Russia's S-500 missile system
Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 17, 2019
Limited production of the sophisticated new air defence system, most of whose characteristics remain under wraps, was said to have begun earlier this year, but the system has not yet concluded milit ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Orion Test Article on the Move
Sandusky OH (SPX) Sep 18, 2019
Engineers recently lifted and moved a full-scale test version of the 13-ton Orion service module in preparation for upcoming pyroshock tests at NASA Glenn's Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio. Dur ... more
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MISSILE DEFENSE
Russia deploys S-400 missiles in Arctic; Offers Saudi ABM systems
Ankara (AFP) Sept 16, 2019
Russian President Vladimir Putin offered to sell Saudi Arabia its missile defence systems on Monday in the wake of the weekend attack on its oil facilities. ... more
MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
New FlexGround Service Delivers High-Speed Broadband to Forces in Remote Areas
McLean VA (SPX) Sep 16, 2019
For more than five decades, Intelsat General has been providing the satellite capacity and the services needed by the U.S. and allied governments to support troops operating in the world's hot spots ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Brad Pitt talks weightlessness and calluses on phone call to ISS
Washington (AFP) Sept 16, 2019
When Brad Pitt called the International Space Station (ISS) Monday to talk to American astronaut Nick Hague, the conversation turned to the unexpected consequences of weightless life. ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Space Station science: learning from Luca
Paris (ESA) Sep 17, 2019
There is plenty of science on the boil at the International Space Station - including an experiment literally designed to expand our knowledge of the boiling process. Get a glimpse into the ex ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
A new journey into Earth for space exploration
Paris (ESA) Sep 12, 2019
Six astronauts, five space agencies and a fresh start into underground worlds to help prepare for living on other planets. ESA's latest training adventure will equip an international crew with skill ... more


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MISSILE NEWS
Raytheon awarded $25.4M for Tomahawk Weapons Systems Military Code, AGR5 kit
Washington (UPI) Sep 19, 2019
Raytheon Missile Systems has been awarded a $25.4 million contract by the Navy for the Tomahawk Weapons System Military Code review and AGR5 kit. ... more
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$11.4M Boeing contract calls for SLAM-ER missile development for Saudi Arabia
Washington (UPI) Sep 18, 2019
Boeing Co. received an $11.4 million contract for work on the Stand-Off Land Attack Missile for Saudi Arabia, the U.S. Navy announced. ... more
AEROSPACE
German probe opens into suspected internal spying at Airbus
Berlin (AFP) Sept 18, 2019
German prosecutors have opened an investigation into suspected internal spying by employees of European aviation giant Airbus over two arms projects, sources said Wednesday. ... more
AEROSPACE
Pilot saved from power line after Belgian F-16 crashes in France
Pluvigner, France (AFP) Sept 19, 2019
An F-16 fighter jet of the Belgian air force crashed Thursday in western France, with both pilots successfully ejecting - but one spent two hours hanging from a power line before being cut down, officials said. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Baikonur Cosmodrome Getting Ready for Last Launch of Russian Rocket With Ukrainian Parts
Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 16, 2019
The Baikonur cosmodrome is getting ready for the last start of a Soyuz-FG launch vehicle with Ukrainian parts, Russian state space agency Roscosmos announced on Friday. "Baikonur Cosmodrome ha ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
ARISS-US announces substantial gift toward the cost of the InterOperable Radio System
Newington CT (SPX) Sep 17, 2019
The US team leaders of ARISS, Amateur Radio on the International Space Station, are extremely happy to officially announce that the philanthropic arm of Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) h ... more
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L3Harris awarded nearly $12.8M for Eglin AN/FPS-85 radar work
Washington (UPI) Sep 19, 2019
L3Harris Technologies has been awarded a $12.8 million in a contract for sustainment support of the Eglin AN/FPS-85 radar in the Air Force Space Command Space Surveillance Network. The contract, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, applies to a previously awarded contract to L3 Harris Technologies, Colorado Springs, Colorado for sustainment support of the radar. The ... more
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+ Suomi-NPP Satellite Instrument Restored After Radiation Damage
New FlexGround Service Delivers High-Speed Broadband to Forces in Remote Areas
McLean VA (SPX) Sep 16, 2019
For more than five decades, Intelsat General has been providing the satellite capacity and the services needed by the U.S. and allied governments to support troops operating in the world's hot spots. Satellite technology on the ground and in space has improved greatly in that time, so that yesterday's large, bulky antennas have been replaced by fully integrated terminals the size of a lapt ... more
+ US Air Force selects Hughes to strengthen SATCOM resilience
+ Interview with Ralf Faller about EDRS operations
+ Milestone for the future of networked satellite communications
+ AEHF-5 protected communications satellite now in transfer orbit
+ US Air Force awards contract for Enterprise Ground Services satellite operations
+ Russia launches Meridian military satellite from Plesetsk Cosmodrome
+ Army project may advance quantum materials, efficient communication networks


