Space Business News
November 08, 2019
MICROSAT BLITZ
A suitcase-sized asteroid explorer



Paris (ESA) Nov 08, 2019
This replica model of ESA's 'Miniaturised Asteroid Remote Geophysical Observer', or M-Argo, was on display at the Agency's recent Antennas workshop. It is the one of numerous small missions planned as part of in ESA's Technology Strategy, being presented at this month's Space19+ Council at Ministerial Level. This is a suitcase-sized nanospacecraft based on the CubeSat design employing standardised 10 cm cubic units within which electronic boards can be stacked and subsystems attached. M-Argo is a ... read more

SPACE MEDICINE
Growing tissues in space
Paris (ESA) Nov 07, 2019
Tissue engineering is a fast-developing field reaching new heights thanks to space research. An experiment on the International Space Station is opening up possibilities to grow artificial blood ves ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
How space helps seriously ill patients in air ambulances
London (ESA) Nov 08, 2019
Medical emergencies are set to be better managed thanks to air ambulances being equipped with space-enabled technology. Air Ambulance Kent Surrey Sussex - which treats some 2,500 of the most s ... more
MILTECH
AFRL personnel connect with creative thinking process to enhance problem solving
Wright-Patterson AFB OH (SPX) Nov 07, 2019


Air Force Research Laboratory personnel recently participated in a course on design innovation to learn and practice creativity techniques for enhanced problem solving. Because road blocks often d ... more

UAV NEWS
GMV presents dronelocus for the safety and management of USpace
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Nov 08, 2019
Growing from its participation in the European DOMUS project, and designed to come up with a response to the growing number of civil unmanned aircrafts likely to be sharing the airspace in the near ... more
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AEROSPACE
Memory metals are shaping the evolution of aviation
Cleveland OH (SPX) Nov 08, 2019
In the basement of the Materials and Structures Laboratory at NASA's Glenn Research Center, a shining machine stands so tall it punches a hole through the drop-out ceiling tiles. It has a robust com ... more
SPACE MEDICINE
Human heart cells are altered by spaceflight, but return mostly to normal on Earth
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 08, 2019
Heart muscle cells derived from stem cells show remarkable adaptability to their environment during and after spaceflight, according to a study publishing November 7 in the journal Stem Cell Reports ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Are we set to taste space wine
Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 07, 2019
A European start-up has sent a batch of red wine to the International Space Station. However, this is not for the astronauts to have an elegant soiree with a view of Earth or to deal with stress, bu ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Virgin Galactic's high-risk space adventure will likely pay off
Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Nov 06, 2019
Richard Branson rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on October 28 as Virgin Galactic became the first commercial spaceflight company to list on the stock market. It was valued at mo ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Paragon wins $2M contract under NASA Tipping Point Program
Tucson AZ (SPX) Nov 06, 2019
Paragon Space Development Corporation (Paragon) reports it was awarded a new contract as part of NASA's Tipping Point Program. This contract award, worth $2 million, specifically concerns the Shape ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL
Cygnus NG-12 cargo vehicle looking good on arrival
Paris (ESA) Nov 06, 2019
The Cygnus NG-12 cargo vehicle hangs out after arriving to the International Space Station on 4 November. The latest resupply mission includes over 4 tonnes of science experiments, crew suppli ... more
GPS NEWS
Russia to launch glass sphere into space before new year to obtain accurate Earth data
Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 05, 2019
Russia plans to launch into orbit a spherical glass satellite for measuring Earth's gravity field by the end of December, documents revealed. The BLITS-M retroreflector satellite will be launc ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Not your average rocket launch; 45th SW supports Pegasus ICON
Cape Canaveral AFS FL (SPX) Nov 07, 2019
The 45th Space Wing supported the Pegasus ICON rocket launch on Nov. 7, 2018 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Skid Strip. Skid Strip? That's quite different than a standard launch from th ... more
ROBO SPACE
Robots 'not evil' says Boston Dynamics as humanoids go viral
Lisbon (AFP) Nov 7, 2019
As videos of robot-like dogs made by Boston Dynamics go viral on the internet, the humanoids' uncanny abilities have also sparked worries that they could become a threat to humans. ... more
UAV NEWS
Mosquito courting strategies could inspire quieter drones
Washington DC (UPI) Nov 07, 2019
The rapidly beating wings of a mosquito serve two purposes, according to a new study. The tiny blades keep mosquitoes airborne and help them locate mates. ... more


