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  Schriever AFB CO (SPX) Aug 12, 2019 The U.S. Air Force's 4th Space Operations Squadron at Schriever Air Force Base is now "talking" with the fifth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF-5) protected communication satellite after its successful launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, this morning. The Lockheed Martin-built AEHF-5 satellite is now responding to the squadron's commands as planned. The squadron began "flying" the satellite shortly after it separated from its United Launch Alliance Atlas V 551 rocket appr ... read more |
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Xplore To Send Celestis Memorials to the Moon, and BeyondWashington DC (SPX) Aug 13, 2019 Xplore and Celestis will host Celestis Memorial Spaceflight payloads on Xplore's planned missions to the Moon, and beyond, starting in 2021. This event marks Celestis' first Voyager Mission, called ... more  
Kleos orbit change in response to market demandLuxembourg (SPX) Aug 13, 2019 Kleos space S.A. , a space-powered Radio Frequency Reconnaissance data-as-a-service (DaaS) company, has changed launch provider for its Scouting Mission satellites which will now launch into a ... more  
NATO completes Aegis defense system upgrade in RomaniaWashington (UPI) Aug 9, 2019 NATO announced the completion of its ballistic missile defense system in Romania on Friday, prompting a response from Russia. ... more  
In-Space selects Orbex for Scottish launch in 2022Logan UT (SPX) Aug 08, 2019 In-Space Missions Ltd., a provider of military, institutional and commercial space initiatives, has announced at the 33rd Annual Conference on Small Satellites in Logan, Utah, that it will partner w ... more |
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Physicists make graphene discovery that could help develop superconductorsNew Brunswick NJ (SPX) Aug 05, 2019 When two mesh screens are overlaid, beautiful patterns appear when one screen is offset. These "moire patterns" have long intrigued artists, scientists and mathematicians and have found applications ... more 
Milestone for the future of networked satellite communicationsOberpfaffenhofen, Germany (SPX) Aug 09, 2019 With the launch of the first EDRS-C communications satellite on 6 August 2019, a milestone has been reached for the EDRS system. EDRS is a globally unique network of geostationary relay satellites t ... more  
Russians killed in missile test blast were working on 'new weapons'Moscow (AFP) Aug 12, 2019 Russia's nuclear agency chief on Monday confirmed that five scientists killed last week were developing "new weapons" and vowed to continue testing despite the explosion. ... more  
Teams test swarm autonomy in second major OFFSET field experimentWashington DC (SPX) Aug 12, 2019 During the second field experiment for DARPA's OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) program, teams of autonomous air and ground robots tested tactics on a mission to isolate an urban objective. ... more 
Orbex and Innovative Space Logistics sign European Space Launch AgreementLogan UT (SPX) Aug 08, 2019 Innovative Space Logistics B.V. (ISL) and UK-based orbital launch services provider Orbex has signed a wide-ranging Cooperation Agreement at the 33rd Annual Conference on Small Satellites in Logan, ... more |
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 Spaceflight purchases first commercial SSLV mission from ISRO's NewSpace India  
Texas A and M System Regents approve RELLIS to be Central Testing Hub for the Army Futures CommandCollege Station TX (SPX) Aug 09, 2019 The Texas A and M University System Board of Regents on Thursday authorized the construction of a $130 million combat development complex at the A and M System's RELLIS Campus in Bryan. The co ... more  |
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Arianespace's "GO-1" mission will provide small satellites with a direct flight to geostationary orbitEvry, France (SPX) Aug 07, 2019 Arianespace to introduce an innovative service providing fast-track access to Geosynchronous Equatorial Orbit (also known as geostationary orbit, or GEO) for the new generation of small satellites, ... more 
Pearl White cubesats mission set to launchMahia, New Zealand (SPX) Aug 09, 2019 Pearl White, an Air Force Space Command demonstration program, is set to launch no earlier than August 16th as part of a rideshare aboard a Rocket Lab Electron launch vehicle in summer 2019. The lau ... more 
Marines declare new Joint Light Tactical Vehicles ready for useWashington (UPI) Aug 12, 2019 The U.S. Marine Corps announced that the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle is officially ready to deploy, one year ahead of schedule. ... more  
Flights resume at Hong Kong airport after protest shutdownHong Kong (AFP) Aug 13, 2019 Hong Kong airport re-opened on Tuesday after a rally by thousands of pro-democracy protesters triggered an unprecedented shutdown, but hundreds of flights were still listed as cancelled. ... more 
F-35 test fleet has low readiness rate, may affect aircraft's testing phaseWashington (UPI) Aug 12, 2019 F-35 fighter planes at California's Edwards Air Force Base have a very low readiness rate, a non-governmental watchdog said. ... more |
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 Culver City CA (SPX) Aug 09, 2019 
Q-Tech Corporation, the world's leading supplier of crystal oscillators for space, military, avionics and high temperature applications, announces the availability of the QT6xxLW Multiple Output LVDS Series of space qualified crystal oscillators.
