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  Beijing, China (SPX) Feb 01, 2019 For the first time in history, Chinese scientists have launched a rocketsonde - a rocket designed to perform weather observations in areas beyond the range of weather balloons - from an unmanned semi-submersible vehicle (USSV) that has been solely designed and specially developed by China for this task. The results of initial sea trials conducted in 2018 were published in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences on 31 Jan 2019. Obtaining accurate meteorological and oceanographic (METOC) data require ... read more |
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The Future of Space Prospecting: Surprising Rocket Fuel UnveiledDaytona Beach FL (SPX) Feb 01, 2019 A prototype spacecraft capable of "hopping" from one asteroid to another effectively transforms water into steam, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University student-researchers have reported. The sp ... more  
Waystation to the Solar SystemBethesda, MD (SPX) Feb 01, 2019 It seems everyone wants to go someplace in the Solar System. President Trump wants to go to the Moon. Elon Musk wants to go to Mars. Some want to go to an asteroid. Others just want to go someplace ... more 
ISRO Unveils Human Space Flight Centre in BengaluruBengaluru, India (IANS) Feb 01, 2019 The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said on Thursday that it has launched a Human Space Flight Centre here. "Human Space Flight Centre is operational now... The facility is next to I ... more  
NanoRacks Completes 15th CubeSat Mission on International Space StationHouston TX (SPX) Feb 01, 2019 NanoRacks successfully completed the 15th CubeSat Deployment mission from the Company's commercially developed platform on the International Space Station. Having released five CubeSats into low-Ear ... more |
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Lockheed Martin to develop cyber electronic warfare pod for UAVsAnnapolis Junction, MD (SPX) Jan 30, 2019 Lockheed Martin has been awarded a Prototype Project Agreement through an Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) with Consortium Management Group (CMG) on behalf of Consortium for Command, Control and Co ... more  
Airborne Response supports fire and rescue exercise with drones and aerostatsMiami FL (SPX) Jan 30, 2019 Airborne Response, the South Florida-based provider of Mission Critical Unmanned Solutions for industry and government, completed Exercise Lightning Shield - a full-scale training exercise held on T ... more  
Iran denies any intention of boosting range of missilesTehran (AFP) Jan 29, 2019 Iran has "no intention of increasing the range" of its missiles, a senior defence official said Tuesday, amid threats of European as well as US sanctions over its ballistic programme. ... more 
Britain to spend $1.3M for satellite antennas in light of BrexitWashington (UPI) Jan 29, 2019 Britain's Defense Ministry has awarded a $1.2 million contract for satellite antennas as an alternative to the Galileo satellite constellation project because of its impending departure from the European Union. ... more 
Russia's New Hypersonic Nuclear WeaponBethesda, MD (SPX) Jan 29, 2019 Last month Russia tested a new hypersonic weapon designed to sneak under current U.S. ballistic missile defenses. The Avangard, a winged glider weapon boosted high into the atmosphere by a ballistic ... more |
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 Avangard Hypersonic Glide Vehicle Devs Patent New Rocket Refueling Tech 
'Can't Afford to Wait': Defence Chief Unveils France's Hypersonic Arms AmbitionsParis (Sputnik) Jan 29, 2019 Paris is looking to join the handful of states worldwide with hypersonic weapons capabilities. French Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly has revealed that Paris intends to reach the testing ... more  |
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To Catch a Wave, Rocket Launches From Top of WorldGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 29, 2019 On Jan. 4, 2019, at 4:37 a.m. EST the CAPER-2 mission launched from the Andoya Space Center in Andenes, Norway, on a 4-stage Black Brant XII sounding rocket. Reaching an apogee of 480 miles high bef ... more 
China plans first seaborne rocket launch in mid-2019Beijing (XNA) Jan 31, 2019 China's first seaborne rocket launch is scheduled for mid 2019 with a Long March-11 carrier rocket set to blast off in the Yellow Sea, said Jin Xin, deputy chief commander of the rocket. China ... more  
China to send over 50 spacecraft into space via over 30 launches in 2019Beijing (XNA) Jan 31, 2019 China is going to send more than 50 spacecraft into space via over 30 launches this year, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) on Tuesday. The major missi ... more 
Arianespace to launch two telecommunications satellites with Ariane 5Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Jan 30, 2019 For its first launch of 2019, Arianespace will orbit two telecommunications satellites using an Ariane 5 from the Guiana Space Center: Saudi Geostationary Satellite 1/Hellas Sat 4, a condosat for KA ... more 
P120C solid rocket motor tested for use on Vega-CKourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jan 30, 2019 The first qualification model of the P120C solid-fuel motor, configured for Vega-C, was static fired yesterday on the test stand at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. Fully loaded with 142 t ... more |
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 Storrs CT (SPX) Jan 28, 2019 
Using a familiar tool in a way it was never intended to be used opens up a whole new method to explore materials, report UConn researchers in Proceedings of the National Academies of Science. Their specific findings could someday create much more energy-efficient computer chips, but the new technique itself could open up new discoveries in a broad range of stuffs.
