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  Washington DC (Sputnik) Jun 18, 2020 Elon Musk's SpaceX announced in a Tuesday tweet that the American space manufacturer is planning to construct floating spaceports at sea, which will be used to launch rockets into space and hypersonic flights around the globe. "SpaceX is building floating, superheavy-class spaceports for Mars, moon and hypersonic travel around Earth," Musk tweeted. Musk linked to another tweet regarding a job posting by SpaceX for an offshore operations engineer position in Brownsville, Texas. "SpaceX ... read more |
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New US-UK agreement boosts UK's Spaceport plansSwindon UK (SPX) Jun 18, 2020 The UK and US governments have signed a new agreement paving the way for US companies to operate from UK spaceports and export space launch technology. UK Ambassador Dame Karen Pierce and U.S. ... more  
Japan 'can't move ahead' with US missile defence system: PMTokyo (AFP) June 16, 2020 Japan "can't move ahead" with a costly US missile defence system, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tuesday, throwing his support behind a decision to suspend deployment of the controversial programme. ... more  
More Hands Make Light Work: Crew Dragon Duo Increases Science Tempo on Space StationHuntsville AL (SPX) Jun 18, 2020 The saying "more hands make light work" is rarely more apt than when those hands are 250 miles up on the International Space Station, overseeing research to extend humanity's reach into the solar sy ... more  
Spaceflight Inc. Signs Multi-Launch Agreement with SpaceX for Rideshare ServicesSeattle WA (SPX) Jun 18, 2020 Spaceflight Inc., the leading satellite rideshare and mission management provider, has announced it inked an agreement with SpaceX to secure rideshare capacity on multiple launches. This agree ... more |
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New Covid-19 norms foster agile smallsat innovationWashington DC (SPX) Jun 18, 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing wide-scale safer-at-home order responses have made it abundantly clear that a return to "business as usual" may never happen. This "new normal" will require new ... more  
DARPA pit boss contractors SEAKR and SSCI team with DARPA for Blackjack early risk reduction orbital flightsWoburn MA (SPX) Jun 17, 2020 DARPA Blackjack program prime contractors SEAKR Engineering and Scientific Systems Company, Inc. (SSCI) are preparing to use a series of small satellite demonstrations in an effort to verify and val ... more 
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  
Navy receives first two Block III F/A-18 Super HornetsWashington DC (UPI) Jun 17, 2020 The first two F/A-18 Block II Super Hornet fighter planes were delivered to the U.S. Navy for testing purposes, manufacturer Boeing announced on Wednesday. ... more 
U.S. Navy graduates its first F-35C TOPGUN classWashington DC (UPI) Jun 17, 2020 The U.S. Navy announced the first use of the F-35C fighter plane in two pilots' successful completion of the TOPGUN training program. ... more |
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 Droniq and Sky Drone make BVLOS drone flights with real-time command and control possible 
Rocket Lab to demonstrate fastest launch turnaround to dateLong Beach CA (SPX) Jun 17, 2020 Satellite manufacturer and global leader in dedicated small satellite launch, Rocket Lab, has announced its next Electron mission is scheduled to launch just three weeks after its most recent missio ... more  |
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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 
Future space travelers may follow cosmic lighthousesHouston TX (SPX) Jun 17, 2020 For centuries, lighthouses helped sailors navigate safely into harbor. Their lights swept across the water, cutting through fog and darkness, guiding mariners around dangerous obstacles and keeping ... more 
FSSCat Phi-sat-1 ready for launchParis (ESA) Jun 17, 2020 The first artificial intelligence to be carried onboard a European Earth observation mission will be launched this week from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The pioneering artificial in ... more 
Momentus and EnduroSat Announce Two Service AgreementsSanta Clara CA (SPX) Jun 17, 2020 Momentus and EnduroSat have announced two separate service agreements. The 6U and 1U CubeSats will launch February 2021 on the second Vigoride demo mission onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Th ... more  
Beidou satellite launch postponed over technical issuesBeijing (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. ... more |
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 Harwell UK (SPX) Jun 18, 2020 
The UK's space industry has received a major piece of new equipment to help get larger, more complex satellites ready for launch. A 16m long space test chamber, amongst the giants of Europe, has been installed in the UK's National Satellite Test Facility in Oxfordshire.
