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  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 |
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Land acquisition underway for 2nd rocket port in TuticorinChennai, 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  
Spacewalkers back inside ISS after completing work to repair particle detectorWashington (UPI) Dec 2, 2019 NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan and European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano are back in the International Space Station after completing the third in a series of complex spacewalks aimed at fixing an experimental physics device designed to detect antimatter in cosmic rays. ... more  
NASA develops second-generation search and rescue beacon technologyGreenbelt 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 
NASA's briefcase-size MarCO satellite picks up honorsPasadena 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 |
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Artemis II rocket propellant tanks prepped for next phase of manufacturingNew 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 
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 
Ariane 5's fourth launch this yearKourou, 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  
Russia to create new radar field against cruise missilesMoscow (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  
Bell Boeing awarded $218.7M for V-22 Osprey supportWashington (UPI) Dec 2, 2019 The Bell Boeing Joint Project Office has received a new one-year contract for logistics and support on the V-22 Osprey platform. ... more |
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 Polish firm's drones, from lifesaver to invisible model, take to the skies  
T-shirt generates electricity from temperature difference between body and surroundingsMalaga, 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  |
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SPACE19+: fundamental, ambitious decisions for the future of Europe's launchersParis, 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 
Russia plans scientific projects for super heavy rocket apart from lunar landing - sourcesMoscow (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 
Airbus fires 16 over suspected German army spying: reportBerlin (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. ... more 
The AWACS, NATO's reconnaissance air wingBrussels (AFP) Nov 29, 2019 NATO is not an army in its own right, its member states provide the national forces that defend Europe under its banner. ... more  
Army develops hearing protection for military working dogs(UPI) Nov 28, 2019 From Ephesian war dogs to Conan, the dog honored this week for her role in the capture of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, dogs have been members of the battlefield since ancient times. ... more |
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 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 |
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 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.
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 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 |
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 2, 2019 
The Bell Boeing Joint Project Office has received a new one-year contract for logistics and support on the V-22 Osprey platform.
The $218.7 million contract, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, covers logistics and engineering support on the program for one year, with the deal including four more one-year options.
The deal, awarded by the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency, ... more |
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 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 |
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 Hampton VA (SPX) Nov 28, 2019 
Every night, under the cover of darkness, countless small sea creatures - from squid to krill - swim from the ocean depths to near the surface to feed. This vast animal migration - the largest on the planet and a critical part of Earth's climate system - has been observed globally for the first time thanks to an unexpected use of a space-based laser.
Researchers observed this vertical migr ... more |
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 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.
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 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 |
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 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 |
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 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 |
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 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 |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Dec 03, 2019 
Humans have an early understanding of the laws of physical reality. Infants, for instance, hold expectations for how objects should move and interact with each other, and will show surprise when they do something unexpected, such as disappearing in a sleight-of-hand magic trick.
Now MIT researchers have designed a model that demonstrates an understanding of some basic "intuitive physics" a ... more |
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 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.
Today the drone is making a successful 8.5-kilometre (5.3-mile) test flight near the headquarters of the Polish firm Spartaqs in the town of Mikolow; soon it will be making journeys between a blood ba ... more |
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