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July 27, 2018
ROCKET SCIENCE
SpaceX launches, lands rocket in challenging conditions



Washington (UPI) Jul 25, 2018
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket carried 10 Iridium satellites into orbit on Wednesday. The rocket blasted-off early Wednesday morning from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. "All 10 satellites have deployed into an on-target orbit," Spaceflight Now's Stephen Clark reported at 8:53 a.m. ET. As usual, SpaceX safely landed the rocket's reusable first stage. The rocket stage landed on the spaceport drone ship "Just Read the Instructions." Though SpaceX's rocket reusability has become routine, ... read more

SPACE TRAVEL
NASA to Name Astronauts Assigned to First Boeing, SpaceX Flights
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 27, 2018
NASA will announce on Friday, Aug. 3, the astronauts assigned to crew the first flight tests and missions of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon, and begin a new era in American spac ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
Kleos Space signs contract with GomSpace for the supply of nanosatellites
Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Jul 27, 2018
Luxembourg-based Kleos Space S.A., state-of-the-art space technology operator, is proud to announce the signature of a contract for the supply of a multi- nanosatellite system with GomSpace A/S - a ... more
MISSILE NEWS
Russia Hunting Leaker of Hypersonic Missile Details to Western Agencies
Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 24, 2018
Russian intelligence officers have raided the offices of two missile development facilities of the Roscosmos Corporation in search of the person who leaked classified information on hypersonic missi ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Sky's no limit: Japan firm to fly wedding plaques into space
Tokyo (AFP) July 24, 2018
The sky is no longer the limit for lovers looking for unusual ways to commemorate their nuptials, with a Japanese company now offering to blast commemorative wedding plaques into space. ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL
Boeing's quest to take astronauts to space station hits snag
Washington (UPI) Jul 23, 2018
Boeing has acknowledged an anomaly occurred during a recent test of its Starliner spacecraft's launch abort system. ... more
UAV NEWS
An insect-inspired drone deforms upon impact
Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Jul 26, 2018
In recent years, robotics experts have taken a page from the traditional Japanese practice of origami and come up with light and flexible - and highly innovative - robots and drones. Two types of or ... more
MISSILE DEFENSE
Intercept Sets Distance Record for Lockheed Martin's Hit-to-Kill PAC-3 MSE
Dallas TX (SPX) Jul 27, 2018
A Lockheed Martin PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptor successfully intercepted an Air-Breathing Threat (ABT) in a test at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. The test marked ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Team Powers On AA-2 Orion Module, Preps for Flight Test Simulation
Houston TX (SPX) Jul 23, 2018
The team of engineers outfitting the Orion test article for Ascent Abort-2 have had a busy summer. Since the arrival of the empty capsule in March, the team at Johnson Space Center in Houston has ou ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
NASA Marshall Awards 43 New Small Innovation and Technology Research Proposals
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jul 25, 2018
NASA has selected 304 proposals from U.S. small businesses to advance research and technology in Phase I of its 2018 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and 44 proposals for the Small ... more
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GPS NEWS
GMV and Tecnobit partners with Skydel
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Jul 24, 2018
GMV, Tecnobit and Skydel reports that they are working to adapt Skydel's Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) simulation solution to support the latest developments of the Galileo GNSS, synchro ... more
DRAGON SPACE
China developing in-orbit satellite transport vehicle
Beijing (XNA) Jul 23, 2018
China is developing a space vehicle to help transport orbiting satellites that have run out of fuel, Science and Technology Daily reported Thursday. Fuel is a key factor limiting the life of s ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Latest Blue Origin Launch Tests Technologies of Interest to Space Exploration
Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Jul 23, 2018
On July 18, 2018, at 8:35 am PDT, Blue Origin successfully launched its New Shepard rocket from the company's West Texas launch site with five NASA-supported technologies onboard. For each of these ... more
GPS NEWS
Arianespace orbits four more Galileo satellites, as Ariane 5 logs its 99th mission
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jul 26, 2018
Arianespace has successfully launched four more satellites in the Galileo constellation. Liftoff was at 8:25 a.m. (local time) July 25, 2018 from the Guiana Space Center, Europe's Spaceport in Kouro ... more
UAV NEWS
Insitu receives contract for ScanEagle UAVs for Afghanistan
Washington (UPI) Jul 25, 2018
Insitu out of Bingen WA has received $10.8 million for a modification to an existing contract for ScanEagle unmanned aircraft systems. ... more


