Space Business News
December 10, 2018
MICROSAT BLITZ
Harris launches its first smallsat



Melbourne, FL (SPX) Dec 10, 2018
Harris Corporation has launched and communicated with its first small satellite from India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle - showcasing the company's ability to provide complete end-to-end mission solutions for the fast-growing smallsat market. Harris Satellite (HSAT) is a briefcase-size 6U cubesat that provides an affordable solution for defense and commercial customers with very high-speed satellite communications requirements. Designed to fly in low Earth orbit, it features a persistent, resil ... read more

ROCKET SCIENCE
China puts 2 Saudi satellites into orbit
Beijing (Sputnik) Dec 10, 2018
China has successfully put into orbit two Saudi Arabia's satellites - SaudiSat 5A and SauditSat 5B, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) said in a statement. The Long Marc ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Tesla CEO Elon Musk taunts US financial regulatory agency
Washington (AFP) Dec 10, 2018
Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, openly derided the US Securities and Exchange Commission in an interview aired Sunday, having settled fraud charges with the regulatory agency over an errant tweet. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Dragon attached to Station, returns to Earth in January
Houston TX (SPX) Dec 10, 2018
Three days after its launch from Florida, the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft was installed on the Earth-facing side of the International Space Station's Harmony module at 10:36 a.m. EST. The 1 ... more
MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
Global Ku-Band HTS platform provides government customers with unprecedented solutions
McLean VA (SPX) Dec 07, 2018
Government customers require reliable and resilient satcom wherever missions take them. With the successful launch of Horizons 3e, the Intelsat EpicNG global high-throughput satellite (HTS) constell ... more
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DRAGON SPACE
China launches rover for first far side of the moon landing
Beijing (AFP) Dec 7, 2018
China launched a rover early Saturday destined to land on the far side of the moon, a global first that would boost Beijing's ambitions to become a space superpower, state media said. ... more
SPACE MEDICINE
HHS and NASA team up to explore health on Earth and in outer space
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 10, 2018
by Eric D. Hargan - Deputy Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services My father was an Air Force veteran of the Korean War and he shared his fascination with planes, NASA and anything ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
George H.W. Bush's overlooked legacy in space exploration
Washington DC (The Conversation) Dec 07, 2018
On July 20, 1989, the 20th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, President George H. W. Bush stood on the steps of the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. and, backed by the Apoll ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Rocket Lab prepares to launch historic CubeSat mission for NASA
Huntington Beach CA (SPX) Dec 06, 2018
US small satellite launch company Rocket Lab is gearing up for the company's third orbital launch of the year, the Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa)-19 mission for NASA. The launch is a s ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
UConn Research Project Heading to International Space Station
Storrs CT (SPX) Dec 05, 2018
An experiment devised by researchers at UConn startup LambdaVision will be launched into space tomorrow. The company's robotic system to manufacture films that could cure blindness will be brought t ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL
PoSSUM scientist-astronaut candidates test novel space suits and biometric monitoring systems
Ottawa, Canada (SPX) Dec 06, 2018
he National Research Council of Canada's Flight Research Laboratory in Ottawa, Ontario recently completed its fourth microgravity flight campaign with Project PoSSUM, a non-profit citizen-science as ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
NASA sends new research, hardware to Space Station on SpaceX mission
Houston TX (SPX) Dec 06, 2018
Experiments in forest observation, protein crystal growth and in-space fuel transfer demonstration are heading to the International Space Station following the launch Wednesday of SpaceX's 16th miss ... more
MISSILE NEWS
Northrop Grumman receives $450M for Joint Threat Emitter training
Washington (UPI) Dec 7, 2018
Northrop Grumman has been awarded $450 million for work on Joint Threat Emitter production and support for the U.S. Department of Defense and other nations. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Inmarsat to be first commercial customer for the new H3 launch vehicle
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 07, 2018
Inmarsathas entered into an agreement with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) to be the first commercial customer to place an order for the new H3 launch vehicle. The maiden flight of H3 is sch ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Ariane 6 on the way to flight
Paris (ESA) Dec 07, 2018
This has been an intense year for Ariane 6 development, with progress boosted across Europe: plants are manufacturing new parts using novel methods, all engines have been tested, and the constructio ... more


