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  McLean VA (SPX) Dec 11, 2017 With high-throughput satellites covering 99% of the populated regions of the world, commercial satellite providers like Intelsat General are ready and willing to serve the growing bandwidth needs of the military defense market. But there's a catch. At the Global MilsatCom conference held earlier this month in London, new acquisition challenges came to light: Countries are still trying to figure out what they need and how they'll get it. In the military, "they want video everywhere, and they want i ... read more |
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Spaceships and Politics: Sputnik Talks to Cosmonaut Sergei KrikalevMoscow (Sputnik) Dec 11, 2017 To commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of the first ever human-made object in space - the Russian Sputnik satellite - we spoke with record breaking Russian cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev about the evolu ... more  
Galileo satellites atop rocket for next Tuesday's flightParis (ESA) Dec 11, 2017 Europe's next four Galileo navigation satellites are in place atop their Ariane 5, ready to be launched next Tuesday. Liftoff from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana is scheduled for ... more  
Nozzle Assemblies Complete for Exploration Mission-1 Solid Rocket BoostersWashington DC (SPX) Dec 11, 2017 Space Launch System (SLS) solid rocket booster prime contractor Orbital ATK recently completed work at its Utah facilities on the booster nozzles for Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1), the first flight o ... more  
Army researchers seek better batteriesAdelphi MD (SPX) Dec 11, 2017 A team of Army scientists working on more efficient batteries recently published new findings in a peer-reviewed publication from the American Chemical Society. In an invited paper published i ... more |
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Rocket Lab to launch rocket from New ZealandWashington (UPI) Dec 7, 2017 Aerospace startup company Rocket Lab have delayed plans to launch its Electron rocket until Friday. ... more  
Public-private partnership to speed up military technology developmentWashington (UPI) Dec 1, 2017 The U.S. Department of Defense, in collaboration with the National Security Technology Accelerator, launched a new Training and Readiness Accelerator, or TREX, this week at a defense industry conference. ... more  
Millennium Space Systems marks 6 months On-Orbit operations of ALTAIR Pathfinder SpacecraftEl Segundo CA (SPX) Dec 08, 2017 Millennium Space Systems announces the successful completion of its ALTAIR Pathfinder mission objectives last week as the spacecraft reached its six-month milestone and 4,500 hours of successful ope ... more 
Government outsourcing disrupts space as SatComm services commercialisedMcLean VA (SPX) Dec 07, 2017 In the past couple of years, we have seen a steady reduction in the costs of manufacturing and launching communications satellites. Smaller satellites built for low-earth orbit, standard satellite d ... more 
A better way for governments to acquire the latest in satellite technologiesMcLean VA (SPX) Dec 07, 2017 New technology such as high-throughput satellites (HTS) have transformed space architecture and invigorated what had been a predictable global market. Countries of all sizes want to leverage the cap ... more 
UAE launches programme to send astronauts into spaceDubai (AFP) Dec 6, 2017 Dubai's ruler on Wednesday launched the United Arab Emirates' first space programme aimed at sending four Emirati astronauts to the International Space Station within five years. ... more |
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 Joint Hellas-Sat-4 and SaudiGeoSat-1 satellite ready for environmental tests 
SpaceX's Elon Musk to launch his own car into deep spaceMiami (AFP) Dec 6, 2017 SpaceX confirmed Wednesday its CEO Elon Musk plans to blast his cherry red electric car off toward the Red Planet when the company's Falcon Heavy rocket launches for the first time next month. ... more  
NASA's SuperTIGER Balloon Flies Again to Study Heavy Cosmic ParticlesGreenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 07, 2017 A science team in Antarctica is preparing to loft a balloon-borne instrument to collect information on cosmic rays, high-energy particles from beyond the solar system that enter Earth's atmosphere e ... more  
Toyota showcases humanoid robot that mirrors userTokyo (AFP) Nov 29, 2017 Japanese auto giant Toyota Wednesday showcased a humanoid robot that can mirror its user's movements, a product it says has uses as varied as elderly care and disaster response. ... more 
History of CubeSatsBethesda, MD (SPX) Dec 06, 2017 The "CubeSat" is a type of miniaturized satellite for low earth orbit (LEO) space research and applications. One of these is typically made up of one or more 10+ 10+ 11.35 cm cubic units, and each u ... more |
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  Moscow (AFP) Dec 8, 2017 
Russian scientists on Friday said radioactive pollution detected in Europe in September was not linked to one of the country's nuclear facilities and speculated that a satellite could be the cause.
