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  Berlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 29, 2020 Exolaunch, the leader in rideshare launch and deployment services for the New Space industry, announced a successful launch of 15 commercial, governmental and scientific satellites for its customers from Europe, Canada, the UAE and the U.S. The Mission dubbed "Wanderlust," Desire to Travel, lifted off on September 28 at 11:20 UTC on a Soyuz-2 rocket, marking over 100 satellites deployed by the company. On this mission, Exolaunch provided comprehensive launch, deployment, mission management and int ... read more |
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Space Force to start flying on reused SpaceX rocketsWashington DC (UPI) Sep 25, 2020 The U.S. Space Force will start to fly missions on reused SpaceX rockets next year to save millions of dollars, the service announced Friday. ... more 
Powerful Delta Heavy rocket ready for another launch attempt from FloridaWashington DC (UPI) Sep 25, 2020 A powerful Delta IV Heavy rocket is scheduled for another attempt to launch a classified spy satellite for the U.S. Department of Defense from Florida just after midnight Saturday. ... more  
Swedish Space Corporation to cease assisting Chinese companies operate satellitesMoscow (Sputnik) Sep 22, 2020 Beijing will soon lose the ability to access its weather and earth-monitoring satellites via ground station locations affiliated with the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) in Sweden, Chile and Austral ... more  
Cosmonauts not ready to try Russia's virus vaccineMoscow (AFP) Sept 24, 2020 Russian cosmonauts set to blast off for the International Space Station said on Thursday it was too early to get a coronavirus vaccine touted by President Vladimir Putin. ... more |
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Government to explore new ways of delivering 'sat nav' for the UKLondon, UK (SPX) Sep 29, 2020 New options for a UK satellite navigation and timing capability programme to support the nation's critical infrastructure will be explored by the government, it was Thursday. The Space-Based P ... more  
Robopilot unmanned air platform returns to flightWright-Patterson AFB OH (SPX) Sep 29, 2020 The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Center for Rapid Innovation (CRI) and DZYNE Technologies Incorporated resumed flight testing of the ROBOpilot unmanned air platform and completed a successfu ... more 
New MS-177 and upgraded AN/ASQ-230 sensors will enhance intelligence collectionSan Diego CA (SPX) Sep 29, 2020 Northrop Grumman has delivered a pair of sensors to enhance the capability of its Global Hawk high-altitude long-endurance autonomous aircraft system. Enhancements include the deployment of the MS-1 ... more  
Iran Guards unveil new naval ballistic missileTehran (AFP) Sept 27, 2020 Iran's Revolutionary Guards on Sunday unveiled a new naval ballistic missile with a potential range of over 700 kilometres (430 miles), local media reported, following months of tensions with arch-enemy the United States. ... more 
Israel tests new sea-to-sea missileWashington DC (UPI) Sep 25, 2020 The Israeli Navy tested a sea-to-sea missile for use in protecting Mediterranean Sea natural gas platforms, the Israel Defense Force announced on Friday. ... more |
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 Alliant Technosystems gets $37.6M contract to upgrade Stryker cannons  
Integrated Battle Station upgrades finished on B-1B bombersWashington DC (UPI) Sep 28, 2020 The last of 60 cockpit conversions of B-1B Lancer to Integrated Battle Station status, an eight-year project, has been completed the, U.S. Air Force announced. ... more  |
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Helping robots avoid collisionsBoston MA (SPX) Sep 18, 2020 George Konidaris still remembers his disheartening introduction to robotics. "When you're a young student and you want to program a robot, the first thing that hits you is this immense disappointmen ... more  
NASA chief warns Congress about Chinese space stationWashington (AFP) Sept 23, 2020 NASA chief Jim Bridenstine told lawmakers Wednesday it was crucial for the US to maintain a presence in Earth's orbit after the International Space Station is decommissioned so that China does not gain a strategic advantage. ... more  
NASA, US Space Force establish Foundation for broad collaborationWashington DC (SPX) Sep 23, 2020 While advancing plans for unprecedented lunar exploration under the Artemis program, NASA also is building on a longstanding partnership with the Department of Defense with a new memorandum of under ... more 
U.S. Air Force gets into gaming with 'Command Clash' competitionWashington DC (UPI) Sep 23, 2020 "Command Clash," a six-part esports competition between 29 service members at multiple bases, begins this weekend, the U.S. Air Force announced Wednesday. ... more 
NASA marks continued progress on X-59Edwards AFB CA (NASA) Sep 21, 2020 Assembly of NASA's X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology aircraft is continuing during 2020 and making good progress, despite challenges such as those imposed by the unexpected global pandemic. NAS ... more |
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 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 29, 2020 
The Chang'e-4 lunar lander touched down on the far side of the Moon on 3 January 2019, with a German instrument for measuring space radiation on board. Since then, the Lunar Lander Neutron and Dosimetry (LND) instrument has been measuring temporally resolved cosmic radiation for the first time. Earlier devices could only record the entire 'mission dose'.
