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  Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Aug 16, 2020 Europe's Ariane 5 has delivered two telecom satellites Galaxy-30 and BSAT-4B, and the Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV-2), into their planned transfer orbits. There are also four notable updates to the launch vehicle. Arianespace announced liftoff at 23:04 BST (00:04 CEST, 19:04 local time) this evening from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, for a mission lasting about 47 minutes. Galaxy-30, with a launch mass of 3298 kg, was the first to be released after about 27 minutes. The 2875 ... read more |
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NASA, SpaceX targeting October for next astronaut launchHouston TX (SPX) Aug 16, 2020 NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than Oct. 23 for the first operational flight with astronauts of the Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as a part ... more  
Lockheed Martin and USC build smart cubesatsLittleton CO (SPX) Aug 12, 2020 Lockheed Martin is building mission payloads for a Space Engineering Research Center at University of Southern California (USC) Information Sciences Institute small satellite program called La Jumen ... more 
Exolaunch signs agreement with Augsburg to supply commercial launch servicesBerlin, Germany (SPX) Aug 16, 2020 Exolaunch, a Berlin-based rideshare launch and deployment solutions provider, signed a wide-ranging MOU with Germany-based launch service provider, Rocket Factory Augsburg AG (RFA), to provide end-t ... more 
Northrop Grumman completes first qualification test of new rocket motor for United Launch AlliancePromontory UT (SPX) Aug 14, 2020 Northrop Grumman Corporation conducted its first ground test of an extended length 63-inch-diameter Graphite Epoxy Motor (GEM 63XL) in Promontory, Utah. This variation of the company's GEM 63 strap- ... more |
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Launch of Russia's Glonass-K satellite postponed until OctoberMoscow (Sputnik) Aug 16, 2020 The launch of Russia's next-generation Glonass-K navigation satellite, which has been postponed several times since March, is planned for mid-October, a space industry revealed on Saturday. "T ... more  
SqwaQ demonstrates BVLOS UAS flight capabilities for controlled airspaceDallas TX (SPX) Aug 14, 2020 SqwaQ, a leader in communications technology for robotics, autonomy and aviation, revealed today that it has successfully demonstrated its patented airborne LTE drone communications technology for m ... more  
Human Rights Watch eyes treaty banning 'killer robots'Geneva (AFP) Aug 10, 2020 Human Rights Watch said Monday it was seeking a new international treaty to halt the race towards fully autonomous weapons, claiming a growing number of countries wanted an outright ban. ... more 
US Air Force and Lockheed Martin complete another successful hypersonics testOrlando FL (SPX) Aug 12, 2020 The U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin has flight tested the second AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) on the service's B-52 Stratofortress out of Edwards Air Force Base, California, ... more 
U.S. hypersonic weapon system completes second test on B-52 StratofortressWashington DC (UPI) Aug 10, 2020 The U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin said Monday have completed the second successful hypersonic air-to-ground weapon test on a B-52 Stratofortress bomber out of Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.. ... more |
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Take Me to MarsBethesda MD (SPX) Aug 07, 2020 There is no doubt that humans are going to Mars. It is simply a question of how and when. However, there are many fundamental concerns that must be dealt with. Some of these address crew safety, rad ... more  |
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Momentus to Launch Dodona Nanosat for Lockheed USC La Jument ProgramSanta Clara CA (SPX) Aug 07, 2020 Momentus and Lockheed Martin have announced a launch service agreement for a 3U satellite in Lockheed Martin and SERC (Space Engineering Research Center) University of Southern California's (USC) sm ... more 
Software upgrades for Beidou to continueBeijing (XNA) Aug 07, 2020 Designers of China's Beidou Navigation Satellite System will keep upgrading software on Beidou satellites to improve their capabilities and maintain technological advantages, according to a key figu ... more  
Israel, U.S. test Arrow 2 missile interceptor systemWashington DC (UPI) Aug 13, 2020 The Israel Defense Ministry and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency successfully tested the Arrow 2 interceptor system Wednesday night, according to the Defense Ministry. ... more 
BE-4 engine will support US Space Force space launch programLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 12, 2020 Blue Origin issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Space Force's National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 2 Launch Services Procurement (LSP) announcement. Bob Smith, CEO, Blue O ... more 
MBDA and Lockheed Martin submit proposal for Germany's Integrated Air And Missile Defense SystemSchrobenhausen, Germany (SPX) Aug 16, 2020 MBDA Deutschland and Lockheed Martin, the TLVS bidders consortium (TLVS JV), have submitted an updated proposal to the German Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Se ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Aug 07, 2020 
In a peninsula far, far away, a laser shoots into the sky to study the Antarctic atmosphere at Concordia research station.
