Space Business News
December 02, 2019
MICROSAT BLITZ
NASA selects trisept to support new round of cubesat missions



Chantilly, VA (SPX) Dec 03, 2019
TriSept Corporation, a leading provider of launch integration, management and brokerage services for commercial and government missions, has announced that it has been selected as a preferred provider to support NASA's third round of CubeSat missions with dispenser hardware and integration services. As part of a five year, $18 million NASA indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract, TriSept will be considered for CubeSat mission integration services and dispenser hardware procurement ... read more

ROCKET SCIENCE
Land acquisition underway for 2nd rocket port in Tuticorin
Chennai, India (IANS) Dec 03, 2019
The land acquisition in Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin district for India's second rocket port is under progress, a top district official said on Friday. "The process for acquiring land for the rocket ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
NASA develops second-generation search and rescue beacon technology
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 03, 2019
NASA's Search and Rescue (SAR) office, technology development lead for the international Cospas-Sarsat program, has developed second-generation emergency beacons that offer users improved accuracy a ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
NASA's briefcase-size MarCO satellite picks up honors
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 28, 2019
Aviation Week and Space Technology is bestowing a prestigious Laureate award on NASA's pair of briefcase-size Mars Cube One spacecraft. Known as MarCO, they're the first CubeSats - compact spacecraf ... more
MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
General Dynamics receives $730M for next-gen satcom system
Fairfax VA (SPX) Nov 28, 2019
General Dynamics Mission Systems has been awarded a $731.8 million cost-plus-award-fee and firm-fixed-price indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity sole-source contract for the Mobile User Objective ... more


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SPACE TRAVEL
Russian Roscosmos Says Progress MS-12 Burns Up in Atmosphere After Undocking
Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 30, 2019
Russia's Progress MS-12 cargo spacecraft, which undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) earlier on Friday, burned up as scheduled during reentry into the Earth's atmosphere, with its deb ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Go for lunch: Japanese yakitori chicken gets space thumbs-up
Tokyo (AFP) Nov 27, 2019
Japanese chicken yakitori kebabs, one of the country's most-loved fast foods, will soon be making an appearance in orbit after Japan's space agency cleared them for astronaut meals. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Launch delayed of satellite from New Zealand that creates artificial shooting stars
Washington DC (UPI) Nov 30, 2019
Nov. 29 (UPI) - Officials on Friday scrubbed launch of a satellite from New Zealand that spits out artificial shooting stars for expensive light shows in the sky. The satellite, built by Japan ... more
MISSILE NEWS
India opts for advanced Akash Prime Missile to 'protect' its airspace from China, Pakistan
New Delhi (Sputnik) Nov 28, 2019
The Indian defence ministry claimed that by introducing the basic version of the Akash missile system, the country had saved $5.3 billion with more orders in the pipeline from the army and the India ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Artemis II rocket propellant tanks prepped for next phase of manufacturing
New Orleans LA (SPX) Nov 28, 2019
Both of the Artemis II propellant tanks for NASA's Space Launch System rocket are moving to the next phase of manufacturing at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. Artemis II is to be th ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL
All toilets at ISS Break Down, astronauts forced to use 'diapers'
Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 28, 2019
None of the toilets at the International Space Station (ISS) are working, astronauts have to use "diapers", a NASA translation suggested Wednesday. There are two toilets at the ISS, both Russi ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Ariane 5's fourth launch this year
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Nov 27, 2019
An Ariane 5, operated by Arianespace, has delivered the TIBA-1 and Inmarsat-GX5 telecom satellites into their planned orbits. Liftoff was announced at 21:23 GMT (22:23 CET, 18:23 local time) t ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Roscosmos May Delay Progress MS-13 Cargo Spacecraft ISS Launch Due to Revealed Problems
Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 26, 2019
Technical problems have been revealed in Russia's Progress MS-13 cargo spacecraft, scheduled to be launched to the International Space Station (ISS) on December 1, and although they have already bee ... more
ROBO SPACE
Hi Honey! NASA's Second Astrobee Wakes Up in Space
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Nov 26, 2019
European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano performed initial tests of the second Astrobee robot, named Honey, aboard the International Space Station. Astrobee is a free-flying robot system that ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
UAE eyes new frontiers with law to regulate space tourism, mining
Dubai (AFP) Nov 24, 2019
The United Arab Emirates, which sent its first astronaut into space this year and has plans to launch a probe to Mars, is looking at other new frontiers - space tourism and mining. ... more