These MIL-PRF-55310 oscillators are Type 1 Class 2 hybrids, delivering exceptional frequency and temperature stability for space satellite and ot ... more |
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 Schriever AFB CO (SPX) Aug 12, 2019 
The U.S. Air Force's 4th Space Operations Squadron at Schriever Air Force Base is now "talking" with the fifth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF-5) protected communication satellite after its successful launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, this morning.
The Lockheed Martin-built AEHF-5 satellite is now responding to the squadron's commands as planned. The squadron b ... more |
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 Schriever AFB CO (SPX) Aug 05, 2019 
Lockheed Martin presented the 2nd Space Operations Squadron with a GPS Block III model satellite to celebrate the successful on-orbit testing of the new GPS III satellite at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, July 29.
Staff Sgt. Joseph Wood, 2nd SOPS mission chief, said the model is a physical representation of the modernization underway.
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 8, 2019 
The U.S. Air Force said Thursday that Gen. Maryanne Miller has grounded 123 of 450 Total Force C-130 Hercules aircraft from service after discovering cracks on the wing.
During maintenance, "atypical cracks" were found on the lower center wing joint or "rainbow fitting," accoding to an Air Mobility Command statement from Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta, Ga.
Miller gave an or ... more |
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 Onna, Japan (SPX) Aug 09, 2019 
Silicon dominates solar energy products - it is stable, cheap, and efficient at turning sunlight into electricity. Any new material taking on silicon must compete, and win, on those grounds. As a result of an international research collaboration, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), and the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate Univer ... more |
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 Madison WI (SPX) Aug 08, 2019 
Earth's magnetic field seems steady and true - reliable enough to navigate by.
Yet, largely hidden from daily life, the field drifts, waxes and wanes. The magnetic North Pole is currently careening toward Siberia, which recently forced the Global Positioning System that underlies modern navigation to update its software sooner than expected to account for the shift.
And every several ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Aug 6, 2019 
Paris officials on Tuesday downplayed the risk of lead poisoning from the massive fire that tore through Notre-Dame cathedral in April, as tests continue to show worrying levels of the toxic metal at nearby schools.
"All the tests we've carried out in a radius of 500 metres (yards) around Notre-Dame are negative, meaning there is no danger," deputy mayor Emmanuel Gregoire told LCI televisio ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) July 25, 2019 
A Chinese startup successfully launched the country's first commercial rocket capable of carrying satellites into orbit Thursday, as the space race between China and the US heats up.
Beijing-based Interstellar Glory Space Technology - also known as iSpace - said it launched two satellites into orbit around 1:00 pm Beijing time (0500 GMT) from Jiuquan, a state launch facility in the Gobi de ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 9, 2019 
NATO announced the completion of its ballistic missile defense system in Romania on Friday, prompting a response from Russia.
A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system, temporarily deployed to Romania's Deveselu air base while the upgrades were made, will be dismantled and deployed elsewhere, NATO said in a statement.
The new Aegis Ashore installation will track potential thre ... more |
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 Moscow (AFP) Aug 10, 2019  Russia's nuclear agency said Saturday an explosion during missile testing in the Arctic left five workers dead and involved radioactive isotopes after a nearby city recorded a spike in radiation levels.
Rosatom said the force of the explosion on Thursday blew several of its staff from a testing platform into the sea.
Russia's military did not initially say that the accident involved nuc ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Jul 22, 2019 
Every year, robots get more and more life-like. Solar-powered bees fly on lithe wings, humanoids stick backflips, and teams of soccer bots strategize how to dribble, pass, and score. And, the more researchers discover about how living creatures move, the more machines can imitate them all the way down to their smallest molecules.
"We have these amazing machines already in our bodies, and t ... more |
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 Munich, Germany (SPX) Aug 12, 2019 
Generally speaking, most people find the idea of workers being replaced by robots or software worse than if the jobs are taken over by other workers. But when their own jobs are at stake, people would rather prefer to be replaced by robots than by another employee. That is the conclusion of a study by the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and Erasmus University in Rotterdam.
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 Washington DC (SPX) Aug 12, 2019 
During the second field experiment for DARPA's OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) program, teams of autonomous air and ground robots tested tactics on a mission to isolate an urban objective. Similar to the way a firefighting crew establishes a boundary around a burning building, they first identified locations of interest and then created a perimeter around the focal point.
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