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  Tampa (AFP) May 5, 2018 SpaceX's unmanned Dragon cargo ship splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Saturday, the company said, a few hours after leaving the International Space Station Saturday carrying 4,000 pounds (1,800 kilograms) of gear. "Good splashdown of Dragon confirmed, completing SpaceX's third resupply mission to and from the @Space_Station with a flight-proven spacecraft," tweeted the company owned by Elon Musk around 1900 GMT. The white supply vessel detached from the orbiting outpost at 1323 GMT, fired it ... read more |
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Reduce, Reuse, Rockets?Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 07, 2018 Conor Cimo can trace his interest in engineering back to his second-grade classroom in a Chicago suburb where he watched in awe as an F16 fighter aircraft broke the sound barrier. The video was pres ... more  
NASA's First Deep-Space CubeSats Say: PoloPasadena CA (JPL) May 07, 2018 NASA has received radio signals indicating that the first-ever CubeSats headed to deep space are alive and well. The first signal was received at 12:15 p.m. PDT (3:15 p.m. EDT, 19:15 UTC) May 5; the ... more  
Talking UAS market trends with NSR analyst Gagan AgrawalMcLean VA (SPX) May 04, 2018 Earlier this year the consulting firm Northern Sky Research released the fourth edition of its Unmanned Aircraft Systems Satcom and Imaging Markets report. This report explores opportunities across ... more  
Lockheed tapped for additional THAAD interceptorsWashington (UPI) May 3, 2018 Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract for anti-ballistic missile interceptors. ... more |
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One detector doesn't 'fit all' for smoke in spacecraftWashington DC (SPX) May 02, 2018 What had been a peaceful and productive mission for the six men aboard the Russian space station Mir, including U.S. astronaut Jerry Linenger, nearly became a tragic nightmare during the evening of ... more 
Rescue Operations Take Shape for Commercial Crew Program AstronautsHouston TX (SPX) May 02, 2018 As a child watching Apollo 11 land on the Moon, Ted Mosteller dreamed of working for the space program. As leader of NASA's Commercial Crew Program Landing and Recovery Team, he directs a multi-agen ... more 
NASA Science to Return to Earth aboard SpaceX Dragon SpacecraftHouston TX (SPX) May 02, 2018 SpaceX's Dragon cargo spacecraft is scheduled to splash down in the Pacific Ocean on Saturday, May 5, west of Baja California, with more than 4,000 pounds of NASA cargo, science and technology demon ... more 
Arianespace to launch the first STRIVING small satellite for SITAEL on Vega's SSMS POC flightParis, France (SPX) May 04, 2018 Arianespace has been selected by SITAEL to launch the first small satellite for delivery of STRIVING services, to be conducted using a Vega as part of the launcher's Small Spacecraft Mission Service ... more  
NASA's swarmathon improves student skills in robotics, computer scienceKennedy Space Center FL (SPX) May 01, 2018 Students from universities and community colleges across the nation recently participated in third annual Swarmathon. The robotic programming competition took place at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Vi ... more |
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Beijing 'installs missiles' on South China Sea islandsBeijing (AFP) May 3, 2018 Beijing reasserted its right Thursday to build "defence" facilities in the disputed South China Sea, but declined to confirm reports it had installed new missiles on artificial islands it has built in the region. ... more  |
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Arianespace and D-Orbit sign contract to launch ION Cubesat Carrier on Vega SSMS POC flightParis, France (SPX) May 03, 2018 Arianespace and D-Orbit have signed an agreement to offer InOrbit NOW launch and deployment service through the launch of D-Orbit's ION CubeSat Carrier on the Vega launch vehicle, as part of the Sma ... more  
ContiTech to provide Saudi Arabia, Kuwait with Abrams tank partsWashington (UPI) May 3, 2018 The governments of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait will receive M1A2 Abrams tank hardware in a new U.S. government contract with ContiTech USA. ... more  
French, US navy pilots train in the skies over VirginiaOceana, United States (AFP) May 3, 2018 With a deafening roar, French Rafale fighter jets and US F-18s take to the skies over Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia. ... more 
U.K. to receive Apache helicopter hardware from LockheedWashington (UPI) May 3, 2018 The United Kingdom will receive AH-64 Apache hardware in deal between the U.S. Army and Lockheed Martin. ... more  
Brexit prompts UK to probe developing satellite navigation systemLondon (AFP) May 1, 2018 Britain will explore developing and launching its own satellite navigation system, Downing Street announced on Tuesday, amid doubt over its future inclusion in a key European project after Brexit. ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) May 4, 2018 
China on Friday rejected US allegations that Chinese nationals shone military-grade lasers at American pilots in Djibouti, dismissing the claims as "inconsistent with facts".