Norfolk Navy Shipyard introducing exoskeletons for workers

MILTECH
Contract put forward for MK80 and BLUE-109 components
Washington (UPI) Dec 7, 2018
General Dynamics is receiving $264.8 million for MK80 and BLU-109 Tritonal bomb components. ... more
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AEROSPACE
Chinese-owned leaser Avolon confirms 100 Airbus plane order
Paris (AFP) Dec 7, 2018
Irish-based and Chinese-owned leaser Avolon confirmed Friday an order for 100 Airbus new generation medium-haul aircraft. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
SpaceX launches cargo, but fails to land rocket
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Dec 05, 2018
SpaceX on Wednesday blasted off its unmanned Dragon cargo ship, loaded with supplies, science experiments and food for the astronauts living at the International Space Station but failed to successfully land its booster afterwards. "We have had a ... more
ROBO SPACE
Artificial joint restores wrist-like movements to forearm amputees
Gothenburg, Sweden (SPX) Dec 04, 2018
A new artificial joint restores important wrist-like movements to forearm amputees, something which could dramatically improve their quality of life. A group of researchers led by Max Ortiz Catalan, ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Arianespace Orbits GSAT-11 and Geo-Kompsat-2A for India and South Korea
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Dec 04, 2018
Arianespace has successfully orbited two satellites: GSAT-11 for ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation), and GEO-KOMPSAT-2A for KARI (Korea Aerospace Research Institute). With this mission dedica ... more
AEROSPACE
Wright-Patterson selected as primary F-35 logistics hub
Washington (UPI) Dec 6, 2018
The Air Force has selected Wright-Patterson Air Force Base as the preferred location for the F-35 Lightning II Hybrid Product Support Integrator program. ... more
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World's smallest wearable device warns of UV exposure, enables precision phototherapy
Chicago IL (SPX) Dec 06, 2018
The world's smallest wearable, battery-free device has been developed by Northwestern Medicine and Northwestern's McCormick School of Engineering scientists to measure exposure to light across multiple wavelengths, from the ultra violet (UV), to visible and even infrared parts of the solar spectrum. It can record up to three separate wavelengths of light at one time. The device's underlyin ... more
+ New model for assessing the effect of ionizing radiation on microelectronic devices
+ SUTD researchers discover new black silver nanomaterial
+ Force Push VR brings Jedi powers to life
+ Easy to use 3D bioprinting technique creates lifelike tissues from natural materials
+ A big step toward the practical application of 3D holography with powerful computers
+ What happens when materials take tiny hits
+ Virtual reality could serve as powerful environmental education tool
Global Ku-Band HTS platform provides government customers with unprecedented solutions
McLean VA (SPX) Dec 07, 2018
Government customers require reliable and resilient satcom wherever missions take them. With the successful launch of Horizons 3e, the Intelsat EpicNG global high-throughput satellite (HTS) constellation is now complete. For the U.S. military and NATO allies this means that they will have immediate access to a high performing, resilient and redundant network for mobility missions at sea, on land ... more
+ Boeing tapped by Air Force for jam-resistant satellite comms terminals
+ Navy nanosatellite launch delayed for further inspection
+ Rockwell Collins airborne radio certified by NSA
+ NSA certifies Harris AN/PRC-163 radio for top secret intelligence
+ Raytheon tapped by DARPA for high frequency digital communications research
+ Laser technology could be used to attract attention from aliens
+ Army scientist seeks enhanced soldier systems through quantum research