The enormous chamber will be used by the space industry to test spacecraft up to 7 tonnes for the harsh conditions of spa ... more |
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 Woburn MA (SPX) Jun 17, 2020 
DARPA Blackjack program prime contractors SEAKR Engineering and Scientific Systems Company, Inc. (SSCI) are preparing to use a series of small satellite demonstrations in an effort to verify and validate critical elements of the Blackjack program.
In partnership with the U.S. Space Force, DARPA's Blackjack program has an objective to ultimately launch and test a constellation of up to 20 s ... more |
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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.
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 Washington DC (UPI) Jun 17, 2020  The first two F/A-18 Block II Super Hornet fighter planes were delivered to the U.S. Navy for testing purposes, manufacturer Boeing announced on Wednesday.
"The aircraft will be used for carrier suitability and integration testing of all Block III mission system components," Steve Wade of Boeing said in a statement. "These test jets will ensure crews have plenty of time to become comfor ... more |
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 Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Jun 18, 2020 
Information technology continues to progress at a rapid pace. However, the growing demands of data centers have pushed electrical input-output systems to their physical limit, which has created a bottleneck. Maintaining this growth will require a shift in how we built computers. The future is optical.
Over the last decade, the field of photonics has provided a solution to the chip-to-chip ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jun 17, 2020 
China's first polar-observing satellite has started its Arctic observation mission after orbiting Earth for nine months, sources in its operations team said Tuesday.
The mission will test the observation capabilities of the satellite, which is expected to achieve full coverage of the Arctic in seven days, said the operations team leader, Chen Zhuoqi, who is also an associate professor at t ... more |
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 Tunis (AFP) June 17, 2020  Algerian biomedical researcher Asma Mechakra is pleading for "respect" for all living beings and the Earth after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mechakra, 34, a senior post-doctoral research fellow at the University of Lausanne, is an expert on cellular and molecular biology who also gained expertise in China.
She has fought against conspiracy theories about the pandemic that have flooded social ... more |
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 Wenchang, China (SPX) Jun 17, 2020 
Homestay and catering industries related to aerospace are expected to be developed in Wenchang township, the location of China's fourth satellite launch center in tropical Hainan province, according to a local official.
"I believe the two new industries will further contribute to our economy and employment, even though we have just put forward the idea and are still studied specific measur ... more |
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 Tokyo (AFP) June 16, 2020 
Japan "can't move ahead" with a costly US missile defence system, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tuesday, throwing his support behind a decision to suspend deployment of the controversial programme.
In a surprise announcement a day earlier, Japan's Defence Minister Taro Kono said the deployment of the Aegis Ashore system would be suspended, citing cost and time constraints.
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 Washington DC (UPI) Jun 16, 2020 
The State Department announced Tuesday that it had approved a possible $862.3 million sale of 50 Sidewinder AIM-9X Block II Tactical missiles and related equipment to the Canadian government.
"This proposed sale will support the foreign policy and national security objectives of the United States by helping to improve the military capability of Canada, a NATO ally that is an important f ... more |
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 Dubendorf, Switzerland (SPX) Jun 17, 2020 
The smallest motor in the world - consisting of just 16 atoms: this was developed by a team of researchers from Empa and EPFL. "This brings us close to the ultimate size limit for molecular motors," explains Oliver Groning, head of the Functional Surfaces Research Group at Empa. The motor measures less than one nanometer - in other words it is around 100,000 times smaller than the diameter of a ... more |
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 Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jun 17, 2020 
Scientists at the University of Sydney have adapted techniques from autonomous vehicles and robotics to efficiently assess the performance of quantum devices, an important process to help stabilise the emerging technologies.
The innovative approach has been shown experimentally to outperform simplistic characterisation of these environments by a factor of three, with a much higher result f ... 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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