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ROCKET SCIENCE
Russia's Khrunichev Center Develops Concept of Reusable Rocket
Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 25, 2018
Russia's Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center has finished the development of a blueprint for Russia's reusable launch vehicle and sent the relevant materials to Roscosmos' Central ... more
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AEROSPACE
Alsalam awarded $59.7M contract for Saudi F-15 upgrades
Washington (UPI) Jul 25, 2018
Alsalam Aerospace Industries has received a $59.7 million contract for the upgrade of six Saudi F-15S aircraft to the newer F-15SA configuration. ... more
AEROSPACE
Airbus profits halved but hopes to meet delivery target
Paris (AFP) July 26, 2018
European air giant Airbus said Thursday its half-year profits plunged, as the company is hit by delays in the delivery of its A320neo engines, but confirmed its objective to provide 800 aircraft this year despite "risks". ... more
AEROSPACE
Two pilots killed in Vietnam military plane crash
Hanoi (AFP) July 26, 2018
Two pilots were killed in Vietnam Thursday when their training jet crashed into thick jungle in heavy rains, police told AFP from the central mountainous region where the accident occurred. ... more
MISSILE NEWS
Russian Scientist Jailed as Moscow Probes Hypersonic Missile Secrets Leak
Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 25, 2018
A scientist at Russia's space organization Roscosmos, 74-year-old Viktor Kudryavtsev, has been imprisoned in a Moscow jail run by the Federal Security Service (FSB), which has been been investigatin ... more
UAV NEWS
Insitu awarded contract for RQ-21 unmanned aerial vehicles
Washington (UPI) Jul 24, 2018
Insitu has received an $8.9 million order for spare parts and maintenance services for an existing contract for RQ-21A unmanned aerial vehicles. ... more
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Researchers unravel more mysteries of metallic hydrogen
Rochester NY (SPX) Jul 24, 2018
Metallic hydrogen is one of the rarest materials on Earth, yet more than 80 percent of planets - including Jupiter, Saturn, and hundreds of extrasolar planets - are composed of this exotic form of matter. Its abundance in our solar system - despite its rarity on Earth - makes metallic hydrogen an intriguing focus for researchers at the University of Rochester's Laboratory of Laser Energeti ... more
+ NASA Interns Develop and Release Navigation Software Simulating Star Tracker Navigation
+ Millennium Space Systems ALTAIR Pathfinder Satellite Surpasses 10,000 Hours in Orbit
+ Manipulating single atoms with an electron beam
+ Scientists develop proteins that self-assemble into supramolecular complexes
+ Tech titans jostle as Pentagon calls for cloud contract bids
+ Material formed from crab shells and trees could replace flexible plastic packaging
+ Detecting damage in non-magnetic steel with the help of magnetism
Why Ku-band HTS is superior for AISR
McLean VA (SPX) Jul 19, 2018
The commercial space industry is experiencing a new era in satellite performance. Over the past few years, multiple commercial satellite operators have deployed and activated next-generation high-throughput satellite (HTS) constellations. These satellites are able to provide far more throughput than existing wideband satellites, with increases in throughput of up to 400 percent. These new ... more
+ Asia is a huge growth market for government SATCOM
+ DARPA, Lockheed Martin Demonstrate Technologies to Enable a Connected Warfighter Network
+ IntelsatOne FlexAir Coming This Summer for Government Aircraft Operations
+ Intelsat General Delivers Programming For American Forces Network
+ Altamira receives $25 million contract for radio frequency research
+ New Land Mobile Technology Driving The Need For Modern Satcom Capabilities
+ On-the-move communications system set to field this fall