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MISSILE NEWS
Russia to create new radar field against cruise missiles
Moscow (Sputnik) Dec 03, 2019
At the moment, the country is using several types of early-warning radars, providing long-distance monitoring of airspace against ballistic missile attacks. The military reportedly plans to replace ... more
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UAV NEWS
Polish firm's drones, from lifesaver to invisible model, take to the skies
Mikolow, Pologne (AFP) Nov 28, 2019
Silently the eight propellers of the Hermes V8MT drone begin to spin and the large yellow aircraft rises up, locates its direction and moments later disappears into the sky in southern Poland. ... more
ENERGY TECH
T-shirt generates electricity from temperature difference between body and surroundings
Malaga, Spain (SPX) Nov 25, 2019
Researchers of the Faculty of Science of the University of Malaga (UMA) have designed a low-cost T-shirt that generates electricity from the temperature difference between the human body and the sur ... more
UAV NEWS
UBC research highlights need to safeguard drones and robotic cars against cyber attacks
Vancouver, Canada (SPX) Nov 28, 2019
Robotic vehicles like Amazon delivery drones or Mars rovers can be hacked more easily than people may think, new research from the University of British Columbia suggests. The researchers, bas ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
SPACE19+: fundamental, ambitious decisions for the future of Europe's launchers
Paris, France (SPX) Nov 30, 2019
ArianeGroup, lead contractor and design authority for Ariane 6, and its subsidiary Arianespace, which markets and operates the Ariane 5, Ariane 6, Soyuz, Vega and Vega C launchers, welcome the impor ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Russia plans scientific projects for super heavy rocket apart from lunar landing - sources
Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 28, 2019
The prospective super heavy-lift launch vehicle should be engaged in additional scientific projects apart from the planned Moon landing, aerospace industry sources said on Thursday. The decisi ... more
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Dutch antennas unfolded behind the moon
Nijmegen, The Netherlands (SPX) Nov 30, 2019
The three antennas on the Dutch-Chinese radio telescope, which is currently located behind the moon, have been unfolded. This was officially announced by the Dutch team. The Netherlands-China Low Frequency Explorer (NCLE) hung in space waiting for over a year. This was longer than initially planned, as the accompanying communications satellite had to assist a Chinese lunar lander for a longer ti ... more
+ New launch communications segment empowers Artemis
+ Cleaning the dishes is a dusty job in outback Australia
+ Smart satellites to the rescue of broken satellites
+ First measures of Earth's ionosphere found with the largest atmospheric radar in the Antarctic
+ Glass from a 3D printer
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General Dynamics receives $730M for next-gen satcom system
Fairfax VA (SPX) Nov 28, 2019
General Dynamics Mission Systems has been awarded a $731.8 million cost-plus-award-fee and firm-fixed-price indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity sole-source contract for the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) ground system sustainment. MUOS is a next-generation satellite communications system that provides secure voice and data communications for U.S. forces worldwide. General Dynamics ... more
+ Airbus' marks 50 years in Skynet secure satellite communications for UK
+ Lockheed Martin gets $3.3B contract for communications satellite work
+ GenDyn nets $783M for next-gen Navy MUOS operations
+ F-35 to Space? US Air Force looks to connect stealth fighters to X-37B Spacecraft
+ U.S. Air Force testing secure data links between F-22, F-35
+ GatorWings wins DARPA Spectrum Collaboration Challenge
+ EPS completes multiservice operational test, declared fully operational


