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May 27, 2019
DRAGON SPACE
Yaogan-33 launch fails in north China, Possible debris recovered in Laos



Taiyuan (XNA) May 27, 2019
The attempt to launch a remote sensing Yaogan-33 satellite carried by a Long March-4C rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province was unsuccessful on Thursday morning. The first and second stages of the rocket worked normally, while the third stage had abnormal operation. Based on monitoring data, the third stage of the rocket and satellite debris have fallen on the ground. The investigation has started. ... read more

GPS NEWS
China's satellite navigation industry scale to exceed 400 billion yuan in 2020
Beijing (XNA) May 27, 2019
The output value of China's satellite navigation industry is expected to surpass 400 billion yuan (about 57.9 billion U.S. dollars) in 2020, according to the ongoing 10th China Satellite Navigation ... more
MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
Viasat Contracted to Deliver the World's First Link 16-Capable Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Spacecraft
Carlsbad CA (SPX) May 23, 2019
Viasat Inc has been awarded a contract by the Administrator of the Space Enterprise Consortium, under the Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles XVI program, to deliver and test the first-ever ... more
MISSILE NEWS
Turkey ready for US sanctions over Russian missile deal: minister
Ankara (AFP) May 22, 2019
Turkey insisted it would go ahead with its controversial decision to buy the S-400 missile defence system from Russia, saying it was preparing for any possible sanctions from the US. ... more
MISSILE NEWS
India claims new first for world's fastest cruise missile
New Delhi (AFP) May 22, 2019
India said the world's fastest cruise missile passed another key test Wednesday when it successfully hit a land target after being fired from a fighter jet. ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL
Wandering Earth: rocket scientist explains how we could move our planet
Glasgow UK (The Conversation) May 27, 2019
In the Chinese science fiction film The Wandering Earth, recently released on Netflix, humanity attempts to change the Earth's orbit using enormous thrusters in order to escape the expanding sun - a ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
Micro-Cameras and Space Exploration to join Pioneer-IODA project
Paris (ESA) May 27, 2019
Space cameras to monitor the deployment of satellites and check the health of spacecraft will be developed under the Pioneer-IODA project by Micro-Cameras and Space Exploration based in Neuchatel, S ... more
GPS NEWS
China to launch six to eight BDS-3 satellites this year
Beijing (XNA) May 27, 2019
China will send six to eight new satellites of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) into space this year, according to the ongoing tenth China Satellite Navigation Conference on Wednesday. ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
ISISpace selected by the Hawaii Space Flight Laboratory to realize a 6U platform
Delft, The Netherlands (SPX) May 27, 2019
Innovative Solutions in Space was selected by the University of Hawaii at Manoa's Hawaii Space Flight Laboratory (HSFL) to realize their 6U platform. ISISpace and HSFL will work closely on the desig ... more
ENERGY TECH
Machine learning speeds modeling of experiments aimed at capturing fusion energy on Earth
Plainsboro NJ (SPX) May 23, 2019
Machine learning (ML), a form of artificial intelligence that recognizes faces, understands language and navigates self-driving cars, can help bring to Earth the clean fusion energy that lights the ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE
USC Students Win the Collegiate Space Race
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 21, 2019
USC's undergraduate rocketry group, has announced that their latest vehicle, Traveler IV, crossed the 62-mile high Karman Line into space with 90% certainty. This result, which is the product of a p ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
From airport to spaceport as UK targets horizontal spaceflight
London, UK (SPX) May 23, 2019
Future spaceports can apply for a share of 2 million pounds to support plans for small satellite launch from aircraft and sub-orbital flight from the UK, Science Minister Chris Skidmore announced We ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
ULA Completes Final Design Review for New Vulcan Centaur Rocket
Centennial CO (SPX) May 22, 2019
United Launch Alliance leaders and engineers completed an important milestone with the conclusion of the system Critical Design Review (CDR) for the company's new Vulcan Centaur rocket. The system-l ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
China's tech 'Long March' could be road to nowhere
Shanghai (AFP) May 24, 2019
China's president has called for technological self-reliance in the escalating rivalry with America, but experts believe Beijing's late start on tech and relatively backward capabilities could make that a mission impossible. ... more
GPS NEWS
China Satellite Navigation Conference opens in Beijing
Beijing (XNA) May 23, 2019
The most recent achievements of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) will be displayed and discussed during the tenth China Satellite Navigation Conference that opened in Beijing Wednesday. ... more


