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  Daytona Beach FL (The Conversation) Jun 15, 2020 On May 30, 2020, millions of Americans watched the inaugural SpaceX Crew Dragon launch NASA astronauts to the International Space Station. This mission marked two significant events: First, the return of launch to orbit capability for human spaceflight from the United States. Secondly, it successfully demonstrated private sector capability to build and operate a launch vehicle for human spaceflight. While SpaceX may be the first private space company to accomplish this, it is not alone. Boeing's S ... read more |
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Rocket Lab launches Boston University's magnetosphere experimentWashington DC (UPI) Jun 13, 2020 A rocket launched five small satellites into orbit from New Zealand early Saturday morning, including a Boston University experiment to measure solar winds and the Earth's magnetosphere. ... more 
Arianespace Vega mission to perform Small Spacecraft Mission Service Proof of Concept flightKourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jun 12, 2020 With this mission, designated Flight VV16, Arianespace underscores its comprehensive range of innovative and competitive services to address the nano- and micro-satellite market sub-segment, serving ... more  
Loft Orbital awards launch contract to Exolaunch to deliver YAM-3 microsatellite into orbit on Falcon 9Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jun 12, 2020 Exolaunch, the leading rideshare launch and deployment solutions provider, has announced a Launch Services Agreement with Loft Orbital, a San Francisco-based company, to deliver Loft Orbital's YAM m ... more 
Kathy Lueders Selected to Lead NASA's Human Spaceflight OfficeWashington DC (SPX) Jun 15, 2020 NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine Friday selected Commercial Crew Program Manager Kathy Lueders to be the agency's next associate administrator of the Human Exploration and Operations (HEO) Mission ... more |
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GPS III SV-08 core mate complete, space vehicle named for NASA TrailblazerLos Angeles AFB CA (SPX) Jun 11, 2020 The United States Space Force's Space and Missile Systems Center's Global Positioning System (GPS) III program reached a major milestone with the successful core mate of GPS III Space Vehicle 08 at ... more 
China tests inter-satellite links of BeiDou navigation systemXi'an, China (XNA) Jun 10, 2020 The Xi'an Satellite Control Center's tests have shown links among the satellites of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) are stable to ensure that the constellation can be completed as sched ... more 
Winds scrub Rocket Lab launch from New ZealandWashington DC (UPI) Jun 10, 2020 Winds have scrubbed a rocket launch planned in New Zealand early Thursday morning is to propel five small satellites into orbit, including a Boston University experiment to measure solar winds and the Earth's magnetosphere. A new target launch date has not been announced. ... more
Kids are building rockets from their bedroomsWellington NZ (SPX) Jun 11, 2020 Peoply, the brainchild of 21-year-old Wellingtonian, Matt Strawbridge, has partnered with Rocket Lab to offer a rocket and space themed online program for kids ages 7-12. Each week, kids delve into ... more 
Testing for Ireland's first satelliteParis (ESA) Jun 11, 2020 Preparatory testing for Ireland's first space mission, EIRSAT-1, seen taking place at ESA's Hertz antenna test chamber. Educational Irish Research Satellite 1, or EIRSAT-1 for short, is being ... more |
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 Department Of Defense And Nextflex Sign New Cooperative Agreement  
NSO group launches anti drone defense systemTel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Jun 15, 2020 NSO Group, a leading technology developer that licenses software solutions to governments and law enforcement agencies to investigate and prevent terror acts, fight crime and increase public safety ... more  |
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Army researchers find new ways to test swarming dronesAberdeen Proving Ground MD (SPX) Jun 15, 2020 he U.S. Army has implemented a one-of-a-kind outdoor system to test swarming drones--with a capacity of more than 1,500 times the volume of a typical testing facility. Future Soldiers will ope ... more  
Pentagon surplus handouts stoke the militarization of US policeWashington (AFP) June 14, 2020 When US police flooded the streets around the country to confront protesters two weeks ago, for many it appeared like the army had deployed, with camouflage uniforms and combat gear, heavily armored anti-mine vehicles, and high-powered assault weapons. ... more  
Denmark to compensate homeowners for excessive noise from F-35sWashington DC (UPI) Jun 12, 2020 Denmark's government will compensate homeowners near an air base affected by excessive noise caused by arrivals and departures of F-35 fighter planes. ... more 
Lockheed Martin awarded $368.2M to build six F-35s for ItalyWashington DC (UPI) Jun 12, 2020 Lockheed Martin received a $368.2 million contract to build six F-35 fighter planes for the Italian defense ministry, the Pentagon announced. ... more  
EU told China it won't launch 'cold war'Brussels (AFP) June 10, 2020 The EU's chief diplomat said Wednesday he had assured China's foreign minister the bloc does not want a "cold war", as it accused Beijing of waging a coronavirus disinformation campaign. ... more |
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 Reading UK (SPX) Jun 11, 2020 
Space weather forecasters need to predict the speed of solar eruptions, as much as their size, to protect satellites and the health of astronauts, scientists have found.