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 29, 2019 
Britain's Defense Ministry has awarded a $1.2 million contract for satellite antennas as an alternative to the Galileo satellite constellation project because of its impending departure from the European Union.
Oxford Space Systems, a startup, was awarded the contract for a lightweight "wrapped-rib" that can be transported to space more efficiently at a lower cost, the ministry said in ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jan 31, 2019 
China will send 10 satellites to join the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) through seven separate launches this year, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) announced Tuesday.
The launches will help complete the BDS global network by 2020, said Shang Zhi, director of the Space Department of the CASC, at a press conference, where the Blue Book of China Aerospa ... more |
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 New York (AFP) Jan 30, 2019  Boeing reported a strong fourth quarter on Wednesday and offered a bullish 2019 outlook as executives expressed measured confidence in the prospects for a US-China trade agreement.
The US aerospace giant, which has been boosted by a multi-year manufacturing boom amid surging global air travel demand, reported fourth-quarter profits of $3.4 billion, up 3.1 percent from the same period a year ... more |
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 Singapore (SPX) Jan 30, 2019 
Researchers in Singapore have built a refrigerator that's just three atoms big.
This quantum fridge won't keep your drinks cold, but it's cool proof of physics operating at the smallest scales. The work is described in a paper published 14 January in Nature Communications.
Researchers have built tiny 'heat engines' before, but quantum fridges existed only as proposals until the team ... more |
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 Munich, Germany (SPX) Jan 30, 2019 
Water levels in the Mekong basin, which extends through six countries in South-East Asia, are subject to considerable seasonal fluctuations. A new model now makes it possible to compute how water levels are impacted on various sections of the river by extreme weather events such as heavy rainfall or drought over extended periods.
To model the flow patterns of the river, with its complex ne ... more |
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 Brumadinho, Brazil (AFP) Jan 30, 2019  Five days after a dam collapse at a Brazilian mine, residents were mourning Wednesday the nearly 360 people killed and missing - as well the river they live alongside, which is dying from spreading toxic, muddy waste.
Helton, one resident, said his 28-year-old wife and his 35-year-old sister both worked at the facility, owned by Vale, the Brazilian company that is the world's biggest iron o ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jan 31, 2019 
China is going to send more than 50 spacecraft into space via over 30 launches this year, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) on Tuesday.
The major missions include the third Long March-5 large carrier rocket to be launched in July, said Yang Baohua, vice president of the CASC, at a press conference.
The second Long March-5 rocket was launched f ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 30, 2019 
The U.S. State Department has approved Japan's $2.15 billion purchase of two land-based Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense systems.
On Tuesday, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of the possible sale.
Defense News reported it was the first foreign military sales announcement since the end of a 35-day partial government shu ... more |
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 Tehran (AFP) Jan 29, 2019  Iran has "no intention of increasing the range" of its missiles, a senior defence official said Tuesday, amid threats of European as well as US sanctions over its ballistic programme.
Iran has voluntarily limited the range of its missiles to 2,000 kilometres (1,250 miles), sufficient to reach Israel and Western bases in the Middle East.
But Washington and its allies have accused Tehran o ... more |
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 Hamburg, Germany (SPX) Jan 28, 2019 
Platinum, a noble metal, is oxidised more quickly than expected under conditions that are technologically relevant. This has emerged from a study jointly conducted by the DESY NanoLab and the University of Vienna.
Devices that contain platinum, such as the catalytic converters used to reduce exhaust emissions in cars, can suffer a loss in efficacy as a result of this reaction. The team aro ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Feb 01, 2019 
We know far less about the Earth's oceans than we do about the surface of the moon or Mars. The sea floor is carved with expansive canyons, towering seamounts, deep trenches, and sheer cliffs, most of which are considered too dangerous or inaccessible for autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV) to navigate.
But what if the reward for traversing such places was worth the risk?
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 Miami FL (SPX) Jan 30, 2019 
Airborne Response, the South Florida-based provider of Mission Critical Unmanned Solutions for industry and government, completed Exercise Lightning Shield - a full-scale training exercise held on Thursday, January 24 at the Homestead-Miami Speedway. Airborne Response provided aerial support for the U.S. Army National Guard and specialized elements of the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department.
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