Army's new DeepStrike surface-to-surface missile warhead successfully tested

MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
AFRL demonstrates world's first daytime free-space quantum communication enabled by adaptive optics
Starfire Optical Range, NM (SPX) May 27, 2019
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Starfire Optical Range (SOR) recently demonstrated quantum communication in daylight under conditions representative of space-to-Earth satellite links. ... more
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MISSILE NEWS
Raytheon wins $151.5M contract to provide missile support for U.S., 20 allies
Washington (UPI) May 23, 2019
Raytheon Missile Systems was awarded a $151.5 million contract to provide the United States and 20 allies with integrated logistics support and repairs for sustainment of AIM-9X Sidewinder tactical short-range missiles. ... more
MILTECH
Making DoD's Vast Logistics Enterprise More Resilient
Washington DC (SPX) May 27, 2019
The Department of Defense (DoD)'s Joint Logistics Enterprise, which spans both supply chain and logistics operations, provides the means to muster, transport, and sustain military power anywhere in ... more
AEROSPACE
Boeing nets $11.2M for F-15 engineering services in Saudi Arabia, Israel
Washington (UPI) May 13, 2019
Boeing has been awarded an $11.2 million contract for sustainment engineering services for F-15 fighter jets for Saudi Arabia and Israel. ... more
AEROSPACE
Northrop Grumman awarded $46M for Air Force threat simulation, training systems
Washington (UPI) May 14, 2019
Northrop Grumman Corporation has received a $46 million delivery order from the U.S. Air Force for eight joint threat emitter units for electronic warfare simulation and training. ... more
ENERGY TECH
Army discovery opens path to safer batteries
Adelphi MD (SPX) May 13, 2019
Soldiers carrying 15-25 pounds of batteries could carry batteries a fraction of the weight but with the same energy and improved safety, a new study shows. In the latest issue of the journal Nature, ... more
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Meteor magnets in outer space
Riverside CA (SPX) May 27, 2019
Astronomers believe planets like Jupiter shield us from space objects that would otherwise slam into Earth. Now they're closer to learning whether giant planets act as guardians of solar systems elsewhere in the galaxy. A UCR-led team has discovered two Jupiter-sized planets about 150 light years away from Earth that could reveal whether life is likely on the smaller planets in other solar ... more
+ New lidar instruments peer skyward for clues on weather and climate
+ Origami-inspired materials could soften the blow for reusable spacecraft
+ U.S. Air Force's Space Fence Detects Debris from India Anti-Satellite Test
+ Mission-Saving NASA Instrument Secures New Flight Opportunity; Slated for Significant Upgrade
+ Cement as a climate killer: Using industrial waste to produce carbon neutral alternatives
+ Clean and effective electronic waste recycling
+ How to program materials
Viasat Contracted to Deliver the World's First Link 16-Capable Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Spacecraft
Carlsbad CA (SPX) May 23, 2019
Viasat Inc has been awarded a contract by the Administrator of the Space Enterprise Consortium, under the Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles XVI program, to deliver and test the first-ever Link 16-capable LEO spacecraft. Leveraging the Company's leadership in satellite innovation and military communications, the Viasat-designed spacecraft is intended to enhance warfighters' situa ... more
+ AFRL demonstrates world's first daytime free-space quantum communication enabled by adaptive optics
+ Next AEHF satellite shipped to Cape Canaveral for June launch
+ Airbus and Thales Alenia Space to build two SpainSAT NG satellites
+ Boeing awarded $605M for Air Force's 11th WGS comms satellite
+ SLAC develops novel compact antenna for communicating where radios fail
+ US Army selects Hughes for cooperative effort to upgrades NextGen Friendly Forces System
+ United Launch Alliance launches WGS-10 satellite for USAF