UK will build its own satellite-navigation system after Brexit
London, UK (Sputnik) Dec 03, 2018
UK Prime Minister Theresa May announced that Britain would explore the possibility of building its own satellite navigation system instead of relying on the EU's Galileo, compelling another minister in her Cabinet to resign. May announced on Friday that the UK was pulling out of the EU's satellite navigation system which was designed to compete with the US GPS system and is due to be launc ... more
+ Beijing's space navigation BeiDou program seeks to dethrone US-owned GPS platform
+ China expands use of BeiDou navigation system in transportation
+ China launches twin BeiDou navigation satellites
+ Finland summons Russian ambassador over GPS blocking claims
+ Russia blocked GPS data during NATO exercises: Norway
+ Finnish PM: Jammed GPS signals may be work of Russia
+ Air Force taps Rockwell for jam-resistant GPS navigation systems
Chinese-owned leaser Avolon confirms 100 Airbus plane order
Paris (AFP) Dec 7, 2018
Irish-based and Chinese-owned leaser Avolon confirmed Friday an order for 100 Airbus new generation medium-haul aircraft. Airbus said in a statement the order for 75 A320neo and 25 A321neo single-aisle planes was the single largest by Avolon. It takes Avolon's cumulative Airbus orders to 284 aircraft - 240 single-aisle and 44 wide-body, including the A321neo, the A330neo and the A350 XW ... more
+ Wright-Patterson selected as primary F-35 logistics hub
+ Lockheed Martin, Airbus to collaborate on aerial refueling
+ Luke AFB stands up F-35 squadron for Netherlands
+ United Technologies contracted for F-35 engine logistics support
+ New-found debris believed from Flight MH370 handed to Malaysia govt
+ Lockheed Martin to study U.S. Navy F-35 operational capability
+ Northrop Grumman, Harris partner on jammers for the EA-18 Growler
Researchers develop method to transfer entire 2D circuits to any smooth surface
Houston TX (SPX) Dec 07, 2018
What if a sensor sensing a thing could be part of the thing itself? Rice University engineers believe they have a two-dimensional solution to do just that. Rice engineers led by materials scientists Pulickel Ajayan and Jun Lou have developed a method to make atom-flat sensors that seamlessly integrate with devices to report on what they perceive. Electronically active 2D materials ha ... more
+ Reflecting antiferromagnetic arrangements
+ Researchers demonstrate new building block in quantum computing
+ New quantum materials could take computing devices beyond the semiconductor era
+ A new light on significantly faster computer memory devices
+ USC scientists find a way to enhance the performance of quantum computers
+ Colloidal quantum dots make LEDs shine bright in the infrared
+ Quantum computing at scale: Australian scientists achieve compact, sensitive qubit readout


Ball Aerospace delivers pollution monitoring instrument to NASA
Boulder CO (SPX) Dec 10, 2018
Ball Aerospace has delivered the Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) spectrometer to NASA after a successful final acceptance review. Once launched, TEMPO will be a space-based ultraviolet/visible light air quality spectrometer in geostationary orbit over greater North America. "Ball Aerospace has more than 30 years of innovation in advanced spectrometers and expertise ... more
+ Experiments at PPPL show remarkable agreement with satellite sightings
+ exactEarth AIS Payload on the PAZ Radar Satellite is Now Live
+ Copernicus Sentinel-5P ozone boosts daily forecasts
+ NASA Science Shows Human Impact of Clean Air Policies
+ New ammonia emission sources detected from space
+ BASF and VanderSat collaborate to provide farmers with high-precision, field-specific crop optimization
+ Macroscopic phenomena governed by microscopic physics
Austrian court upholds acquittal for cashing in scrap euros
Vienna (AFP) Dec 5, 2018
An Austrian court confirmed Wednesday the acquittal of a man accused of fraud after he cashed in dozens of kilos of scrap euro coins imported from China. The German national was arrested in the spring after using a change machine at a bank in the western city of Bregenz to convert huge quantities of damaged coins into banknotes. Police discovered 117kg (258lb) of scrap one- and two-euro ... more
+ Slow recycler Turkey seeks better uses for its trash
+ In the Balkans, winter cheer is darkened by a toxic smog
+ Lynas mulls 'legal options' after Malaysia imposes new conditions
+ Nepal attempts record with a Dead Sea of plastic bags
+ India pollution watchdog fines Delhi over toxic smog
+ Indonesian island clean-up nets 40 tons of rubbish daily
+ Madrid launches drastic traffic limits to ease pollution