Russia's Rosatom nuclear agency in November asked scientists at the Nuclear Safety Institute to look into the origin of "extremely high" readings of radioactive ruthenium reported in some parts of ... more Washington DC (SPX) Dec 11, 2017NASA Selects Three Companies to Develop 'FabLab' Prototypes  Toyohashi, Japan (SPX) Dec 11, 2017First step toward practical application of holographic memory with magnetic assist  Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 07, 2017Monopole current offers way to control magnets |
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 Denver CO (SPX) Dec 07, 2017 
Lockheed Martin has completed the major assembly of Hellas-Sat-4/SaudiGeoSat-1 and has shipped the communications satellite to its Sunnyvale, California facility to undergo critical environmental testing.
The first of the modernized LM 2100 satellites, Hellas-Sat-4/SaudiGeoSat-1 is being built for Arabsat/Hellas Sat and King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology.
It will provide ... more McLean VA (SPX) Dec 11, 2017Military defense market faces new challenges to acquiring SatCom platforms McLean VA (SPX) Dec 07, 2017Government outsourcing disrupts space as SatComm services commercialised McLean VA (SPX) Dec 07, 2017A better way for governments to acquire the latest in satellite technologies |
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 Paris (ESA) Dec 11, 2017 
Europe's next four Galileo navigation satellites are in place atop their Ariane 5, ready to be launched next Tuesday.
Liftoff from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana is scheduled for 18:36 GMT (19:36 CET, 15:36 local time), carrying Galileo satellites 19-22.
Completion of Galileo's Ariane 5 rocket took place in the Spaceport's Final Assembly Building, following the arrival t ... more Paris (ESA) Dec 05, 2017Space technology to drive autonomous ships  Washington (UPI) Dec 5, 2017Air Force tests Raytheon's GPS receiver aboard B-2 bomber  Denver CO (SPX) Nov 30, 2017Lockheed Martin assembles third US Air Force GPS 3 satellite |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 07, 2017 
A science team in Antarctica is preparing to loft a balloon-borne instrument to collect information on cosmic rays, high-energy particles from beyond the solar system that enter Earth's atmosphere every moment of every day. The instrument, called the Super Trans-Iron Galactic Element Recorder (SuperTIGER), is designed to study rare heavy nuclei, which hold clues about where and how cosmic rays a ... more Doha (AFP) Dec 7, 2017Qatar, France sign billion-dollar fighter jet deal amid Gulf crisis  Jerusalem (AFP) Dec 6, 2017Israel says F-35 stealth fighter jets operational  Washington (UPI) Dec 6, 2017Boeing's new KC-46A tanker completes first flight |
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 Singapore (SPX) Dec 07, 2017 
The current induced magnetisation switching by spin-orbit torque (SOT) is an important ingredient for modern non-volatile magnetic devices such as magnetic random access memories and logic devices that are required for high performance data storage and computing.
As such, researchers around the world are actively searching for novel ways to reduce the present high switching current density ... more Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Dec 08, 2017The quantum waltz of electrons hints at the next generation of chips  Beijing, China (SPX) Dec 11, 2017Secure information transmission over 500m fiber links based on quantum technologies  London UK (SPX) Dec 08, 2017Squeezing light into a tiny channel brings optical computing a step closer |
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 Paris (ESA) Dec 06, 2017 
Launched on 13 October, the Sentinel-5P satellite has delivered its first images of air pollution. Even though the satellite is still being prepared for service, these first results have been hailed as exceptional and show how this latest Copernicus satellite is set to take the task of monitoring air quality into a new era.
This new mission promises to image air pollutants in more detail t ... more London, UK (SPX) Dec 07, 2017UK-built satellite shines first light on air pollution  Leeds UK (SPX) Dec 07, 2017Understanding the climate impact of natural atmospheric particles  Minneapolis MN (SPX) Dec 08, 2017First global maps of traits that drive vegetation growth |
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 New Delhi (AFP) Dec 7, 2017 
Cricket organisers must take pollution into account before allowing matches to go ahead, the Indian Medical Association told the country's governing body for the sport Thursday, after a smog-plagued Test match in New Delhi.
