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  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 01, 2019 GPS, a satellite-based navigation system used by an estimated four billion people worldwide to figure out where they are on Earth at any moment, could be used to pilot in and around lunar orbit during future Artemis missions. A team at NASA is developing a special receiver that would be able to pick up location signals provided by the 24 to 32 operational Global Positioning System satellites, better known as GPS. GPS is operated by the U.S. military about 12,550 miles above Earth's surface, ... read more |
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LightSail 2 phones home to mission controlPasadena CA (SPX) Jul 03, 2019 The Planetary Society's LightSail 2 spacecraft sprang loose from its Prox-1 carrier vehicle as planned, and sent its first signals back to mission control at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in California. ... more  
Exolaunch has integrated 28 smallsats for July Soyuz launchBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jul 03, 2019 Exolaunch has completed a successful payload integration for an upcoming Soyuz launch from the Vostochny launch site. In total, Exolaunch has contracted and integrated for launch 28 commercial and e ... more  
China plans to deploy almost 200 AU-controlled satellites into orbitBeijing (Sputnik) Jul 02, 2019 The satellites, which will reportedly include Yaogan-class remote sensing vehicles and named after the Leo constellation, are expected to be equipped with a self-piloting system. Beijing plans ... more  
Safe, low-cost, modular, self-programming robotsMunich, Germany (SPX) Jul 01, 2019 Many work processes would be almost unthinkable today without robots. But robots operating in manufacturing facilities have often posed risks to workers because they are not responsive enough to the ... more |
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General Atomics gets $21.9M Army contract for work on Gray Eagle droneWashington (UPI) Jun 28, 2019 General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. was awarded a $21.9 million contract for support services on the Gray Eagle drone, the Defense Department announced Thursday. ... more  
Aircraft Engines are Getting Quieter-So Are Our Wind TunnelsCleveland OH (SPX) Jun 28, 2019 NASA Glenn's 9-by 15-Low-Speed Wind Tunnel (9 x 15 LSWT) has just completed a series of acoustic improvements that has reduced the facility's background noise to better characterize today's new, qui ... more 
The RoboBee flies soloBoston MA (SPX) Jul 01, 2019 In the Harvard Microrobotics Lab, on a late afternoon in August, decades of research culminated in a moment of stress as the tiny, groundbreaking Robobee made its first solo flight. Graduate s ... more 
Aerojet Rocketdyne Delivers Orion Auxiliary Engines for Artemis 2Redmond WA (SPX) Jul 01, 2019 Aerojet Rocketdyne has delivered eight auxiliary engines for integration into the European Service Module (ESM) of NASA's Orion spacecraft. During Artemis 2, Orion's first mission to carry astronaut ... more  
Iran air defence missiles must be taken seriously: expertsDubai (AFP) June 25, 2019 The shooting down last week of a sophisticated US drone by an Iranian missile demonstrates that Tehran's air defence capabilities can pose a challenge to US air superiority, experts say. ... more |
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 Left in the Dust: Poll Reveals Americans Don't Believe US Leads in Space Exploration  
ULA says malfunction of Russian RD-180 rocket engine occurred in 2018 during Atlas V launchMoscow (Sputnik) Jul 02, 2019 The US United Launch Alliance (ULA) spokeswoman Julie Arnold said that there was an emergency situation with Russian-made RD-180 rocket engine in 2018 during a launch of Atlas V carrier rocket, noti ... more  |
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Insitu nets $390.4M for Blackjack, ScanEagle drones for U.S. military, alliesWashington (UPI) Jul 1, 2019 Insitu was awarded a $390.4 million contract to supply Blackjack drones for the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Navy, as well as Blackjacks and smaller ScanEagle unmanned air vehicles, for three foreign allies. ... more  
Raytheon receives $36.7M Navy contract for RAM missiles, GMLS launchersWashington (UPI) Jul 1, 2019 A $36.7 million contract for Rolling Airframe Missiles and Guided Missile Launching Systems has been awarded to Raytheon Missile Systems, the Defense Department announced. ... more 
Sweden deploys new air defence missile system on Baltic islandStockholm (AFP) July 1, 2019 Sweden's armed forces said Monday it had deployed a new air defence missile system on the island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea, following years of increased militarisation in the region. ... more  
BAE, Rheinmetall launch military vehicle joint ventureWashington (UPI) Jul 1, 2019 Defense contractors Rheinmetall of Germany and BAE Systems of Britain launched a joint venture on Monday to build combat vehicles. ... more 
Oshkosh Defense awarded $320M to supply FMTVs for U.S., alliesWashington (UPI) Jul 1, 2019 Oshkosh Defense was awarded a $320 million contract with the U.S. Army and allies for the family of medium tactical vehicles. ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Jun 28, 2019 
The thermal vacuum test campaign of the first Spacebus Neo satellite was completed on 25 June. Less than 100 metres from the Mediterranean Sea, the Konnect satellite has spent the past six weeks being exposed to the cold emptiness of space.