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ROCKET SCIENCE
UK Space Agency backs small satellite launches from Cornwall with new funds
London, UK (SPX) Nov 07, 2019
The UK Space Agency will award 7.35 million pounds to Virgin Orbit UK Limited, the UK branch of US launch operator Virgin Orbit, to enable horizontal launch of small satellites at Cornwall Airport N ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE
Rocket Lab to use Siemens software to explore new frontiers of space
Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Nov 07, 2019
Global technology giant Siemens reports that Rocket Lab, an aerospace manufacturer and the world's leading small satellite launch service, will start using Siemens software to scale up production an ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Next generation Electron Booster on the pad for Rocket Lab's 10th mission
Huntington Beach CA (SPX) Nov 07, 2019
Rocket Lab reports that its next mission will launch multiple microsatellites in a rideshare mission representing five different countries. The launch window for Rocket Lab's tenth flight, named 'Ru ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
New payload fairing from RUAG Space enables quieter journey to space
Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Nov 07, 2019
RUAG Space, a leading supplier to the space industry, has successfully developed and tested a new low shock jettison system for payload fairings. This enables a quieter and smoother journey to space ... more
DRAGON SPACE
Beijing eyes creating first Earth-Moon economic zone
Beijing (Sputnik) Nov 07, 2019
China has been actively investing in space exploration in recent years, with its latest achievement being the successful launch of a drone that landed on the far side of the Moon and conducted sever ... more
AEROSPACE
Lockheed nets $184.5M for organic depot level repairs on F-35s
Washington DC (UPI) Nov 07, 2019
Lockheed Martin has been awarded $184.5 million repair capabilities on a production lot of F-35 aircraft operated by the Pentagon and other non-Department of Defense program participants. ... more
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Resolve Optics contributes to space projects
Chesham UK (SPX) Nov 08, 2019
Resolve Optics reports on its active participation in designing and supplying robust optical systems for a range of different space projects over the last few years. Many different types of optical imaging and sensing systems are today used to observe and measure the Earth and the universe at large. However, designing optical systems for satellites and spacecraft is challenging due to the ... more
+ Florida aerospace forum showcases expanding space-related technology
+ A cross-center collaboration leads to an aerogel based aircraft antenna
+ New procedure for obtaining a cheap ultra-hard material that is resistant to radioactivity
+ New printer creates extremely realistic colorful holograms
+ NASA Microgap-Cooling technology immune to gravity effects and ready for spaceflight
+ Drexel researchers develop coal ash aggregate that helps concrete cure
+ Las Cumbres helping to develope a Cyberinfrastructure Institute for Astronomical Data
GatorWings wins DARPA Spectrum Collaboration Challenge
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 25, 2019
DARPA has announced that GatorWings, a team of undergraduate students, Ph.D. candidates, and professors from the University of Florida are the winners of the Spectrum Collaboration Challenge (SC2) - a three-year competition to unlock the true potential of the radio frequency (RF) spectrum with artificial intelligence (AI). DARPA hosted the championship event at Mobile World Congress 2019 ( ... more
+ EPS completes multiservice operational test, declared fully operational
+ China launches new communication technology experiment satellite
+ 2nd Space Operations Squadron decommissions 22-year-old satellite
+ Next-gen satellite communications system ready for use, U.S. Navy says
+ Satlink shows the most advanced satellite telecommunications solutions to Spanish Special Forces
+ DARPA announces final teams for Spectrum Collaboration Challenge Championship event
+ Eight companies share Navy's $968.1M C4ISR contract