China launches two more BeiDou satellites for GPS system
Xichang (XNA) Nov 25, 2019
China launched two satellites of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province at 8:55 a.m. Saturday. Launched on a Long March-3B carrier rocket and the Yuanzheng-1 (Expedition-1) upper stage attached to the carrier rocket, the two satellites have entered their planned orbits. They are the 50th and 51st satellites of th ... more
+ Russia to launch glass sphere into space before new year to obtain accurate Earth data
+ 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
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Airbus fires 16 over suspected German army spying: report
Berlin (AFP) Dec 1, 2019
European aviation giant Airbus has fired 16 employees over a case that had prompted Germany to open a probe into suspected industrial espionage, German media reported Sunday. National news agency DPA said Airbus confirmed the sacking but did not provide further details. Sources at the company had said in September that German prosecutors were investigating suspected internal spying by A ... more
+ Lockheed awarded $1.2B for F-35As for U.S. Air Force, Australia
+ The AWACS, NATO's reconnaissance air wing
+ Black boxes from crashed helicopters found in Mali
+ Electric aircraft - novel configurations open up new possibilities
+ Boeing, NATO to announce $1B contract for AWACS upgrades
+ French soldiers killed in Mali helicopter collision
+ Boeing nabs $10.7M contract to update Saudi air force helicopters
A record-setting transistor
Newark DE (SPX) Nov 27, 2019
Many of the technologies we rely on, from smartphones to wearable devices and more, utilize fast wireless communications. What might we accomplish if those devices transmitted information even faster? That's what Yuping Zeng, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Delaware, aims to discover. She and a team of researchers recently created a high-elec ... more
+ Toward more efficient computing, with magnetic waves
+ End of an era as Japan's Panasonic exits chip business
+ Armored with plastic 'hair' and silica, new perovskite nanocrystals show more durability
+ Powering future optical microsystems with chip-scale integrated photonics
+ Scientists find surprising quantum effect in an exotic superconductor
+ Study probes relationship between strange metals and high-temperature superconductors
+ New 'synthetic' method for making microchips could help


China launches new Earth observation satellite
Taiyuan, China (SPX) Nov 30, 2019
China sent a new Earth observation satellite into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern China's Shanxi Province at 7:52 a.m. Thursday (Beijing Time). The satellite, Gaofen-12, was launched aboard a Long March-4C rocket and entered the planned orbit successfully. It was the 320th flight mission of the Long March carrier rocket series. As part of the country's high ... more
+ Greenhouse gas levels in atmosphere hit new high in 2018: UN
+ Testing time for MetOp Second Generation
+ NASA, French space laser measures massive migration of ocean animals
+ NASA embarks on 5 expeditions targeting air, land and sea across US
+ Telescopes and satellites combine to map entire planet's ground movement
+ Science around the planet uses images of Earth from the Space Station
+ NASA soil data joins the Air Force
Smog in Iran shuts schools, universities
Tehran (AFP) Nov 30, 2019
Air pollution forced the closure of schools and universities in parts of Iran on Saturday, including Tehran, which was cloaked by a cloud of toxic smog, state media reported. The young and elderly and people with respiratory illnesses were warned to stay indoors and sporting activities were suspended for the start of the working week in the Islamic republic. The decision to shut schools ... more
+ Aegean volunteers battle to turn plastic waste tide
+ Slovakia bans single-use plastics from 2021
+ Princes Charles urges Solomons to embrace 'bio-economy'
+ Bangladesh to shut brick kilns as air quality soars to world's worst
+ New material captures and converts toxic air pollutant into industrial chemical
+ Lebanon anti-graft protesters march for nature too
+ Britain to take back plastic waste from Malaysia
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China launches satellite service platform
Wuhan, China (XNA) Nov 22, 2019
A Chinese company on Wednesday launched a satellite service platform to make satellite resources more accessible for users. China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC), the platform's designer, announced the news at the 5th China (International) Commercial Aerospace Forum in Wuhan. A common satellite operating business focuses on satellites rather than services, which ma ... more
+ China plans to complete space station construction around 2022: expert
+ China conducts hovering and obstacle avoidance test in public for first Mars lander mission
+ Beijing eyes creating first Earth-Moon economic zone
+ 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
Turkey didn't buy Russian defence system 'to keep in box': FM
Ankara (AFP) Nov 27, 2019
Turkey on Wednesday rejected criticism from the United States over its testing of a newly-acquired Russian missile defence system. "You don't buy a product to keep it in a box," Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told a press conference. Turkey's acquisition of the S-400 missile defence system from Russia this summer was met with consternation by its NATO allies and threats of sanctions ... more
+ Pompeo: Turkey test of Russian defense system 'concerning'
+ Turkey tests Russian missile defences despite US threats
+ US Government designates Lockheed Martin's latest generation radar
+ Turkey says will use Russian S-400 defence system
+ Raytheon nabs $209.6M contract to upgrade parts on Aegis Weapon System
+ Erdogan says would buy Patriots but won't give up S-400s
+ EU to create own early missile warning system


