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  London, UK (SPX) May 15, 2018 The evolution of small satellites from technology demonstrators to providers of low-cost operational services across distributed industry segments is attracting launch demand from organisations all over the world. By 2030, there will be an estimated 11,631 launch demands for new constellation installations and replacement missions, which could take the market past the $62 billion mark. As the lifespan of these satellites is between two years and five years, there will be constant launch demand and ... read more |
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Swift improves position accuracy and availability for precision agriculture and marine customersSan Francisco CA (SPX) May 15, 2018 Swift Navigation, a San Francisco-based tech firm that is building centimeter-accurate GPS technology to power a world of autonomous vehicles, has announced the latest firmware upgrade to its flagsh ... more 
What Happens After Launch: Two NASA Educational CubeSatsBy Audrey Haar for GSFC News Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 15, 2018 A small group of students recently got to experience a rare, spaceflight thrill: seeing if the tiny satellite, called a CubeSat, they designed and built not only sur ... more  
Research examines wing shapes to reduce vortex and wakeChicago IL (SPX) May 15, 2018 It's common to see line-shaped clouds in the sky, known as contrails, trailing behind the engines of a jet airplane. What's not always visible is a vortex coming off of the tip of each wing - ... more  
Visual homing for micro aerial vehicles using scene familiarityWashington DC (SPX) May 10, 2018 In a paper to be published in Unmanned Systems, a group of researchers have discovered that a navigation algorithm proposed by Baddeley et al. is able to allow MAVs to find their way back to an earl ... more |
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The challenge of space gardening: One giant 'leaf' for mankindMiami (AFP) May 11, 2018 It's not easy having a green thumb in space. ... more  
TDM Bridge Builder: Daniel Herman, Solar Electric Propulsion System LeadHuntsville AL (SPX) May 09, 2018 When it comes to NASA's Solar Electric Propulsion project, Daniel Herman helps lead the charge. As an experienced electric propulsion team lead at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, he ... more 
NASA, Uber to Explore Safety, Efficiency of Future Urban AirspaceWashington DC (SPX) May 09, 2018 NASA has signed a second space act agreement with Uber Technologies, Inc., to further explore concepts and technologies related to urban air mobility (UAM) to ensure a safe and efficient system for ... more 
Russia Offers Space Tourist Flight to US, European Astronauts, UAE CitizenMoscow (Sputnik) May 09, 2018 A United Arab Emirates (UAE) national currently stands as the main candidate to become a space tourist on the International Space Station (ISS) in the spring of 2019, although similar offers of this ... more  
Army taps Lockheed for ballistic radar system supportWashington (UPI) May 14, 2018 Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Army for ballistic radar tracking systems. ... more |
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 Navy awards contract to ViaSat for aircraft communication systems 
Satellite pair arrive for Galileo's next rumble in the jungleParis (ESA) May 10, 2018 The next two satellites in Europe's Galileo satellite navigation system have arrived at Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, ahead of their planned launch from the jungle space base in July. ... more  |
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Taking Air Travel to the Streets, or Just Above ThemWashington DC (SPX) May 08, 2018 There was a time when people and goods were moved through the crowded city on the ground, restricted to the busy street surfaces by necessity and gravity. So, inspired visionaries considered n ... more 
Spinning science: multi-use variable-g platform arrives at the Space StationHouston TX (SPX) May 10, 2018 Delivered to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX CRS-14, the Multi-use Variable-g Platform (MVP) is a new commercial testbed for centrifuge-based science aboard the orbiting laboratory. Be ... more 
Testing maintenance-free engines that power science in deep spaceCleveland OH (SPX) May 10, 2018 There are no gas stations or mechanics in deep space. So, if you want the power to perform science in the deep, dark frontiers of our solar system, you must have an engine that is reliable for the l ... more 
China to launch first rocket developed by private companyChongqing, China (XNA) May 10, 2018 China will launch the first commercial rocket developed by a private enterprise in mid-May, the company said Tuesday. Shu Chang, CEO of One Space said its rocket OS-X was now at a testing grou ... more 
US accelerating hypersonic weapons development to catch up with China, RussiaWashington (Sputnik) May 11, 2018 The US Air Force has launched an ambitious campaign to expedite development of a hypersonic weapon amid concerns expressed by US officials that China and Russia are leaving the US in the dust in thi ... more |
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 Berlin, Germany (SPX) May 15, 2018 
For the first time a frequency reference based on molecular iodine was successfully demonstrated in space! What sounds a bit like science fiction is an important step towards laser interferometric distance measurements between satellites as well as for future global navigation satellite systems based on optical technologies.
