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  Beijing (XNA) Jun 16, 2020 The launch mission for the final satellite in the third-generation network of China's Beidou Navigation Satellite System has been postponed due to technical issues, according to the mission command. The command said in a statement on Tuesday morning that "technical problems on products" of the Long March 3B carrier rocket were spotted during pre-launch checks, leading to postponement. The new date for the launch has yet to be decided, it said, without elaborating. The mission was sched ... read more |
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KBR wins $570M NASA contract for human spaceflight operations at MarshallHouston TX (SPX) Jun 16, 2020 KBR has been awarded a $570.3 million contract by NASA to develop and execute spaceflight operations at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. With this award, KBR has earned a sizeabl ... more  
Spontaneous formation of nanoscale hollow structures could boost battery storageAtlanta GA (SPX) Jun 10, 2020 An unexpected property of nanometer-scale antimony crystals - the spontaneous formation of hollow structures - could help give the next generation of lithium ion batteries higher energy density with ... more  
Parking in a pandemicParis (ESA) Jun 10, 2020 The coronavirus pandemic has brought the tourism and travel industry to a near-standstill, with nationwide lockdowns significantly impacting the aviation and maritime industry worldwide. Satellite i ... more  
Northrop Grumman rocket boosters arrive at KSC for Artemis I missionPromontory UT (SPX) Jun 16, 2020 Northrop Grumman reports that the segments for the two rocket boosters that will be used to help launch NASA's first Space Launch System (SLS) rocket for the Artemis I mission have arrived at Kenned ... more |
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US Senate Panel Approves More Funds for Missile Defence in 2021 NDAA ActWashington 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 ... more 
High School Students Build Lockers for Trip to the International Space StationHouston TX (SPX) Jun 12, 2020 Pulling that final zipper closed on a stuffed suitcase or getting the tailgate of a packed car shut is a true feeling of victory at the start of any road trip. Sending supplies to the International ... more 
DDC-I's Deos RTOS selected by MDA to develop communications system for Dream Chaser cargo systemPhoenix AZ (SPX) Jun 11, 2020 DDC-I, a leading supplier of software and professional services for mission- and safety-critical applications, has announced that its Deos safety-critical real-time operating system has been selecte ... more 
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 |
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 Japan suspends land-based Aegis Ashore missile defense deployment 
Putin: Russia is building defenses against hypersonic missilesWashington DC (UPI) Jun 15, 2020 Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia leads the world in hypersonic weapons research and will have defense systems to counteract opponents' weapons. ... more  |
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First space tourists will face big risks, as private companies gear up for paid suborbital flightsDaytona 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 retu ... more 
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  
Pilot's body recovered after US fighter jet crashes off UK coastLondon (AFP) June 15, 2020 The body of a pilot has been found after a US F-15C Eagle fighter jet crashed into the North Sea during a routine training mission Monday, military officials said. ... more  
Department Of Defense And Nextflex Sign New Cooperative AgreementWright-Patterson AFB OH (SPX) Jun 15, 2020 The Air Force Research Laboratory and NextFlex recently settled on a seven-year funding agreement worth up to $154 million that includes funding from the Office of the Secretary of Defense's Manufac ... 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 |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Jun 10, 2020 
Soft robots and biomedical implants that reconfigure themselves upon demand are closer to reality with a new way to print shapeshifting materials.
Rafael Verduzco and graduate student Morgan Barnes of Rice's Brown School of Engineering developed a method to print objects that can be manipulated to take on alternate forms when exposed to changes in temperature, electric current or stress. ... 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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 Boston MA (SPX) Jun 09, 2020 
MIT engineers have designed a "brain-on-a-chip," smaller than a piece of confetti, that is made from tens of thousands of artificial brain synapses known as memristors - silicon-based components that mimic the information-transmitting synapses in the human brain.
The researchers borrowed from principles of metallurgy to fabricate each memristor from alloys of silver and copper, along with ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Jun 16, 2020 
The Spanish high-resolution land imaging mission, known as SEOSAT-Ingenio, is currently at the premises of Airbus in Madrid, Spain and is ready to be packed and shipped to Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana - following the mission's latest successful tests and final technical review. This is another significant milestone in preparing the Earth observation satellite's ride into orbit on a Vega r ... more |
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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.
"These are major technical accomp ... more |
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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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 Aberdeen 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 operate with many of these unmanned aircraft systems across the battlespace, using an interconnected swarm to provide capabilities for situational awareness, defense and logistics.
To enable the te ... more |
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