These enormous test chambers, which can be cooled to minus 180 Celsius, are designed to accommodate an entire spacecraft and effectively replicate the ... more |
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 Titusville FL (SPX) Jun 18, 2019 
The U.S. Air Force's fifth Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) built Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite (AEHF-5) completed encapsulation into its payload fairing in preparation to launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Its launch window is currently scheduled to open at 6:00 a.m. EDT on June 27.
AEHF-5 is the most recent addition to th ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 01, 2019 
GPS, a satellite-based navigation system used by an estimated four billion people worldwide to figure out where they are on Earth at any moment, could be used to pilot in and around lunar orbit during future Artemis missions.
A team at NASA is developing a special receiver that would be able to pick up location signals provided by the 24 to 32 operational Global Positioning System satellit ... more |
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 Cleveland OH (SPX) Jun 28, 2019 
NASA Glenn's 9-by 15-Low-Speed Wind Tunnel (9 x 15 LSWT) has just completed a series of acoustic improvements that has reduced the facility's background noise to better characterize today's new, quieter aircraft engine fans. The tunnel is the only facility in the country that can simulate takeoff, approach and landing in a continuous subsonic acoustic environment.
Built in 1969, the 9x15 L ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 01, 2019 
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have grown atomically thin crystalline layers of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) with varying composition over space, continuously feeding in different types of TMDC to a growth chamber to tailor changes in properties.
Examples include 20nm strips surrounded by different TMDCs with atomically straight interfaces, and layered structure ... more |
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 Guildford UK (SPX) Jul 01, 2019 
The successful launch on 24 June 2019 (EST) of 6 satellites for the FORMOSAT-7 joint US-Taiwanese weather forecasting constellation marks the start of another SSTL-enabled space mission, a cause for celebration at SSTL's UK HQ.
The launch on the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from the Kennedy Space Centre was attended by SSTL staff including Managing Director, Sarah Parker who said "We are ver ... more |
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 Jakarta (AFP) July 2, 2019 
Dozens of shipping containers full of waste will be returned to France and other developed countries, Indonesia said Tuesday, as Southeast Asian nations increasingly reject serving as dumping grounds for international trash.
The 49 containers were loaded with a combination of garbage, plastic waste and hazardous materials in violation of import rules, according to customs officials on Batam ... more |
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 Beijing (Sputnik) Jul 02, 2019 
The satellites, which will reportedly include Yaogan-class remote sensing vehicles and named after the Leo constellation, are expected to be equipped with a self-piloting system.
Beijing plans to deploy 192 artificial intelligence satellites into orbit to observe the Earth's surface by 2021, China Central Television (CCTV) reports.
"It is safe to say that the satellites still remain ... more |
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 Dubai (AFP) June 25, 2019  The shooting down last week of a sophisticated US drone by an Iranian missile demonstrates that Tehran's air defence capabilities can pose a challenge to US air superiority, experts say.
The Global Hawk, an advanced US navy surveillance drone, was flying at high altitude - it can reach 60,000 feet (18 kilometres) - early Friday local time when it was struck by a ground-to-air missile by Ir ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 1, 2019  A $36.7 million contract for Rolling Airframe Missiles and Guided Missile Launching Systems has been awarded to Raytheon Missile Systems, the Defense Department announced.
The missile system was ordered by the U.S. Navy and the Japanese military, under the Foreign Military Sales program. Japan will underwrite the cost of nine percent of the contract, which was announced on Friday.
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 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 |
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 Munich, Germany (SPX) Jul 01, 2019 
Many work processes would be almost unthinkable today without robots. But robots operating in manufacturing facilities have often posed risks to workers because they are not responsive enough to their surroundings. To make it easier for people and robots to work in close proximity in the future, Prof. Matthias Althoff of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has developed a new system: IMPROV ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Jul 01, 2019 
In the Harvard Microrobotics Lab, on a late afternoon in August, decades of research culminated in a moment of stress as the tiny, groundbreaking Robobee made its first solo flight.
Graduate student Elizabeth Farrell Helbling, PhD '19, and postdoctoral fellow Noah T. Jafferis from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), the Graduate School of Arts and ... more |
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