Scientists at the University of Reading found that by calculating the speed of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) when they hit Earth, forecasters could provide more useful early warnings. This would help operators of critical ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jun 10, 2020 
Establishing long-range tactical communications for U.S. troops in remote locations currently requires giant parabolic dishes, tall pole-mounted antennas, large antenna domes, and high-power amplifiers. Besides their significant weight, power, and cost (SWAP-C), these antennas present large visual and radio frequency (RF) signatures, are vulnerable to jamming, and constitute a single point of fa ... more |
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 Xi'an, China (XNA) Jun 10, 2020 
The Xi'an Satellite Control Center's tests have shown links among the satellites of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) are stable to ensure that the constellation can be completed as scheduled.
The tests showed that the inter-satellite links meet the demands of the construction of the global system, said Yuan Yong, a senior engineer from the control center.
He said that the ... more |
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 Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Jun 09, 2020 
Significant progress is being made in preparation for NASA's first all-electric X-plane, the X-57 Maxwell.
As NASA completes tasks for X-57's functional ground testing at its Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, working toward taxi testing and first flight, assembly and qualification tests are underway on two critical components of the X-57 vehicle at NASA's prime contr ... more |
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 St. Louis MO (SPX) Jun 08, 2020 
When it fires, a neuron consumes significantly more energy than an equivalent computer operation. And yet, a network of coupled neurons can continuously learn, sense and perform complex tasks at energy levels that are currently unattainable for even state-of-the-art processors.
What does a neuron do to save energy that a contemporary computer processing unit doesn't?
Computer modelli ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jun 15, 2020 
China plans to send a meteorological weather satellite into a dawn-dusk orbit, its developer said Thursday.
The satellite was designed and built by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology, affiliated with the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. It will be the world's first polar-orbiting weather satellite in a dawn-dusk orbit.
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 Copenhagen (AFP) June 8, 2020 
Water quality at Europe's beaches has steadily improved in recent years, with the vast majority boasting excellent quality, a new report said Monday.
Among 22,295 bathing spots studied last year, 84.6 percent had "excellent" water quality, the report published by the European Environment Agency (EEA) found.
Since 2013, the number of sites in this category has risen by 2.2 points to 87.4 ... more |
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 Paris, France (SPX) Jun 05, 2020 
In its latest research titled "China Space Industry Report," Euroconsult provides in depth analysis of how commercialization is driving both growth and technology advances in the Chinese space sector, with oversubscribed IPOs and a wave of private investment.
China Satcom is now the world's highest valued pure satellite operator with a market cap of US$11 billion as of May 2020, while Chin ... more |
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 Washington DC (Sputnik) Jun 12, 2020 
The US Senate Armed Services Committee approved additional funding for missile defence, including for hypersonic weapons, in the National Defence Authorization Act (NDAA) for the fiscal year 2021, a summary of the draft bill revealed.
The Armed Services Committee on Thursday voted 25-2 to advance the fiscal year 2021 NDAA to the Senate floor.
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 Washington DC (UPI) Jun 01, 2020 
A ground-to-ground test of the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System rocket, normally launched from the air, was a success, BAE Systems announced on Monday.
The tests were conducted at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona, with APKWS rockets fired from a launcher built specifically for ground vehicles by Missouri-based Arnold Defense and Electronics LLC.
The U.S. Navy al ... more |
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 Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Jun 10, 2020 
A team led by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory synthesized a tiny structure with high surface area and discovered how its unique architecture drives ions across interfaces to transport energy or information. Their "nanobrush" contains bristles made of alternating crystal sheets with vertically aligned interfaces and plentiful pores.
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Jun 11, 2020 
Feedforward mechanisms used to control machines are much more accurate than feedback mechanisms, but they can be computationally hard. A new method has improved over conventional techniques and is set to be tried out on industrial robots and machine vision.
Most people will be familiar with 'feedback', where a machine such as a thermostat corrects itself after observing an error in perform ... more |
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 Brisbane, Australia (AFP) June 10, 2020  Australian researchers have discovered they were underestimating numbers at the world's largest sea turtle nesting site after turning to drone technology for the first time.
Raine Island, off the northern tip of Australia, plays host to around 60,000 female green turtles who migrate hundreds of kilometres from the Great Barrier Reef to lay their eggs each year.
Scientists working to prot ... more |
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