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  Korolyov (AFP) Nov 01, 2018 Russia said on Thursday the launch of a Soyuz rocket failed last month due to a sensor that was damaged during assembly but insisted that the spacecraft remains reliable. Russia, the only country able to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station, suspended all launches after a Soviet-designed Soyuz rocket failed on October 11 just minutes after blast-off -- the first such incident in the history of post-Soviet space travel. Oleg Skorobogatov, the head of the commission that probed the accident, said the flight was aborted because part of a sensor that indicates the separation of the stages of the rocket was damaged during assembly at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. ... read more |
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Rocket Lab enters high frequency launch operationsHuntington Beach CA (SPX) Nov 01, 2018 US orbital launch provider Rocket Lab has confirmed the launch window for the upcoming 'It's Business Time' mission. The nine-day launch window will open from 11 to 19 November (NZDT), with daily la ... more  
Russia plans first manned launch to ISS Dec 3 after accidentMoscow (AFP) Oct 31, 2018 Russia hopes to launch three crew for the International Space Station on December 3, the first manned blast-off since an accident this month, the Roscosmos space agency said Wednesday. ... more 
NASA conducts a 'BOO-tiful' RS-25 engine testStennis Space Center MS (SPX) Nov 01, 2018 NASA delivered a treat with a full-duration RS-25 engine test Oct. 31, and the shake, rattle and roar of the hot fire kept away any eerie creaks and frightful sounds the Halloween day might have had ... more 
All RS-25 flight controllers delivered for first four flights of NASA's SLS rocketStennis Space Center MS (SPX) Nov 01, 2018 Aerojet Rocketdyne recently took delivery of the remaining flight controllers that serve as the brains of the RS-25 engines. All flight controllers for the first four flights of the Space Launch Sys ... more |
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Viasat, SpaceX Enter Contract for a Future ViaSat-3 Satellite LaunchCarlsbad CA (SPX) Oct 29, 2018 Viasat Inc has selected SpaceX to launch one of its ViaSat-3 satellite missions. The Viasat mission is scheduled to launch in the 2020 - 2022 timeframe from the Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA's ... more 
Astronauts confident of next crewed Soyuz mission to Space StationMoscow (Sputnik) Oct 29, 2018 Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques says he is more confident than ever in the Russian Soyuz rocket booster which sends astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS), despite a spectacular ... more  
Boeing to deliver Harpoon missile to Navy, multiple countriesWashington (UPI) Oct 31, 2018 Boeing received an award for $244 million from the U.S. Navy to procure long lead material for Harpoon full-rate production Lot 91 in support of multiple Foreign Military Sales customers ... more  
BAE lands $72M award to support Navy air traffic controlWashington (UPI) Oct 31, 2018 BAE Systems received a contract to deliver air traffic control and landing systems services to U.S. Navy ships and facilities. ... more  
Army, university study suggests brain structure could influence behaviorAdelphi MD (SPX) Oct 31, 2018 New research focusing on how brain structure may impact brain activity and ultimately human behavior could one day lead to technology that can be catered to an individual Soldier in a training envir ... more |
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 Marine Corps taps Rheinmetall for MK19 practice ammunition 
First digital air connection established between F-35, U.S. Navy vesselWashington (UPI) Oct 30, 2018 Raytheon's Ship Self Defense System created the first-ever digital air connection between a U.S. Navy ship at sea and a U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter aircraft in the sky. ... more  |
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Raytheon's SM-3 IIA successful in ballistic missle defense testWashington (UPI) Oct 29, 2018 Raytheon's Standard Missile-3 Block IIA variant anti-ballistic missile system completed a second round of successful tests for the U.S. Navy and Missile Defense Agency. ... more 
Marine Corps taps Lake Central for armored vestsWashington (UPI) Oct 29, 2018 Central Lake Armor Express has received a $59.3 million contract to provide armor for the U.S. Marine Corps, as well as data reports on the armor inserts. ... more 
Pentagon succesfully tests US-Japan missile interceptorWashington (AFP) Oct 26, 2018 The US military successfully shot down a medium-range ballistic missile Friday in a test of a new interceptor system, which is being co-developed with Japan and has been dogged by previous failures. ... more 
General Dynamics wins contract to upgrade M1 Abrams tanksWashington (UPI) Oct 26, 2018 General Dynamics Land Systems won an award to provide various electronic components for the M1 Abrams tank by the Defense Logistics Agency. ... more  
Trump's military deployment to the borderWashington (AFP) Nov 1, 2018 Thousands of active-duty US troops are immediately deploying to the US-Mexico frontier to tighten security and provide back up to overstretched border agents. ... more |
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 Singapore (SPX) Nov 01, 2018 
Astroscale has obtained additional funding of US $50 million from a group of investors led by INCJ Ltd. (INCJ), and including funds operated by SBI Investment Co., Ltd.(SBII) and Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd. (Mitsubishi Estate) among others. This is the fourth round of funding raised by the ground-breaking company based in Singapore and it brings the total amount of capital investment to US $102 ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 25, 2018 
United Launch Services, a part of the United Launch Alliance, has received an award for $152.4 million to provide heavy launch services for the U.S. Air Force.