In its current issue, the scientifi ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 22, 2020 
Beijing will soon lose the ability to access its weather and earth-monitoring satellites via ground station locations affiliated with the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) in Sweden, Chile and Australia.
"The geopolitical situation has changed since these contracts were signed in the early 2000s. We have to assess where we can do business and it's harder for us to make that assessment regard ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Sep 29, 2020 
New options for a UK satellite navigation and timing capability programme to support the nation's critical infrastructure will be explored by the government, it was Thursday.
The Space-Based Positioning Navigation and Timing Programme (SBPP) will explore new and alternative ways that could be used to deliver vital satellite navigation services to the United Kingdom which are critical for t ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Sep 23, 2020 
"Command Clash," a six-part esports competition between 29 service members at multiple bases, begins this weekend, the U.S. Air Force announced Wednesday.
The weekly competition, involving the video game "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare," will be live streamed on the Twitch channel. It is an effort by the Air Force to use gaming as an outreach and retention tool, and comes after an interna ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 28, 2020 
Shares in China's biggest chipmaker tumbled Monday on reports that the United States had imposed export controls on the company, the latest salvo in the countries' battle for technological dominance.
In a new blow for China's advanced tech ambitions, the US Commerce Department reportedly ordered companies to seek permission before selling equipment to Semiconductor Manufacturing Internationa ... more |
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 San Francisco CA (SPX) Sep 21, 2020 
MethaneSAT has reached an important new milestone with completion of the Critical Design Review (CDR) phase for both the mission's remote sensing instrument and the spacecraft platform "bus" that will provide power and maneuvering, and transmit the vast stream of data from the high resolution sensors to ground stations. Completion of the CDR means that MethaneSAT is now entering the production s ... more |
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 Bargny, Senegal (AFP) Sept 25, 2020 
Medza remembers the coastline of his native Senegalese town of Bargny as a place where he fished and played as a child before it became a festering rubbish dump.
The beach bordering the fishing settlement, about 30 kilometres (18 miles) south of the capital Dakar, is now permanently choked with plastic waste and rotten fish carcasses.
Wedged in by a motorway and industrial sites, Bar ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Sept 23, 2020 
NASA chief Jim Bridenstine told lawmakers Wednesday it was crucial for the US to maintain a presence in Earth's orbit after the International Space Station is decommissioned so that China does not gain a strategic advantage.
The first parts of the ISS were launched in 1998 and it has been continuously lived in since 2000.
The station, which serves as a space science lab and is a partners ... more |
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 Boulder CO (SPX) Sep 17, 2020 
As part of the U.S. Space Force's effort to build a more flexible, resilient and survivable missile early warning system, while also reducing long-term sustainment and operations costs, control of our nation's advanced infrared surveillance satellites will soon be integrated via the Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution (FORGE) onto the next-generation ground system, the Government-own ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Sep 25, 2020 
The Israeli Navy tested a sea-to-sea missile for use in protecting Mediterranean Sea natural gas platforms, the Israel Defense Force announced on Friday.
The missile successfully struck and sank a decommissioned target vessel meant to simulate an enemy vessel. The missiles will be integrated into the Israeli Navy's newest Sa'ar-5 and Sa'ar-6 class ships, made in the United States by Hun ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Sep 07, 2020 
"Eat your vitamins" might be replaced with "ingest your ceramic nano-particles" in the future as space research is giving more weight to the idea that nanoscopic particles could help protect cells from common causes of damage.
Oxidative stress occurs in our bodies when cells lose the natural balance of electrons in the molecules that we are made of. This is a common and constant occurrence ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Sep 21, 2020 
Two Swarm Systems Integrators - Northrop Grumman Mission Systems and Raytheon BBN Technologies - are creating swarm systems architectures, advanced interfaces, and virtual and physical swarm testbeds for OFFSET.
The Swarm Systems Integrators tested their autonomous platforms - comprising ground vehicles, multirotor and fixed-wing aircraft - in a multi-stage, interactive scenario to locate ... more |
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 San Diego CA (SPX) Sep 29, 2020  Northrop Grumman has delivered a pair of sensors to enhance the capability of its Global Hawk high-altitude long-endurance autonomous aircraft system. Enhancements include the deployment of the MS-177 multi-spectral camera system to provide additional high resolution imaging capability for operational users. The second new capability is the first fielding of the increment 1 upgraded AN/ASQ-230 s ... more |
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