Russia to launch glass sphere into space before new year to obtain accurate Earth data
Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 05, 2019
Russia plans to launch into orbit a spherical glass satellite for measuring Earth's gravity field by the end of December, documents revealed. The BLITS-M retroreflector satellite will be launched together with three Gonets-M communications satellites using the Rokot carrier rocket, scheduled to take off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome on December 25. The BLITS-M satellite is an improved ... more
+ Lockheed Martin GPS Spatial Temporal Anti-Jam Receiver System to be integrated in F-35 modernization
+ GPS III Ground System Operations Contingency Program Nearing Operational Acceptance
+ UK should ditch plans for GPS to tival Galileo
+ ISRO works with Qualcomm to develop improved geo-location chipset
+ Satelles, Inc. Secures $26 Million in Series C Funding Round Led by C5 Capital
+ Highly accurate GPS is possible thanks to NASA
+ Northrop Grumman awarded $1.39B for new Air Force navigation system
Memory metals are shaping the evolution of aviation
Cleveland OH (SPX) Nov 08, 2019
In the basement of the Materials and Structures Laboratory at NASA's Glenn Research Center, a shining machine stands so tall it punches a hole through the drop-out ceiling tiles. It has a robust composition of steel pillars and thick metal plates surrounded by wires, dials and knobs. Together, these provide the structure to test a very slight metal rod, no longer than six inches. It seems ... more
+ Aptiv awarded $28M contract for F-15 electrical cable assemblies
+ Lockheed nets $184.5M for organic depot level repairs on F-35s
+ State Dept. approves sale of UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters to Croatia
+ Report: Turkey nearing purchase of Russian Su-35 fighter planes
+ Bell-Boeing awarded $146M for MV-22 aircraft upgrades, maintenance
+ Nine EU countries call for steeper aviation tax
+ Lockheed nabs $14.4M contract to support France's C-130-J aircraft
Antimony holds promise for post-silicon electronics
Austin TX (SPX) Nov 05, 2019
Not everything is bigger in Texas - some things are really, really small. A group of engineers at The University of Texas at Austin may have found a new material for manufacturing even smaller computer chips that could replace silicon and help overcome one of the biggest challenges facing the tech industry in decades: the inevitable end of Moore's Law. In 1965, Gordon Moore, founder of Int ... more
+ High performance electrical circuits made with 3D-printed plastics
+ Xerox eyes deal for PC maker HP: reports
+ Scientists tame Josephson vortices
+ NTU Singapore researchers create quantum chip 1,000 times smaller than current setups
+ Blanket of light may give better quantum computers
+ Radiation detector with the lowest noise in the world boosts quantum work
+ Study reveals how age affects perception of white LED light


Artificial Intelligence for Earth Observation: join the UNOSAT Challenge
Rome, Italy (SPX) Nov 08, 2019
Phi-Unert has just launched a premium AI4EO Challenge to help UNOSAT detect building footprints in Iraq. The challenge is organized in partnership with ESA, UNOSAT, RUS Copernicus and with the technical advisory of CERN openlab. The challenge is a unique opportunity for EO passionate to show their talent to these premium partners. Phi-Unet, University Network powered by the European ... more
+ Changes in high-altitude winds over the South Pacific produce long-term effects
+ China launches new Earth observation satellite
+ Satellites are key to monitoring ocean carbon
+ Nature might be better than tech at reducing air pollution
+ Intensified global monsoon extreme rainfall signals global warming
+ DLR DESIS spectrometer begins routine operations on the ISS
+ Ozone hole in 2019 is the smallest on record since its discovery
Steel giant ArcelorMittal calls off purchase of Italy's Ilva
Rome (AFP) Nov 4, 2019
ArcelorMittal, the world's biggest steelmaker, said Monday it is pulling out of a deal to buy struggling Italian firm Ilva after Rome decided not to grant it immunity from prosecution over a heavily polluting plant that was a central part of the acquisition. The Taranto plant in the south of Italy is mired in controversy because experts believe that some 7,500 people have died in the surroun ... more
+ Despite itchy eyes, tourists flock to Taj Mahal
+ Mothers-to-be fear for their unborn in smog-choked Delhi
+ ArcelorMittal wants to cut 5,000 Italy jobs: prime minister
+ Indian capital Delhi gasps under choking smog
+ Japan retailers to charge for plastic bags from 2020
+ Environment now a focus for young Chinese, says sci-fi author Chen Qiufan
+ Taj Mahal gets air purifier as Indian capital chokes