Under the terms of the firm-fixed-price contract, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, ULA will support the National Reconnaissance Office Launch Mission One launch of the Delta IV rocket.
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 Xichang (XNA) Oct 16, 2018 
China sent twin BeiDou-3 navigation satellites into space on a Long March-3B carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, in Sichuan Province, at 12:23 p.m. Monday.
The satellites are the 39th and 40th of the BeiDou navigation system, and the 15th and 16th of the BeiDou-3 family.
The launch was the 287th mission of the Long March carrier rocket series.
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 31, 2018 
BAE Systems received a contract to deliver air traffic control and landing systems services to U.S. Navy ships and facilities.
The indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract contract, announced Tuesday by the Defense Department, is valued at $72 million.
These systems help escort pilots to safe landings on aircraft carriers and other ships and at land facilities, through v ... more |
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 Blacksburg VA (SPX) Oct 31, 2018 
Researchers are always seeking more reliable and more efficient communications, for everything from televisions and cellphones to satellites and medical devices.
One technique generating buzz for its high signal quality is a combination of multiple-input multiple-output techniques with orthogonal frequency division multiplexing.
Virginia Tech researchers Lingjia Liu and Yang (Cindy) ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Nov 01, 2018 
Teams at ESA's European Space Operations Centre in Germany have been training for months in preparation for next week's launch of MetOp-C - the last in the current series of meteorological satellites that provide high-quality data for weather forecasting and climate monitoring from polar orbit.
As a collaborative undertaking between ESA and Eumetsat, the European Organisation for the Explo ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 29, 2018 
While air pollution continues to fall, its levels throughout Europe sit high enough to jeopardize to human health, according to a new report from the European Environment Agency.
Air pollution numbers - particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide and ground level ozone emissions - remain too high, exceeding limits set by the European Union and the World Health Organization, according to a re ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Oct 24, 2018 
When German scientists were conducting micro-gravity experiments on China's recoverable satellite in the 1980s, Chinese space engineer Tang Bochang was busy solving technical problems, while carefully keeping Chinese secrets.
Tang joined the China Academy of Space Technology in 1970, the same year China launched its first satellite. He has participated in the development of returnable sate ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 29, 2018 
Raytheon's Standard Missile-3 Block IIA variant anti-ballistic missile system completed a second round of successful tests for the U.S. Navy and Missile Defense Agency.
Crew members on the USS John Finn on Friday launched the SM-3 Block IIA missile to successfully destroy a a land-launched target that resembled a ballistics missile.
The target missile was launched from the Pacifi ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 31, 2018 
Boeing received an award for $244 million from the U.S. Navy to procure long lead material for Harpoon full-rate production Lot 91 in support of multiple Foreign Military Sales customers
The firm-fixed-price contract was announced Tuesday by the Defense Department.
To date, Boeing has delivered more than 7,000 Harpoons to armed forces in more than 30 countries, according to the B ... more |
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 Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Oct 31, 2018 
Applied research is not always initiated by industry - but oftentimes it yields results that can swiftly be implemented by companies. A prime example can be seen on the Empa campus in Thun: Tiny watch springs are on display at the Laboratory for Mechanics of Materials and Nanostructures. These springs - the beating heart of every mechanical clock - are not your usual components. They are not mad ... more |
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 Ithaca NY (SPX) Nov 01, 2018 
General-purpose robots have plenty of limitations. They can be expensive and cumbersome. They often accomplish only a single type of task.
But modular robots - composed of several interchangeable parts, or modules - are far more flexible. If one part breaks, it can be removed and replaced. Components can be rearranged as needed - or better yet, the robots can figure out how to reconfigure ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Oct 31, 2018 
An S-76B commercial helicopter flew over a small crowd gathered at Fort Eustis, Virginia, landed in an adjacent field after adjusting to miss a vehicle, and rose up to hover perfectly motionless for several minutes. The mid-October demonstration was remarkable because the pilot carried out the maneuvers using supervised autonomy in an aircraft equipped with DARPA's Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Autom ... more |
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