The IMA said in a letter to the Indian cricket board it was "greatly troubled" by scenes of players wearing masks to protect themselves from air pollution many times the ... more Nairobi (AFP) Dec 6, 2017World's nations adopt plan 'towards a pollution-free planet'  Nairobi (AFP) Dec 7, 2017UN pledge to tackle lead poisoning too late for some victims  Washington (UPI) Dec 8, 2017Tiny ocean creatures can shred a plastic bag into 1.75 million pieces |
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 Beijing (XNA) Nov 27, 2017 
China is now the world leader in remote sensing technologies for scientific purposes and is able to provide an unprecedented amount of data to support research and development for the world, officials said on Tuesday.
Remote sensing refers to aerial or satellite-based technologies to detect and measure objects on Earth's surface, atmosphere and oceans.
On Tuesday, the Ministry of Sci ... more Beijing (XNA) Nov 19, 2017China plans for nuclear-powered interplanetary capacity by 2040  Beijing (Sputnik) Nov 16, 2017China plans first sea based launch by 2018  Beijing (XNA) Nov 02, 2017China's reusable spacecraft to be launched in 2020 |
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 Tokyo (AFP) Dec 10, 2017 
Japan will hold a drill with the United States and South Korea this week to practise jointly detecting airborne missiles, officials said Sunday amid rising security threats from North Korea.
The announcement of the joint exercise, a sixth such drill since 2016, comes less than two weeks after Pyongyang test-fired a ballistic missile which dropped into the sea inside Japan's exclusive economi ... more Sacramento CA (SPX) Dec 08, 2017Aerojet Rocketdyne Achieves Significant Air Force Demonstration and Validation Milestone with Successful Hot-Fire Test  Jerusalem (AFP) Dec 8, 2017Israel shoots down rocket fired from Gaza: army  Tokyo (AFP) Dec 8, 2017Japan plans long-range missiles amid N. Korea threat: minister |
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 7, 2017 
Raytheon has been awarded a modified contract by the Defense Department for hardware in support of advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles, or AIM-120 AMRAAM, that supports the U.S. and multiple foreign countries.
The deal, announced Wednesday, is worth more than $8.5 million under the terms of a fixed-price-incentive-firm target and cost-plus-fixed-fee modification. Raytheon is due t ... more Washington (UPI) Nov 29, 2017Poland to buy AMRAAMs, HIMARS systems from U.S.  Abu Dhabi (AFP) Dec 3, 2017UAE denies Yemen rebel missile entered its air space  Washington (UPI) Nov 28, 2017Orbital ATK to support next-step development of anti-radiation missiles |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Dec 07, 2017 
"Two-dimensional materials" - materials deposited in layers that are only a few atoms thick - are promising for both high-performance electronics and flexible, transparent electronics that could be layered onto physical surfaces to make computing ubiquitous.
The best-known 2-D material is graphene, which is a form of carbon, but recently researchers have been investigating other 2-D materi ... more Moscow, Russia (SPX) Nov 30, 2017Physicists explain metallic conductivity of thin carbon nanotube films  Karlsruher, Germany (SPX) ov 27, 2017Ceria nanoparticles: It is the surface that matters  Washington DC (SPX) Nov 27, 2017Semiconducting carbon nanotubes can reduce noise in interconnects |
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 Tokyo (AFP) Nov 29, 2017 
Japanese auto giant Toyota Wednesday showcased a humanoid robot that can mirror its user's movements, a product it says has uses as varied as elderly care and disaster response.
The T-HR3 can be controlled by a wearable system that allows users to operate the entire robot in real-time by simply moving their own limbs.
It is one of the main attractions at the International Robot Exhibitio ... more San Francisco (AFP) Dec 8, 2017'Grinch bots' may steal Christmas by snatching up prized toys  Washington (UPI) Dec 8, 2017Speedy cockroaches help researchers train robots to walk  Houston TX (SPX) Dec 06, 2017Helping hands guide robots as they learn |
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 7, 2017  A new counter-drone system by German sensor-maker Hensoldt has been successfully demonstrated at an airfield in Hamburg-Finkenwerder, Germany.
The counter-drone system - for protecting airports and infrastructure - is the Xpeller counter-UAV system, which combines radar, RF and optical sensors and a targeted jammer
Hensoldt said the system's individual elements were positioned ... more Tokyo (AFP) Dec 7, 2017'Go home' drone seeks to stop Japan overtime binge  Beijing (AFP) Dec 7, 2017China says Indian drone 'invaded' its airspace, crashed  Miami (AFP) Dec 4, 2017Falcon's attack strategy could inspire new drones: study |
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