China's satellite navigation industry scale to exceed 400 billion yuan in 2020
Beijing (XNA) May 27, 2019
The output value of China's satellite navigation industry is expected to surpass 400 billion yuan (about 57.9 billion U.S. dollars) in 2020, according to the ongoing 10th China Satellite Navigation Conference on Thursday. "Currently, we have built the complete industry chain which is made up of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) basic products, application terminals and systems, ... more
+ China to launch six to eight BDS-3 satellites this year
+ China Satellite Navigation Conference opens in Beijing
+ China launches new BeiDou navigation satellite
+ Tug-of-war drives magnetic north sprint
+ DLR tests the City-ATM system at the Kohlbrand Bridge in Hamburg
+ GSA launches testing campaign for agriculture receivers
+ CGI and Thales sign contract for secure Galileo satellite navigation services
Lockheed nabs $11.9M for modification kits, special tooling for F-35s
Washington (UPI) May 16, 2019
Lockheed Martin has been awarded an $11.9 million contract for work on F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter aircraft of the U.S. military and allied nations who participate in the program. The contract, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, covers modification kits and special tooling for modification and retrofits of the F-35s of the Marine Corps, Air Force, Navy, and all ... more
+ Northrop Grumman awarded $46M for Air Force threat simulation, training systems
+ Boeing nets $11.2M for F-15 engineering services in Saudi Arabia, Israel
+ BlackBird Partners with Bye Aerospace to Make On-Demand Flying More Affordable Than Driving
+ SAS and Airbus to research electric aircraft infrastructure
+ China's big three airlines seek 737 MAX payouts from Boeing: reports
+ Bell Boeing awarded $42.2M for engineering, technical support for V-22
+ Pentagon looks for new vendors to replace F-35 parts made in Turkey
Quantum world-first: researchers reveal accuracy of two-qubit calculations in silicon
Sydney, Australia (SPX) May 23, 2019
For the first time ever, researchers have measured the fidelity - that is, the accuracy - of two-qubit logic operations in silicon, with highly promising results that will enable scaling up to a full-scale quantum processor. The research, carried out by Professor Andrew Dzurak's team in UNSW Engineering, was published in the world-renowned journal Nature. The experiments were perform ... more
+ Accelerating quantum technologies with materials processing at the atomic scale
+ Mobile chip titan Qualcomm faces setback with US antitrust ruling
+ Generating high-quality single photons for quantum computing
+ Energy-free superfast computing invented by scientists using light pulses
+ A step towards probabilistic computing
+ Computing faster with quasi-particles
+ Substrate defects key to growth of 2D materials


Illegal ozone-depleting gases traced to China: study
Paris (AFP) May 22, 2019
Industries in northeastern China have spewed large quantities of an ozone-depleting gas into the atmosphere in violation of an international treaty, scientists said Wednesday. Since 2013, annual emissions from northeastern China of the banned chemical CFC-11 have increased by about 7,000 tonnes, they reported in the peer-reviewed journal Nature. "CFCs are the main culprit in depletion of ... more
+ New Studies Increase Confidence in NASA's Measure of Earth's Temperature
+ NASA-Supported Monitoring Network Assesses Ozone Layer Threats
+ More detailed picture of Earth's mantle
+ Mission control 'saves science'
+ Arianespace to orbit Spanish SEOSat Ingenio Earth observation satellite
+ Airbus signs MOU with Hellenic Space Agency for future space cooperation
+ New research finds unprecedented weakening of Asian summer monsoon
Plastic polluter: Brazil recycles 'almost nothing'
Rio De Janeiro (AFP) May 24, 2019
Standing among sacks of used supermarket shopping bags, soft drink bottles and detergent containers, Evelin Marcele is scornful of Brazil's efforts to recycle plastic waste. "Almost nothing," said the 40-year-old director of CoopFuturo, a sorting center for recyclable material in Rio de Janeiro, where plastic makes up 60 percent of the roughly 120 tonnes of garbage delivered to the facility ... more
+ Residents split on future of Romania's trash heap 'time-bomb'
+ Life goes on under cloud of smog in Mexico City
+ Remote island beach plastics point to greater waste problem
+ Mexico City declares pollution alert, postpones football semi-final
+ Environmental activists turn up heat on polluting businesses
+ Mount Blanc glacier reveals traces of Roman-era pollution
+ Delhi hit by rare summer air pollution alert