Beijing, which operates a naval base in the Horn of Africa country, denied Pentagon accusations that Chinese personnel have targeted US pilots in the country with the beams, resulting in minor injuries to airmen and cre ... more |
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 Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar (SPX) Apr 30, 2018  More than 20,000 above the Earth's surface, communication satellites orbit the planet, listening for a signal. Once they receive a signal, they repeat it and send it back down to the surface.
The U.S. Air Force uses many types of satellite communications to transmit data all around the globe. With the encryption of data, the U.S. Air Force denies prying eyes the ability to read critical in ... more |
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 London (AFP) May 1, 2018  Britain will explore developing and launching its own satellite navigation system, Downing Street announced on Tuesday, amid doubt over its future inclusion in a key European project after Brexit.
Prime Minister Theresa May has created a taskforce of engineering and aerospace experts led by the UK Space Agency "to develop options for a British Global Navigation Satellite System that would gu ... more |
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 Oceana, United States (AFP) May 3, 2018 
With a deafening roar, French Rafale fighter jets and US F-18s take to the skies over Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia.
Warplanes from the two countries are training here under an unusual arrangement while France's only aircraft carrier, the Charles de Gaulle, undergoes major renovations.
"We need to practice what it's like flying from an aircraft carrier, and any way we can do that ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) May 01, 2018 
Wi-Fi and cellular data traffic are increasing exponentially but, unless the capacity of wireless links can be increased, all that traffic is bound to lead to unacceptable bottlenecks.
Upcoming 5G networks are a temporary fix but not a long-term solution. For that, researchers have focused on terahertz frequencies, the submillimeter wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum. Data traveli ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) May 03, 2018  While ESA's CryoSat continues to provide clear insight into how much sea ice is being lost and how the Antarctic and Greenlandic ice sheets are changing, the mission has again surpassed its original scope by revealing exactly how mountain glaciers are also succumbing to change.
Glaciers all over the globe are retreating - and for the last 15 years, glacial ice has been the main cause of se ... more |
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 Lucknow, India (AFP) May 2, 2018 
Residents of Kanpur reacted with dismay Wednesday after the Indian city was found to have the worst air quality in a global World Health Organization survey that urged the nation to clean up its act.
Fourteen Indian cities, led by the northern metropolis known for its leather and shoe industries, feature in the 15 cities with the dirtiest air in the WHO's global list.
The capital New Del ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) May 07, 2018 
China is developing its first space rocket with a reusable first stage that could see its trial launch as early as 2020, SpaceNews reported, citing a senior Chinese rocket designer.
Long Lehao of the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT), revealed the new plans for the Long March 8 medium-lift launcher during a space industry conference in Harbin on April 24.
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 Washington (UPI) May 3, 2018 
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract for anti-ballistic missile interceptors.
The deal, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $145.2 million under the terms of a fixed-price incentive-firm target contract for line item numbers - a modification to a previous Pentagon award.
The contract from the U.S. Missile Defense Agency enables Lockhee ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) May 3, 2018  Beijing reasserted its right Thursday to build "defence" facilities in the disputed South China Sea, but declined to confirm reports it had installed new missiles on artificial islands it has built in the region.
Washington warned that Beijing would face unspecified "consequences" over its militarisation of the South China Sea, and said it had raised the issue with China.
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 Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Apr 22, 2018 
Nearly a hundred years ago, Albert Einstein and Satyendra Nath Bose predicted that quantum mechanics can force a large number of particles to behave in concert as if they were only a single particle. The phenomenon is called Bose-Einstein condensation, and it took until 1995 to create the first such condensate of a gas of alkali atoms.
Although Bose-Einstein condensation has been observed ... more |
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 Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) May 01, 2018 
Students from universities and community colleges across the nation recently participated in third annual Swarmathon. The robotic programming competition took place at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Visitor Complex April 17-19. Their developments may lead to technology that could help astronauts find needed resources while exploring the Moon or Mars.
In her welcoming remarks, Deputy Center Di ... more |
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 McLean VA (SPX) May 04, 2018 
Earlier this year the consulting firm Northern Sky Research released the fourth edition of its Unmanned Aircraft Systems Satcom and Imaging Markets report. This report explores opportunities across the UAS industry value chain, with a particular focus on markets for satellite operators and geospatial imaging/analytics companies.
SatCom Frontier reached out to the lead analyst of this new r ... more |
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