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  Washington DC (UPI) Sep 29, 2020 SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule received an improved heat shield and more powerful solar arrays for a six-month crewed mission planned to launch Oct. 31, the company said Tuesday. Liftoff is planned for 2:40 a.m. from Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Crew 1 mission to the International Space Station will be the first regular flight for a Dragon spacecraft, which completed a demonstration flight with two astronauts Aug. 2. The launch will boost the number of astrona ... read more |
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UK-built supercomputer nanosatellites set for take offLondon, UK (SPX) Sep 30, 2020 Four shoebox-sized and Government-backed satellites, including two supercomputers, were launched Monday 28 September. The 'nanosatellites', which are built in Glasgow and are no larger than a ... more 
Exolaunch delivers 15 small satellites into orbit on a Soyuz Rideshare missionBerlin, 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 ... more 
Gryphon Technologies wins $14M DARPA task order to support the DRACO programWashington DC (SPX) Sep 30, 2020 The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded Gryphon Technologies ("Gryphon"), the leading provider of digital engineering, cyber, cloud solutions, ... more 
NASA, SpaceX to launch first Commercial Crew rotation mission to International Space StationKennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Sep 30, 2020 NASA and SpaceX are beginning a regular cadence of missions with astronauts launching on an American rocket from American soil to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Pr ... more |
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AgniKul Cosmos partners with Alaska Aerospace to launch from the Pacific Spaceport ComplexKodiak Island AK (SPX) Sep 30, 2020 Alaska Aerospace Corporation and India-based AgniKul Cosmos are pleased to announce they have signed a memorandum of agreement to test launch the Agnibaan launch vehicle from the Pacific Spaceport C ... more  
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  
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  
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 
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 |
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 Robopilot unmanned air platform returns to flight  
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  |
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MQ-4C Triton deployed, quickly became an 'invaluable asset'Washington DC (SPX) Sep 30, 2020 In January this year, the U.S. Navy deployed Northrop Grumman's MQ-4C Triton to Guam. The deployment is a first for the high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) maritime intelligence, surveillance and r ... more 
Isotropic Systems and SES GS to trail next-gen multi-beam antenna technologies for US forcesReston VA (SPX) Sep 30, 2020 SES Government Solutions (SES GS), a fully-owned affiliate of SES, and Isotropic Systems, a leading developer of transformational broadband terminal technologies, has announced a two-phased antenna ... more 
Fourth GPS 3 Satellite Encapsulated Ahead of LaunchCape Canaveral FL (SPX) Sep 30, 2020 The U.S. Space Force Space and Missile Systems Center's Lockheed Martin-built GPS III Space Vehicle 04 (GPS III SV04) satellite was encapsulated within a SpaceX payload fairing at Astrotech Space Op ... more  
USS Ross runs air defense exercises with NATO F-16sWashington DC (UPI) Sep 29, 2020 The USS Ross recently completed a series of tactical air defense exercises with NATO aircraft over the Baltic Sea, the Navy announced Tuesday. ... 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 |
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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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 Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Sep 30, 2020 
The U.S. Space Force Space and Missile Systems Center's Lockheed Martin-built GPS III Space Vehicle 04 (GPS III SV04) satellite was encapsulated within a SpaceX payload fairing at Astrotech Space Operations Florida facility on Sept. 21 in preparation for its upcoming launch on Sept. 29 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. The 15-minute launch window opens at 9:55 p.m. EDT.
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 Washington DC (UPI) Sep 29, 2020 
The USS Ross recently completed a series of tactical air defense exercises with NATO aircraft over the Baltic Sea, the Navy announced Tuesday.
"This exercise presents a unique training opportunity with our NATO Allies to increase our combined capability," Cmdr. John D. John, commanding officer aboard Ross, said in a press release. "Building on our collective interoperability helps to de ... 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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 Taiyuan, China (XNA) Sep 29, 2020 
China has successfully launched two environmental monitoring satellites from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi Province on Sunday.
A Long March-4B rocket carrying the HJ-2A and HJ-2B satellites took off at 11:23 a.m. (Beijing Time), according to the launch center.
They will replace the HJ-1A and HJ-1B, the previous generation of environmental monitoring satellite ... more |
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 Nairobi (AFP) Sept 24, 2020 
On July 25, a cargo ship loaded with thousands of tonnes of fuel ran aground off Mauritius, leading to the worst environmental disaster ever witnessed in the tiny Indian Ocean archipelago.
Two months later, Mauritius is still taking stock of the damage, after its rich fishing grounds and sensitive marine habitats were befouled with oil.
- How bad was the spill? -
The MV Wakashio, a ... 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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 Boston 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 disappointment at how much you can't do with that robot," he says.
Most new roboticists want to program their robots to solve interesting, complex tasks - but it turns out that just moving them through space ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Sep 30, 2020 
In January this year, the U.S. Navy deployed Northrop Grumman's MQ-4C Triton to Guam. The deployment is a first for the high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) maritime intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) system.
The Guam deployment is part of an early operational capability (EOC) and will enable the U.S. Navy to further develop concepts of operation for employment of the syst ... more |
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