Arianespace orbits four more Galileo satellites, as Ariane 5 logs its 99th mission
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jul 26, 2018
Arianespace has successfully launched four more satellites in the Galileo constellation. Liftoff was at 8:25 a.m. (local time) July 25, 2018 from the Guiana Space Center, Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Today's launch was the 99th mission by the Ariane 5 heavy launcher. It was carried out on behalf of the European Commission as part of a contract with the European Space Agency ... more
+ GMV and Tecnobit partners with Skydel
+ Europe's next Galileo satellites in place atop Ariane 5
+ CTSi flight tests prototype navigation system to replace GPS in highly contested environments for US Navy
+ Love navigated by Beidou
+ Next four Galileo satellites fuelled for launch
+ NASA Tests Solar Sail for CubeSat that Will Study Near-Earth Asteroids
+ India's Domestic SatNav System Hits Major Roadblock Ahead of Commercial Release
Two pilots killed in Vietnam military plane crash
Hanoi (AFP) July 26, 2018
Two pilots were killed in Vietnam Thursday when their training jet crashed into thick jungle in heavy rains, police told AFP from the central mountainous region where the accident occurred. The pilots were on a training drill when their aircraft crashed around midday in Nghe An province, a local police officer told AFP. "The two pilots were killed," the officer said, refusing to be nam ... more
+ Airbus profits halved but hopes to meet delivery target
+ Alsalam awarded $59.7M contract for Saudi F-15 upgrades
+ Iraqi Airways suspends pilots who fought in-flight over food
+ BAE wins $7.8 million contract for F-35 software
+ KC-46 tanker aircraft completes flight tests ahead of first delivery
+ Lockheed, Rafael sign agreement for precision bombs
+ Aero-Glen awarded $403M for F-16 refurbishment
Writing the future of rewritable memory
Edmonton, Canada (SPX) Jul 27, 2018
Scientists at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada have created the most dense, solid-state memory in history that could soon exceed the capabilities of current hard drives by 1,000 times. Faced with the question of how to respond to the ever-increasing needs of our data-driven society, the answer for a team of scientists was simple: more memory, less space. Finding the way to do ... more
+ Research Teams Selected to Lower Barriers to Modern System-on-Chip Design Announced
+ Generation of random numbers by measuring phase fluctuations from a laser diode
+ Qualcomm ends tie-up with Dutch-based NXP amid US-China friction
+ Electrical contact to molecules in semiconductor structures established for the first time
+ Ytterbium: The quantum memory of tomorrow
+ Research Teams Selected to Uncover Novel Materials and Approaches to Circuit Integration
+ Scientists unlock signal frequency control of precision atom qubits


Preparing to fly the wind mission Aeolus
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jul 25, 2018
The launch of Aeolus - ESA's mission to map Earth's wind in real-time - is getting tantalisingly close, with the satellite due for lift-off on 21 August from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. With the wind in their sails, mission teams are busily preparing this unique satellite for its upcoming journey. Aeolus will carry a sophisticated atmospheric laser Doppler instrument, dubb ... more
+ Satellite maps reveal spread of mountaintop coal mining in Appalachia
+ Red Sea flushes faster from far flung volcanoes
+ NASA Debuts Online Toolkit to Promote Commercial Use of Satellite Data
+ Abrupt cloud clearing events over southeast Atlantic Ocean are new piece in climate puzzle
+ Billion-year-old lake deposit yields clues to Earth's ancient biosphere
+ MetOp-C launch campaign kicks off
+ China to beef up CFC inspections as UN investigates illegal emissions
China steps up controls on maritime emissions
Washington (UPI) Jul 24, 2018
China's decision to regulate maritime fuels could have a significant impact on international efforts to lower emissions from shipping, analysis finds. Following its so-called Blue Sky initiative, the Chinese Ministry of Transport announced extensions to emission control areas along the coastline. Yujiao Lei, a regional consultant for Wood Mackenzie, said in an emailed report the latest ... more
+ No day at the beach as toxic algae hit Baltic coast
+ Record 207 environmental activists killed last year
+ BHP vows to fight Australia Samarco mine disaster class action
+ Concrete weighs heavily on the Mediterranean coast
+ Morocco's litter-strewn beaches kick up a stink
+ Singapore rolling out thermal cameras to nab illegal smokers
+ Trash piles up in US as China closes door to recycling


