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  New Delhi (XNA) Jul 01, 2020 India's first manned space mission "Gaganyaan," planned for 2022, will take place on schedule and won't be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, Minister for Atomic Energy and Space Jitendra Singh said. According to a statement issued by the Department of Space on Monday evening, the minister said though the training of four Indian astronauts in Russia had to be halted because of the COVID-19 pandemic, there had been kept a "cushion" both in the training program and the launch deadline. The tra ... read more |
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Fugro partners with Australian Space Agency on new robotics control complexPerth, Australia (SPX) Jun 26, 2020 The Australian government's newly formed Australian Space Agency (ASA) has partnered with Fugro to design, build and operate the Australian Space Automation, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Con ... more  
Vega Flight VV16 - the SSMS PoC mission: Launch postponed; reestablishing the launcher's full readinessKourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jun 30, 2020 As winds at altitude above the Guiana Space Center remain unfavorable, the final chronology operations for Vega's Flight VV16 mission have been suspended. The Vega launcher and the 53 satellit ... more  
SpaceX launches next-generation GPS satellite from FloridaWashington DC (UPI) Jun 30, 2020 Elon Musk's SpaceX launched the U.S. Space Force's third next-generation navigation satellite for the Global Positioning System from Florida on Tuesday. ... more  
Raytheon Missiles and Defense awarded $2.3B production contract for missile defense radarsTucson AZ (SPX) Jun 26, 2020 Raytheon Missiles and Defense, a Raytheon Technologies business (NYSE: RTX), received a $2.3 billion U.S. Missile Defense Agency production contract for seven gallium nitride (GaN)-based AN/TPY-2 ra ... more |
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Exolaunch and NanoAvionics sign two launch agreements for SpaceX's rideshare missionsBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jul 01, 2020 Exolaunch, a rideshare launch and deployment solutions provider, signed launch agreements with NanoAvionics, a nano-satellite bus manufacturer and mission integrator, to launch two 6U nano-satellite ... more  
Space-equipped lab tests key workers for COVID-19Paris (ESA) Jul 01, 2020 Space-enabled tests are underway to empower healthcare workers, civil protection volunteers and members of the emergency services to help other people. As the immediate crisis caused by the co ... more 
Orion's 'Twin' Completes Structural Testing for Artemis I MissionWashington DC (SPX) Jun 30, 2020 Before NASA astronauts fly the Orion spacecraft on Artemis missions to the Moon and back, engineers needed to thoroughly test its ability to withstand the stresses of launch, climb to orbit, the har ... more 
NASA Plans for More SLS Rocket Boosters to Launch Artemis Moon MissionsHuntsville AL (SPX) Jun 30, 2020 NASA has taken the next steps toward building Space Launch System (SLS) solid rocket boosters to support as many as six additional flights, for a total of up to nine Artemis missions. The agency is ... more 
HyperScout 2 ready for launchKourou, French Guiana (SPX) Jun 26, 2020 As soon as weather in Kourou (French Guiana) permits, a Vega rocket will launch the first HyperScout 2 instrument into orbit. HyperScout 2 is a new version of the HyperScout instrument that contains ... more |
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 Beidou system's applications spread around globe 
Iconic '2001: A Space Odyssey' suit to hit auction blockNew York (AFP) June 29, 2020 The elusive "2001: A Space Odyssey" spacesuit believed to have been worn by Dr. David Bowman when he "killed" HAL in the groundbreaking 1968 film goes on the auction block next month. ... more  |
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Astronauts complete spacewalk outside space stationWashington DC (UPI) Jun 26, 2020 Two NASA astronauts conducted a spacewalk to replace lithium ion batteries outside of the International Space Station on Friday with only a minor snafu - the loss of a mirror. Astronauts Chris ... more  
Trump 'more and more angry at China' over coronavirusWashington (AFP) June 30, 2020 President Donald Trump said Tuesday he was growing "more and more angry at China" over the spread of the coronavirus, as American health officials warned they were not in "total" control of the pandemic. ... more  
GPS 3 satellite on route to orbital slot under own propulsionDenver CO (SPX) Jul 01, 2020 After a successful launch this afternoon, the third Lockheed Martin-built GPS III satellite is now headed to orbit under its own propulsion. The satellite has separated from its rocket and is using ... more 
Russia's Roscosmos Reveals Cost of Angara Heavy-Lift Rocket for Defence MinistryMoscow (Sputnik) Jun 30, 2020 The production cost of each of Russia's new Angara-A5 heavy-lift rockets, manufactured for the Defence Ministry under a contract on test flights, is below 5 billion rubles ($71.6 million), the State ... more  
GM Defense wins $214.3M contract to build troop carriersWashington DC (UPI) Jun 29, 2020 GM Defense was awarded a $214.3 million contract to build the U.S. Army's first Infantry Squad Vehicles, the Defense Department announced. ... more |
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 Luxembourg (SPX) Jun 26, 2020 
Kleos Space S.A. is launching new data collecting technology (software defined radio payload) integrated in an In-Space Missions(In-Space) Faraday-1 spacecraft to be launched into a sun-synchronous orbit from New Zealand by Rocket Lab in a weeks' time as part of the Company's R and D programme.