Number of China's in-orbit BeiDou satellites reaches 39
Shanghai (XNA) Sep 09, 2019
China's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS), a global geolocation network, currently has 39 in-orbit satellites and is expected to be completed in 2020, authorities said Wednesday. At present, the BDS, independently constructed and operated by China, has officially provided RNSS (Radio Navigation Satellite System) services worldwide, with a total of 39 in-orbit satellites, after high- ... more
+ Second Lockheed Martin-Built Next Generation GPS III Satellite Responding to Commands, Under Self-Propulsion
+ UK seeking to enlist 'Five Eyes' for rival Galileo GPS system
+ Tiny GPS backpacks uncover the secret life of desert bats
+ Evolution of space, 2SOPS prepares for GPS Block III
+ GPS signals no longer disrupted in Israeli airspace
+ An AI technology to reveal the characteristics of animal behavior only from the trajectory
+ European Galileo satellite navigation system resumes Initial Services
Pilot saved from power line after Belgian F-16 crashes in France
Pluvigner, France (AFP) Sept 19, 2019
An F-16 fighter jet of the Belgian air force crashed Thursday in western France, with both pilots successfully ejecting - but one spent two hours hanging from a power line before being cut down, officials said. Parts from the stricken plane, which was not carrying weapons and was flying from Belgium to a French base on a training mission, crashed into houses in the Morbihan region around th ... more
+ Tyndall AFB holds industry day as rebuilding gives way to upgrades
+ Boeing starts assembly of first KC-46A tanker for Japan
+ Cargo locking problem keeps Air Force's KC-46 tankers grounded
+ German probe opens into suspected internal spying at Airbus
+ Italy joins Britain, Sweden to develop Tempest fighter plane
+ Boeing awarded $45M contract for U.S. Navy, Australian P-8A upgrades
+ Police thwart climate activists' drone bid to close Heathrow
Silicon carbide more efficient as a semiconductor
Basel, Switzerland (SPX) Sep 09, 2019
In power electronics, semiconductors are based on the element silicon - but the energy efficiency of silicon carbide would be much higher. Physicists of the University of Basel, the Paul Scherrer Institute and ABB explain what exactly is preventing the use of this combination of silicon and carbon in the scientific journal Applied Physics Letters. Energy consumption is growing across the g ... more
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+ New perovskite material shows early promise as an alternative to silicon
+ Newfound superconductor material could be the 'silicon of quantum computers'
+ Quantum light sources pave the way for optical circuits
+ Researchers produce electricity by flowing water over extremely thin layers of metal
+ Extraordinarily thick organic light-emitting diodes solve nagging issues


China launches new remote-sensing satellites
Jiuquan (XNA) Sep 20, 2019
Five new remote-sensing satellites were sent into planned orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gobi Desert Thursday. The five satellites were launched by a Long March-11 carrier rocket at 2:42 p.m. (Beijing Time). The satellites belong to a commercial remote-sensing satellite constellation project "Zhuhai-1," which will comprise 34 micro-nano satellites ... more
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+ First Earth observation satellite with AI ready for launch
+ Suomi NPP tracks fire and smoke from two continents
+ German HALO research aircraft to investigate ozone hole, Amazon fires and gravity waves
+ Sudden warming over Antarctica to prolong Australia drought
+ Do animals control earth's oxygen level
+ Cutting edge UK led satellite will help to identify natural resources from space
Reduce waste, save money: France's poorest city goes green
Roubaix, France (AFP) Sept 19, 2019
At her home in Roubaix, a former industrial centre in northern France that is now the country's poorest city, Magdalene Deleporte is making her own deodorant. "It is fast and super easy," she says, giving a demonstration with a recipe involving coconut oil, baking powder and a few drops of fragrant oils. "It takes five minutes: you let it melt in a water bath and then leave it to set," t ... more
+ Forest fire haze clears over Singapore ahead of F1
+ US park rangers debunk myth on tossing banana peels, apple cores
+ Indonesian haze closes schools, sparks fears for Singapore F1
+ Beijing to exit 200 most polluted cities list
+ New Delhi announces plan to combat winter toxic air
+ Lilly, Thailand's Greta Thunberg, wages 'war' on plastic
+ Germany plans to ban single-use plastic shopping bags next year