India opts for advanced Akash Prime Missile to 'protect' its airspace from China, Pakistan
New Delhi (Sputnik) Nov 28, 2019
The Indian defence ministry claimed that by introducing the basic version of the Akash missile system, the country had saved $5.3 billion with more orders in the pipeline from the army and the Indian Air Force (IAF). India's defence ministry has given the nod to purchase a locally-made short range surface-to-air missile to protect its airspace along the border with China and Pakistan. The ... more
+ Russia to create new radar field against cruise missiles
+ Raytheon awarded an $84.7M contract modification for Evolved Sea Sparrow
+ Syria downs Israeli missiles over Damascus: state media
+ Pentagon says Iran's missiles unrivaled in Middle East
+ North Korea fires short-range projectiles: South's military
+ S. Korea to buy AMRAAM missiles in $253M deal
+ OpFires program advances technology for upper stage with PDR completion
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
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Hi Honey! NASA's Second Astrobee Wakes Up in Space
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Nov 26, 2019
European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano performed initial tests of the second Astrobee robot, named Honey, aboard the International Space Station. Astrobee is a free-flying robot system that includes three robots and a docking station for recharging, and will be used to test how robots can assist crew and perform caretaking duties on spacecraft. After Parmitano unpacked and inspecte ... more
+ NUS researchers create new metallic material for flexible soft robots
+ NASA takes a cue from Silicon Valley to hatch artificial intelligence technologies
+ UK online supermarket Ocado strikes AI deal in Japan
+ An astronaut controls a rover on Earth
+ Scientists help soldiers figure out what robots know
+ U.S. Army chooses FLIR's Kobra heavy robot vehicle
+ Army researcher promotes cooperation between humans, autonomous machines


Israel's drone industry becomes global force
Airport City, Israel (AFP) Nov 28, 2019
In a fierce battle for market share against world superpowers China and the United States, Israel's drone industry likes to say it has a secret weapon - military experience. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are used daily by Israel's military in and around its borders, whether dropping tear-gas canisters on Palestinian demonstrators, monitoring Hezbollah positions in Lebanon or striking Isla ... more
+ Polish firm's drones, from lifesaver to invisible model, take to the skies
+ UBC research highlights need to safeguard drones and robotic cars against cyber attacks
+ FLIR introduces StormCaster Payload Family for its SkyRaider and SkyRanger UAVs
+ Iris Automation and Kansas DOT complete historic beyond-visual-line-of-sight drone flight
+ GMV presents dronelocus for the safety and management of USpace
+ Mosquito courting strategies could inspire quieter drones
+ Israeli drone overflying Lebanon targeted by missile: army
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