China launches rover for first far side of the moon landing
Beijing (AFP) Dec 7, 2018
China launched a rover early Saturday destined to land on the far side of the moon, a global first that would boost Beijing's ambitions to become a space superpower, state media said. The Chang'e-4 lunar probe mission - named after the moon goddess in Chinese mythology - launched on a Long March 3B rocket from the southwestern Xichang launch centre at 2:23 am (1823 GMT), according to the o ... more
+ Evolving Chinese Space Ecosystem To Foster Innovative Environment
+ China sends 5 satellites into orbit via single rocket
+ China releases smart solution for verifying reliability of space equipment components
+ China unveils new 'Heavenly Palace' space station as ISS days numbered
+ China's space programs open up to world
+ China's commercial aerospace companies flourishing
+ China launches Centispace-1-s1 satellite
Navy to commission new Arleigh Burke destroyer USS Thomas Hudner
Washington (UPI) Nov 28, 2018
The U.S. Navy will commission the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Thomas Hudner during a Dec. 1 ceremony in Boston, Mass., at 10 a.m. Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker will deliver the ceremonies principal address with Hudner's widow and the wife of retired Vice Adm. Michael Miller as sponsors, the Navy announced on Wednesday. USS Thomas Hudner is named after the ... more
+ Raytheon to supply Romania with Patriot missile defense systems
+ Raytheon's SM-3 IIA successful in ballistic missle defense test
+ Aerojet Rocketdyne propulsion critical to successful intercept test for SM-3 Block IIA Missile
+ Aegis Combat System Demonstrates Success During At-Sea Test Against Medium Range Ballistic Missile
+ Pentagon succesfully tests US-Japan missile interceptor
+ Northrop Grumman to upgrade IBNS systems for Burke-class vessels
+ Israel wins $777 mn Indian missile defence order


Northrop Grumman receives $450M for Joint Threat Emitter training
Washington (UPI) Dec 7, 2018
Northrop Grumman has been awarded $450 million for work on Joint Threat Emitter production and support for the U.S. Department of Defense and other nations. The contract includes spare parts, training and other support services. Work will take place in the U.S. and international locations with the contract expected to run through December 2025. The Joint Threat Emitter is a train ... more
+ Boeing receives contract for Harpoon, SLAM-ER missile work
+ State Department approves HIMARS sale for Poland
+ Army issues contract for Hawk missile parts for foreign military sales
+ Russia to deploy new S-400 missiles in Crimea
+ Raytheon awarded support contract for Standard surface-to-air missiles
+ USS Abraham Lincoln CSG surface combatants conduct live fire SM-2 missile exercise
+ Air Force contracts Lockheed for production of Long Range Anti-Ship Missiles
Artificial synapses made from nanowires
Juelich, Germany (SPX) Dec 06, 2018
Scientists from Julich together with colleagues from Aachen and Turin have produced a memristive element made from nanowires that functions in much the same way as a biological nerve cell. The component is able to both save and process information, as well as receive numerous signals in parallel. The resistive switching cell made from oxide crystal nanowires is thus proving to be the ideal ... more
+ How microscopic machines can fail in the blink of an eye
+ Stealth-cap technology for light-emitting nanoparticles
+ Nano-scale process may speed arrival of cheaper hi-tech products
+ Watching nanoparticles
+ Penn engineers develop ultrathin, ultralight nanocardboard
+ Physicists designed new antenna for supersensitive magnetometers of a new generation
+ Next generation of watch springs


Artificial joint restores wrist-like movements to forearm amputees
Gothenburg, Sweden (SPX) Dec 04, 2018
A new artificial joint restores important wrist-like movements to forearm amputees, something which could dramatically improve their quality of life. A group of researchers led by Max Ortiz Catalan, Associate Professor at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have published their research in the journal IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering. For patients m ... more
+ Norfolk Navy Shipyard introducing exoskeletons for workers
+ Insight into swimming fish could lead to robotics advances
+ Flexible electronic skin aids human-machine interactions
+ Embark on a NASA technology scavenger hunt with Optimus Prime
+ Smarter AI: Machine learning without negative data
+ DARPA, BAE to develop AI for interpreting radio-frequency signals
+ GMV leads an ambitious campaign of space robotics trials


General Atomics tapped for French MQ-9 drone support
Washington DC (UPI) Dec 05, 2018
The Air Force has awarded General Atomics $26.7 million for French air force MQ-9 logistics services. The work comes after an option on a previously awarded contract was exercised, and announced on Tuesday by the Department of Defense. The contract falls under Foreign Military Sales and is expected to run through December 2019. The sale involved is exclusively for France. The MQ- ... more
+ Using drones to simplify film animation
+ Logos demonstrates Redkite advanced surveillance pod
+ Drones offer ability to find, ID and count marine megafauna
+ From parcel delivery to security, Singapore bets big on drones
+ DARPA tests autonomous drone swarms against communications and GPS jamming
+ Special Operations Command awards Insitu $18M for continued drone operations
+ Japan issues contract to purchaser RQ-4 Global Hawk surveillance drones
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