The Light Detection and Ranging instrument, or LIDAR, is a remote sensing technique that uses light to study an object.
A pulsed laser beam is aimed at the target and properties of the resulting scattered light are recorded by sensors. Using these measurements, r ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Aug 05, 2020 
The U.S. Army announced "Capability Set '23," a technical exchange meeting to consider its requirements for its networking modernization plan.
The meeting will be conducted virtually on Sept. 2, and build on "Capability Set '21," whose critical review of future networking necessities led to what the Army called the "first round of modernized network capabilities."
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 16, 2020 
The launch of Russia's next-generation Glonass-K navigation satellite, which has been postponed several times since March, is planned for mid-October, a space industry revealed on Saturday.
"The launch of Glonass-K satellite has been postponed until October. The preliminary date of the launch is 17 October. There are no any technical difficulties to carry out the launch", the source said. ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Aug 14, 2020 
Northrop Grumman's construction of the first B-21 Raider stealth bomber, slowed by the COVID-19 pandemic, is back on track, a U.S. Air Force official said.
Randall Walden, director of the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office, acknowledged on Thursday that some B-21 subcontractors were affected by the pandemic.
Walden cited Spirit AeroSystems, which makes large composite aerostruct ... more |
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 San Francisco (AFP) Aug 11, 2020 
An appeals court on Tuesday overturned a judge's ruling that Qualcomm "strangled competition," undoing a major victory scored last year by US antitrust enforcers.
Shares in the California-based mobile chip giant jumped more than four percent on word that an appellate court was not convinced that Qualcomm's tactics in the market unfairly stifled competition, hurting consumers and device maker ... more |
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 Clemson SC (SPX) Aug 12, 2020 
When you think of surfing and Brazil, the first image that comes to mind is probably warm waves crashing on a white sand beach, not a cloud of gas swirling 65 miles above the Earth. But the latter is exactly what was found by Clemson University researcher Rafael Mesquita, a native of Brazil.
Mesquita and a multi-institutional research team documented "surfer waves" in the upper atmosphere ... more |
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 Geneva (AFP) Aug 14, 2020 
A UN agency said Friday it is trying to determine what kind of hazardous debris landed across Beirut after the catastrophic port explosion and how to clean it up safely.
The United Nations Development Programme said it also wanted to find out how much the August 4 blast in the Lebanese capital may have polluted the Mediterranean Sea.
"Within seconds, Beirut was covered in layers and laye ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Aug 07, 2020 
China is soliciting ideas for payloads aboard its proposed missions to the moon, an asteroid and a comet, according to the China National Space Administration.
It is asking for primary, middle school and university students across the country to provide ideas for payloads that would fly aboard the Chang'e 7 probe to the moon, and on another spacecraft to the asteroid 2016HO3 and the comet ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Aug 12, 2020 
South Korea is to invest more than $250 billion in missile defense systems and new submarines to help deter North Korea military threats.
According to South Korea's five-year defense program for 2021-25, Seoul is to develop a missile interceptor similar to Israel's Iron Dome, Yonhap and Money Today reported Monday.
The Israeli system, designed to intercept and destroy short-range pro ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Aug 04, 2020 
The Army is looking to procure a shoulder-fired rocket system on behalf of the U.S. Marine Corps, the Corps announced on Tuesday.
In July, the Army issued a request for proposals for proposals for the M72 Light Assault Weapon Fire from Enclosure munition, according to a Marine Corps press release.
The M72 is a compact, lightweight, single-shot weapon system that incorporates and ... more |
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 Boulder CO (SPX) Jul 20, 2020 
University of Colorado Boulder researchers have used ultra-fast extreme ultraviolet lasers to measure the properties of materials more than 100 times thinner than a human red blood cell.
The team, led by scientists at JILA, reported its new feat of wafer-thinness this week in the journal Physical Review Materials. The group's target, a film just 5 nanometers thick, is the thinnest material ... more |
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 Geneva (AFP) Aug 10, 2020 
Human Rights Watch said Monday it was seeking a new international treaty to halt the race towards fully autonomous weapons, claiming a growing number of countries wanted an outright ban.
The non-governmental organisation (NGO) said 30 countries are now explicitly seeking a ban, after compiling an overview of 97 nations with a stated position on the use and development of what it termed "kill ... more |
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 Dallas TX (SPX) Aug 14, 2020 
SqwaQ, a leader in communications technology for robotics, autonomy and aviation, revealed today that it has successfully demonstrated its patented airborne LTE drone communications technology for multiple partners. The technology enables drones, helicopters, air taxis and other connected aircraft to share the same airspace rather than being segregated.
This eliminates the need for UTM (Un ... more |
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