China's KZ-1A rocket launches two satellites
Jiuquan, China (XNA) Sep 02, 2019
Two satellites for technological experiments were sent into space by a Kuaizhou-1A, or KZ-1A, carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Saturday. The rocket blasted off at 7:41 a.m. and sent the two satellites into their planned orbit. Kuaizhou-1A, meaning speedy vessel, is a low-cost solid-fuel carrier rocket with high reliability and a short prep ... more
+ China's newly launched communication satellite suffers abnormality
+ China launches first private rocket capable of carrying satellites
+ Chinese scientists say goodbye to Tiangong-2
+ China's space lab Tiangong 2 destroyed in controlled fall to earth
+ From Moon to Mars, Chinese space engineers rise to new challenges
+ China plans to deploy almost 200 AU-controlled satellites into orbit
+ Luokung and Land Space to develop control system for space and ground assets
Russia deploys S-400 missiles in Arctic; Offers Saudi ABM systems
Ankara (AFP) Sept 16, 2019
Russian President Vladimir Putin offered to sell Saudi Arabia its missile defence systems on Monday in the wake of the weekend attack on its oil facilities. "We are ready to help Saudi Arabia so that she can protect her territory. "She can do so in the same way that Iran has already done in buying the S-300 Russian missile system and the same way that Turkey has already done in buying ... more
+ Developer hints at start date for mass production of Russia's S-500 missile system
+ Lockheed nabs $50.3M Navy contract for Aegis system upgrades
+ Raytheon nabs $10.8M contract to support Kuwait's Patriot missiles
+ Russia receives India's advance payment for S-400 air defence systems
+ MDA test of remote-fired THAAD missile interceptor a success
+ State Department approves $3.3B missile sale to Japan
+ Tokyo: North Korea aims to 'break through' Japan's missile defense zone


$11.4M Boeing contract calls for SLAM-ER missile development for Saudi Arabia
Washington (UPI) Sep 18, 2019
Boeing Co. received an $11.4 million contract for work on the Stand-Off Land Attack Missile for Saudi Arabia, the U.S. Navy announced. The contract, announced on Tuesday, calls for Phase 1 design maturity, analysis and test planning for production of the AGM-84 SLAM-ER, a precision-guided, air-launched cruise missile. The work, to be completed by October, comes at the request of ... more
+ Raytheon awarded $25.4M for Tomahawk Weapons Systems Military Code, AGR5 kit
+ Navy taps Raytheon for Tomahawk missile support on $7.2M contract
+ Israel says Iran seeking to build precision missiles in Lebanon
+ Hungary approved for $500M purchase of 180 AMRAAM missiles
+ Raytheon awarded $190.5M for Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile production
+ Russia and China blast US missile test
+ Raytheon wins $13.2M contract for SM-2, SM-6 missile support
Physicists create world's smallest engine
Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Aug 23, 2019
Theoretical physicists at Trinity College Dublin are among an international collaboration that has built the world's smallest engine - which, as a single calcium ion, is approximately ten billion times smaller than a car engine. Work performed by Professor John Goold's QuSys group in Trinity's School of Physics describes the science behind this tiny motor. The research, published in intern ... more
+ DNA origami joins forces with molecular motors to build nanoscale machines
+ DARPA Announces Microsystems Exploration Program
+ Monitoring the lifecycle of tiny catalyst nanoparticles
+ Fast and selective optical heating for functional nanomagnetic metamaterials
+ 2D gold quantum dots are atomically tunable with nanotubes
+ Harnessing microorganisms for smart microsystems
+ AD alloyed nanoantennas for temperature-feedback identification of viruses and explosives


At NY Fashion Week, robotic dresses take on a life of their own
New York (AFP) Sept 11, 2019
Fashion and technology have often gone hand in hand, improving supply chains and bringing the world's runways to the masses, but at this week's shows in New York, robotic designs took center stage. The dresses were conceived with the help of a kit designed by Anina Trepte, a former model and founder of the 360Fashion Network, who wants designers to integrate technology into their work even i ... more
+ Russia terminates robot Fedor after space odyssey
+ 'Sense of urgency', as top tech players seek AI ethical rules
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+ CIMON back on Earth after 14 months on the ISS
+ NASA Robots Compete Underground in DARPA Challenge


FedEx, Walgreens team with Wing for drone delivery test
San Francisco (AFP) Sept 19, 2019
Drone deliveries are coming soon, at least for one Virginia community, as part of a pilot project announced Thursday by Wing, the unit spun out of a "moonshot" lab at Google parent Alphabet. The drone service to launch in October in Christiansburg, Virginia, will be the most advanced real-world test of the technology to quickly fly items ranging from Gummy Bears to painkillers to customers, ... more
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+ Iraq paramilitary force says Israel behind latest drone attack
+ Hughes partners with startup to extend LTE Coverage using helicopters and UAVs
+ Drone buzzes above vineyard helping Luxembourg winegrower
+ Skyfront Perimeter Drone Performs The First Beyond-Line-of-Sight Flight under FAA Part 107
+ AFRL conducts first flight of robopilot unmanned air platform
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