The frequency reference tests were carried out on 13 May on board ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) May 14, 2018 
ViaSat Inc. was awarded a contract from the U.S. Navy for advanced aircraft communication systems.
The deal, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, is a modified contract worth $85.5 million.
The contract modifies a previous Pentagon award under the terms of an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity multiple award contract.
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 San Francisco CA (SPX) May 15, 2018 
Swift Navigation, a San Francisco-based tech firm that is building centimeter-accurate GPS technology to power a world of autonomous vehicles, has announced the latest firmware upgrade to its flagship product Piksi Multi GNSS Module.
This marks the fifth major point release to Piksi Multi and is available free of charge to Swift customers. The firmware release also enhances Duro, the rugge ... more |
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 New York (AFP) May 8, 2018 
US President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear pact threatens new business for several big companies, including Boeing, Airbus and General Electric.
The two aerospace giants were among the companies to receive US Treasury licenses to begin conducting business in Iran under strict oversight after sanctions were lifted in the 2015 accord.
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 Leeds UK (SPX) May 15, 2018 
New research gives insight into a recent experiment that was able to manipulate an unprecedented number of atoms through a quantum simulator. This new theory could provide another step on the path to creating the elusive quantum computers.
An international team of researchers, led by the University of Leeds and in cooperation with the Institute of Science and Technology Austria and the Uni ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 10, 2018  Though close to home, the space immediately around Earth is full of hidden secrets and invisible processes. In a new discovery reported in the journal Nature, scientists working with NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale spacecraft - MMS - have uncovered a new type of magnetic event in our near-Earth environment by using an innovative technique to squeeze extra information out of the data.
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 Kot Assadullah, Pakistan (AFP) May 11, 2018  Basharat Ali was 15 when his legs began to falter, a condition doctors have blamed on polluted water in a Pakistani region infamous for the deformities that afflict many of its people.
Too weak to carry his own schoolbag, he was taken to hospital, where doctors said water laden with toxic levels of arsenic, fluoride, minerals and various metals was to blame.
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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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 Damascus (AFP) May 10, 2018  Israeli missile strikes fired at Syria hit military bases, as well as an arms depot and military radar, Syrian state media said Thursday, without specifying the location.
The official SANA news agency added that "dozens of missiles were shot down by anti-aircraft systems in Syrian airspace," saying a number of missiles had reached their targets.
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 Jerusalem (AFP) May 10, 2018  Israel's army said Thursday it hit dozens of Iranian military targets in Syria overnight after rocket and missile fire toward its forces it blamed on Iran, marking a sharp escalation in tensions.
"The (Israeli military) has struck dozens of Iranian military targets in Syria," Israeli military spokesman Jonathan Conricus told journalists.
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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.
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 Atlanta GA (SPX) May 15, 2018 
New technology created by a team of Georgia Tech researchers could make controlling text or other mobile applications as simple as "1-2-3."
Using acoustic chirps emitted from a ring and received by a wristband, like a smartwatch, the system is able to recognize 22 different micro finger gestures that could be programmed to various commands - including a T9 keyboard interface, a set of numb ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) May 11, 2018  DARPA is progressing toward its plan to demonstrate airborne launch and recovery of multiple unmanned aerial systems (UASs), targeted for late 2019. Now in its third and final phase, the goal for the Gremlins program is to develop a full-scale technology demonstration featuring the air recovery of multiple low-cost, reusable UASs, or "gremlins."
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