The launch of this new technology is a significant step on the Company technology roadmap to inc ... more |
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 Peterson AFB CO (SPX) Jun 26, 2020 
The U.S. Space Force Commercial Satellite Communications Office recently announced the development of its Infrastructure Asset Pre-Assessment Program.
The objective of the IA-PRE Program is to advance the security posture of current and future commercial satellite communications procurements for the Department of Defense. As the sole authority for procurement of COMSATCOM services for all ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jun 24, 2020 
China's domestically developed Beidou Navigation Satellite System has been widely used in many public sectors and business fields at home and abroad, according to the China Satellite Navigation Office.
By the end of 2019, more than 100 million Beidou-based navigation chips, modules and other products had been sold.
The system had by then been applied to nearly 6.6 million taxis, buse ... more |
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 Denver CO (SPX) Jun 23, 2020 
Bye Aerospace has begun the next phase of its flight test program for its two-seat all-electric eFlyer 2 technology demonstrator.
George E. Bye, CEO of Bye Aerospace, said the flight test program is focused on collecting flight envelope engineering data for the three propellers being considered for the FAA-certified production version of eFlyer 2.
The criteria for selecting the confi ... more |
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 Seattle WA (SPX) Jun 24, 2020 
To the general public, lasers heat objects. And generally, that would be correct. But lasers also show promise to do quite the opposite - to cool materials. Lasers that can cool materials could revolutionize fields ranging from bio-imaging to quantum communication.
In 2015, University of Washington researchers announced that they can use a laser to cool water and other liquids below room t ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 26, 2020 
Dust storms from Africa's Saharan Desert traveling across the Atlantic Ocean are nothing new, but the current dust storm has been quite expansive and NASA satellites have provided a look at the massive June plume. NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite showed the blanket of dust had moved over the Gulf of Mexico and extended into Central America and over part of the eastern Pacific Ocean.
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 Moscow (AFP) June 28, 2020 
Russian mining giant Norilsk Nickel said on Sunday it had stopped the discharge of wastewater from one of its Arctic facilities, one month after an unprecedented fuel leak nearby sparked a state of emergency.
The incident occurred at the Talnakh enrichment plant near the Arctic city of Norilsk, the company said, when liquids used to process minerals were "discharged from a reservoir".
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 Beijing (XNA) Jun 25, 2020 
Yuanwang-6 - China's space-tracking ship, Yuanwang-6, has completed maritime monitoring for the last satellite launch of the country's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) in the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday.
The satellite, the 55th of the BeiDou family, was launched at 9:43 am (Beijing Time) on Tuesday. It was sent into the preset orbit by a Long March-3B carrier rocket from the Xichang S ... more |
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 Tucson AZ (SPX) Jun 26, 2020 
Raytheon Missiles and Defense, a Raytheon Technologies business (NYSE: RTX), received a $2.3 billion U.S. Missile Defense Agency production contract for seven gallium nitride (GaN)-based AN/TPY-2 radars as part of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system, which is designed to protect against incoming ballistic missile threats.
The contract is part of a foreign military sale t ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Jun 26, 2020 
The U.S. Senate's defense bill adds $120 million to the Defense Department's space-based anti-hypersonic weapons program, despite no request for an increase.
The Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor, a constellation of satellites dedicated to locating the firing and direction of enemy missiles capable of achieving 5,000 miles-per-hour speeds, is a part of the Defense Departmen ... 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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 Perth, Australia (SPX) Jun 26, 2020 
The Australian government's newly formed Australian Space Agency (ASA) has partnered with Fugro to design, build and operate the Australian Space Automation, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Control Complex (SpAARC) in Western Australia (WA).
Benefitting from additional funding support from the WA State Government, the new complex will support start-ups, small businesses and researcher ... more |
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 Stanford CA (SPX) Jun 26, 2020 
One-click purchases and instant delivery have helped fuel the growth of e-commerce, but this convenience has come at the cost of increased traffic congestion, longer commute times, and strained urban communities.
A 2018 report from Texas A and M University found that delivery trucks represent just 7% of U.S. traffic but account for 28% of the nation's congestion. Delivery drones could help ... more |
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