China developing in-orbit satellite transport vehicle
Beijing (XNA) Jul 23, 2018
China is developing a space vehicle to help transport orbiting satellites that have run out of fuel, Science and Technology Daily reported Thursday. Fuel is a key factor limiting the life of satellites. Most satellites function for years after entering orbit, but eventually, they have to end their missions and burn up into the atmosphere due to fuel exhaustion. The vehicle is being d ... more
+ PRSS-1 Satellite in Good Condition
+ China readying for space station era: Yang Liwei
+ China launches new space science program
+ China Rising as Major Space Power
+ China launches new-tech experiment twin satellites
+ China confirms reception of data from Gaofen-6 satellite
+ Experts Explain How China Is Opening International Space Cooperation
Intercept Sets Distance Record for Lockheed Martin's Hit-to-Kill PAC-3 MSE
Dallas TX (SPX) Jul 27, 2018
A Lockheed Martin PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptor successfully intercepted an Air-Breathing Threat (ABT) in a test at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. The test marked the furthest distance a PAC-3 MSE missile has intercepted an ABT, which represents fixed-wing aircraft or cruise missiles. The U.S. Army-led missile defense flight test demonstrated the unique ... more
+ L-3 tapped for aircraft for imagery during missile defense tests
+ Lockheed receives contract for THAAD field support
+ Israel fires at Syrian missiles on Golan Heights: army
+ Saudi Arabia intercepts Yemen rebel missile: coalition
+ Lockheed, Raytheon, Thales to coordinate for NATO missile defense
+ HII launches guided-missile destroyer Frank E. Petersen Jr
+ Saudi Arabia intercepts Yemen rebel missile: coalition


Russia Hunting Leaker of Hypersonic Missile Details to Western Agencies
Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 24, 2018
Russian intelligence officers have raided the offices of two missile development facilities of the Roscosmos Corporation in search of the person who leaked classified information on hypersonic missiles to Western intelligence agencies. Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), a domestic intelligence agency, searched the premises of two Roscosmos facilities involved with the hypersonic miss ... more
+ Russian Scientist Jailed as Moscow Probes Hypersonic Missile Secrets Leak
+ Raytheon, Lockheed receive contract for Javelin missile production
+ Raytheon receives $7.5 million contract for Sea Sparrow missiles
+ Raytheon receives $64.4 million contract for MK-31 missiles
+ State Department approves sale of AMRAAM missiles to Denmark
+ Saudi Arabia says Yemen rebel missile intercepted
+ NATO successfully tests upgraded Sea Sparrow missile
A new 'periodic table' for nanomaterials
Kyoto, Japan (SPX) Jul 24, 2018
The approach was developed by Daniel Packwood of Kyoto University's Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS) and Taro Hitosugi of the Tokyo Institute of Technology. It involves connecting the chemical properties of molecules with the nanostructures that form as a result of their interaction. A machine learning technique generates data that is then used to develop a diagram t ... more
+ Physicists uncover why nanomaterial loses superconductivity
+ Squeezing light at the nanoscale
+ A new way to measure energy in microscopic machines
+ AI-based method could speed development of specialized nanoparticles
+ Researchers use magnets to move tiny DNA-based nano-devices
+ Atomically thin nanowires convert heat to electricity more efficiently
+ Change the face of nanoparticles and you'll rule chemistry


Russia Mulls Sending Two of Its FEDOR Humanoid Robots Into Space Next Year
Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 23, 2018
The ambitious FEDOR project has received a number of upgrades in recent years, with plans to make the robots self-learning and even to use them to create colonies on the moon and fly solo space missions in the early 2020s. A source in the Russian space and rocketry industry has told Sputnik that a team of two FEDOR (Russian acronym Final Experimental Demonstration Object Research) robots m ... more
+ Microbots capable of sensing environs could explore intestines, pipelines
+ Cell-sized robots can sense their environment
+ If only AI had a brain
+ Army researchers teaching robots to be more reliable teammates for soldiers
+ New creepy, crawly search and rescue robot developed at Ben-Gurion
+ Emotional robot lets you feel how it's 'feeling'
+ In China, yellow robots deliver snacks to your home


Insitu awarded contract for RQ-21 unmanned aerial vehicles
Washington (UPI) Jul 24, 2018
Insitu has received an $8.9 million order for spare parts and maintenance services for an existing contract for RQ-21A unmanned aerial vehicles. Work on the contract, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, will be performed in Bingen, Wash., and is expected to be completed by March 2019. Marine Corps fiscal 2017 procurement funds in the amount of $8.9 million will be obligated a ... more
+ An insect-inspired drone deforms upon impact
+ Insitu receives contract for ScanEagle UAVs for Afghanistan
+ Army picks Raytheon for counter-UAV drones
+ 'New India by 2022': New Delhi Expects Drone Industry to Boost State Development
+ Elbit Systems Rolls-out Hermes 900 StarLiner
+ Forget joysticks, use your torso to pilot drones
+ Northrop Grumman receives $41.2M contract for MQ-4C Triton UAV
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