Beijing eyes creating first Earth-Moon economic zone
Beijing (Sputnik) Nov 07, 2019
China has been actively investing in space exploration in recent years, with its latest achievement being the successful launch of a drone that landed on the far side of the Moon and conducted several experiments there. Beijing is already planning future lunar missions, including a manned one. Director of the Science and Technology Commission of the China Aerospace Science and Technology C ... more
+ China conducts simulated weightlessness experiment for long-term stay in space
+ China plans more space science satellites
+ China's absence from global space conference due to "visa problem" causes concern
+ China prepares for space station construction
+ China's rocket-carrying ships depart for transportation mission
+ China's KZ-1A rocket launches two satellites
+ China's newly launched communication satellite suffers abnormality
Russia sends S-400 system to Serbia for drills
Moscow (AFP) Oct 24, 2019
Moscow has sent a S-400 missile system battalion and a Pantsir anti-aircraft gun and missile system to Belgrade for their first joint drills in Serbia, the defence ministry said. The systems will be deployed at Batajnica base, outside the capital, as part of the exercises that will take place on October 23-29, a statement said. It is the first time that the S-400 and Pantsir systems will ... more
+ US to Turkey: Don't turn on Russian system, avoid sanctions
+ Turkey, Russia discuss new S-400 supplies: report
+ US Army has no plans to purchase more Iron Dome systems
+ Russia to deploy over 10 space monitoring centres by 2022
+ Norway's increased military budget omits NATO missile defense system
+ Putin: Russia is helping China with missile defense system
+ Lockheed nets $163.9M to support space-based infrared system


North Korea fires short-range projectiles: South's military
Seoul (AFP) Oct 31, 2019
North Korea fired two short-range projectiles on Thursday, the South's military said, with nuclear talks between Pyongyang and Washington at a deadlock. The weapons were launched from South Pyongan province in an easterly direction over the sea, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement. They flew 370 kilometres (230 miles) at a maximum altitude of 90 kilometres, they said, addin ... more
+ S. Korea to buy AMRAAM missiles in $253M deal
+ OpFires program advances technology for upper stage with PDR completion
+ State Department OKs Javelin missile sale to Ukraine
+ Naval Strike Missile launched in Indo-Pacific region for first time
+ Improving the ductility of ceramic materials for missiles, engines
+ BAE nets $2.7B for APKWS guidance units for rocket upgrades
+ State Dept. approves sale of laser aircraft defense system to Qatar
SMART discovers breakthrough way to look at the surface of nanoparticles
Singapore (SPX) Nov 06, 2019
Researchers from SMART, MIT's research enterprise in Singapore, have made a groundbreaking discovery that allows scientists to 'look' at the surface density of dispersed nanoparticles. This revolutionary technique enables researchers to 'characterise' or understand the properties of nanoparticles without disturbing the nanoparticle, and also at a far lower cost and far quicker too. The new ... more
+ Visible light and nanoparticle catalysts produce desirable bioactive molecules
+ Flexible, wearable supercapacitors based on porous nanocarbon nanocomposites
+ Scientists create a nanomaterial that is both twisted and untwisted at the same time
+ Physicists create world's smallest engine
+ DNA origami joins forces with molecular motors to build nanoscale machines
+ DARPA Announces Microsystems Exploration Program


Robots 'not evil' says Boston Dynamics as humanoids go viral
Lisbon (AFP) Nov 7, 2019
As videos of robot-like dogs made by Boston Dynamics go viral on the internet, the humanoids' uncanny abilities have also sparked worries that they could become a threat to humans. Not so, says their creator Marc Raibert in an interview with AFP at the Lisbon Web Summit, claiming that the Spot robots aren't evil and won't be turned into weapons. The first 1,000 Spot models are to be ship ... more
+ Teams Complete SubT Challenge Virtual Tunnel Circuit
+ New soft-muscled RoboBee is accident proof
+ On the way to intelligent microrobots
+ Human reflexes keep two-legged robot upright
+ Two-legged robot mimics human balance while running and jumping
+ Robot acquires new, essential spacewalking functions says cosmonaut
+ New lightweight, portable robotic suit to increase running and walking performance


GMV presents dronelocus for the safety and management of USpace
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Nov 08, 2019
Growing from its participation in the European DOMUS project, and designed to come up with a response to the growing number of civil unmanned aircrafts likely to be sharing the airspace in the near future, the technology multinational GMV has developed the U-Space suite dronelocus , which integrates a Tracking Service and an Emergency Management Service. U-Space is the set of new services ... more
+ Mosquito courting strategies could inspire quieter drones
+ Israeli drone overflying Lebanon targeted by missile: army
+ US Interior Department grounds Chinese-made drones
+ Drones help map Iceland's disappearing glaciers
+ Swarm of tiny drones explores unknown environments
+ RedTail LiDAR Systems unveils innovative 3D mapping solution at Commercial UAV EXPO
+ Most complete exploration of fly landing maneuvers to advance future robots
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