Yaogan-33 launch fails in north China, Possible debris recovered in Laos
Taiyuan (XNA) May 27, 2019
The attempt to launch a remote sensing Yaogan-33 satellite carried by a Long March-4C rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province was unsuccessful on Thursday morning. The first and second stages of the rocket worked normally, while the third stage had abnormal operation. Based on monitoring data, the third stage of the rocket and satellite debris ... more
+ China develops new-generation rockets for upcoming missions
+ China's satellite navigation industry sees rapid development
+ China's Yuanwang-7 departs for space monitoring missions
+ China's tracking ship Yuanwang-2 starts new mission after retirement
+ China to build moon station in 'about 10 years'
+ China to enhance international space cooperation
+ China opens Chang'e-6 for international payloads, asteroids next
Washington says 'possible' Ankara will reject Russian missiles
Washington (AFP) May 16, 2019
The US believes it is "possible" Turkey will decide against buying a Russian air defense system whose proposed purchase has strained relations between the NATO allies, a top official said on Thursday. Washington has warned for months that Turkey's adoption of the Russian S-400 missile system would endanger Western defense and jeopardize Ankara's planned purchase of 100 of the US's F-35 steal ... more
+ Patriot system, transport ship sent to Middle East as Iran tensions rise
+ Lockheed Martin awarded $84.9 million Navy contract for AEGIS system development
+ State Department approves $2.7B Patriot system sale to UAE
+ Turkey to buy Russian missiles despite US 'threats'
+ US Air Force completes successful shoot down of air-launched missiles
+ Lockheed Martin's AEHF-4 on-orbit tests successful
+ Lockheed awarded $9.1M for AEGIS work in Romania, Poland


Turkey ready for US sanctions over Russian missile deal: minister
Ankara (AFP) May 22, 2019
Turkey insisted it would go ahead with its controversial decision to buy the S-400 missile defence system from Russia, saying it was preparing for any possible sanctions from the US. Turkey's push to buy the S-400 system has strained relations with the United States, a NATO ally, which worries about integrating Russian technology with Turkey's Western equipment. Defence Minister Hulusi A ... more
+ India claims new first for world's fastest cruise missile
+ Army's new DeepStrike surface-to-surface missile warhead successfully tested
+ Raytheon wins $151.5M contract to provide missile support for U.S., 20 allies
+ Turkey says to produce S-500s with Russia after S-400 missile deal
+ SKorea to buy SM-2 missiles; Japan approved for AMRAAM missile purchase
+ Boeing nabs $10.8M for Harpoon missile production for Saudi Arabia
+ F-35C jets to be armed with hypersonic cruise missiles
Monitoring the lifecycle of tiny catalyst nanoparticles
Bochum, Germany (SPX) May 07, 2019
Nanoparticles can be used in many ways as catalysts. To be able to tailor them in such a way that they can catalyse certain reactions selectively and efficiently, researchers need to determine the properties of single particles as precisely as possible. So far, an ensemble of many nanoparticles is analysed. However, the problem of these investigations is that the contributions of different parti ... more
+ Fast and selective optical heating for functional nanomagnetic metamaterials
+ 2D gold quantum dots are atomically tunable with nanotubes
+ Harnessing microorganisms for smart microsystems
+ AD alloyed nanoantennas for temperature-feedback identification of viruses and explosives
+ Quantum optical cooling of nanoparticles
+ Researchers report new light-activated micro pump
+ Defects help nanomaterial soak up more pollutant in less time


DARPA Identifies Teams Qualified to Compete in First Scored Event of SubT Challenge
Washington DC (SPX) May 22, 2019
Eleven teams from around the world will attempt to remotely map, identify, and report the greatest number of artifacts along the passages of a Pittsburgh research mine in the Subterranean Challenge Tunnel Circuit. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Mining Program manages the formerly operational mine, which will serve as the arena for the Systems event August 15-22, 2019. ... more
+ Council of Europe explores AI to reshape prisons
+ New AI sees like a human, filling in the blanks
+ Artificial intelligence becomes life-long learner with new framework
+ Dog-like robot made by students jumps, flips and trots
+ Spidey senses could help autonomous machines see better
+ Hyperdimensional computing theory could change the way AI works
+ Toy transformers and real-life whales inspire biohybrid robot


US warns Chinese drones may steal data: report
Beijing (AFP) May 21, 2019
Washington has warned that Chinese-made drones could be giving spy agencies in Beijing "unfettered access" to stolen data, according to a report in American media. The Department of Homeland Security sent out an alert on Monday flagging drones built in China as a "potential risk to an organization's information", CNN reported. The US government has "strong concerns about any technology p ... more
+ 'Neural Lander' uses AI to land drones smoothly
+ Vestas launches massive drone-based blade inspection campaign
+ Citadel Defense awarded contract to prevent UAV attacks at sensitive government locations
+ Hummingbird robot uses AI to soon go where drones can't
+ Northrop Grumman awarded $163.6M to support Army's Hunter drone
+ Obstacles to overcome before operating fleets of drones becomes reality
+ Ascent AeroSystems Announces New Industrial Grade Drone and Launch Customer
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