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  Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Dec 10, 2019 Two UniSA startups travelled to Petwood (South-East of Adelaide) on Saturday to launch a one-storey-high aerial monitoring balloon, in a testing phase that will lead to a rocket launch in 2020. Space robotics startup Lux and satellite developer ResearchSat are both participating in Australia's first space incubator program at the University of South Australia's Innovation and Collaboration Centre (ICC). The two space startups are taking part in the ICC's Venture Catalyst Space program, helpi ... read more |
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Novel camera gives scientists "Night Vision" from ISSEl Segundo CA (SPX) Dec 10, 2019 The Near Infrared Airglow Camera (NIRAC) uses an Aerospace-patented orbital motion compensation system to take long-exposure, smear-free images at night. Motion compensation from a fast-moving, low ... more  
NASA says core stage of next Moon rocket now readyWashington (AFP) Dec 9, 2019 NASA has completed the giant rocket that will take US astronauts back to the Moon, the space agency's head announced Monday, pledging the mission would take place in 2024 despite being beset by delays. ... more 
Russian cargo ship docks at International Space StationWashington DC (UPI) Dec 09, 2019 The International Space Station is running out of docking ports. Russia's Progress 74 cargo ship, which linked up with ISS early Monday morning, is one of five craft attached to the space station. ... more  
Fusion by strong lasersDresden, Germany (SPX) Dec 09, 2019 Nuclear physics usually involves high energies, as illustrated by experiments to master controlled nuclear fusion. One of the problems is how to overcome the strong electrical repulsion between atom ... more |
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SpaceX launches 19th cargo mission to space station with robot aboardKennedy Space Center FL (UPI) Dec 05, 2019 A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched into a bright Florida sky Thursday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on the company's 19th cargo mission to the International Space Station. The rocket, l ... more 
AFRL technology set for launch to International Space StationKirtland AFB NM (SPX) Dec 05, 2019 A satellite developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory to measure low frequency waves in the magnetosphere will launch Dec. 4 to the International Space Station. The AFRL satellite being l ... more  
Germany in talks with Lockheed, MBDA for missile defense programWashington DC (UPI) Dec 09, 2019 Germany is showing reluctance to approve a missile system developed by Lockheed Martin and MBDA Deutschland, a defense ministry report indicates. ... more  
China sends six satellites into orbit with single rocketTaiyuan, China (XNA) Dec 08, 2019 China sent six satellites into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi Province at 4:52 p.m. Saturday (Beijing Time). They were launched by a Kuaizhou-1A (KZ-1A) rock ... more 
Chile military plane disappears with 38 aboard: Air ForceSantiago (AFP) Dec 10, 2019 A Chilean military plane with 38 people aboard "lost radio communication" Monday after taking off from the south of the country for a base in Antarctica, Chile's Air Force said. ... more |
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 Singapore inks deal for air force to train in Guam 
Lockheed Martin contracted for test equipment, special tooling for F-35sWashington DC (SPX) Dec 08, 2019 Lockheed Martin has received a $153.4 million contract to procure test equipment and tooling for the F-35 Lightning II. ... more  |
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Silver Spitfire back in Britain after round-the-world tripLondon (AFP) Dec 5, 2019 An original Spitfire plane landed back in Britain on Thursday after successfully completing a first-ever attempt to fly the iconic World War II fighter around the globe. ... more  
Raytheon nabs $13.1M for third anti-drone laser system for testingWashington (UPI) Dec 6, 2019 Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems has been awarded a contract for an additional high energy laser weapons system for testing. ... more 
Aerojet Rocketdyne completes tests of subscale OpFires propulsion systemHuntsville AL (SPX) Dec 05, 2019 Aerojet Rocketdyne has finished a series of subscale propulsion-system test firings as part of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) effort to develop a ground-launched hypersonic miss ... more 
Israel and Czech Republic sign $125 mn missile defence dealJerusalem (AFP) Dec 5, 2019 Israel's defence ministry signed a deal with its Czech counterpart on Thursday to sell it radar systems used in the Jewish state's Iron Dome missile defence system. ... more  
Raytheon receives $28.9M to repair SM-2, SM-6 missilesWashington (UPI) Dec 5, 2019 Raytheon has received a $28.9 million contract modification for Standard Missile-2 and Standard Missile-6 repairs, the Department of Defense announced. ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Dec 10, 2019 
ClearSpace-1 will be the first space mission to remove an item of debris from orbit, planned for launch in 2025. The mission is being procured as a service contract with a startup-led commercial consortium, to help establish a new market for in-orbit servicing, as well as debris removal.
Following a competitive process, a consortium led by Swiss startup ClearSpace - a spin-off company esta ... more |
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 Fairfax VA (SPX) Nov 28, 2019 
General Dynamics Mission Systems has been awarded a $731.8 million cost-plus-award-fee and firm-fixed-price indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity sole-source contract for the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) ground system sustainment. MUOS is a next-generation satellite communications system that provides secure voice and data communications for U.S. forces worldwide.
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 Xichang (XNA) Nov 25, 2019 
China launched two satellites of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province at 8:55 a.m. Saturday.
Launched on a Long March-3B carrier rocket and the Yuanzheng-1 (Expedition-1) upper stage attached to the carrier rocket, the two satellites have entered their planned orbits. They are the 50th and 51st satellites of th ... more |
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 Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Dec 10, 2019 
Two UniSA startups travelled to Petwood (South-East of Adelaide) on Saturday to launch a one-storey-high aerial monitoring balloon, in a testing phase that will lead to a rocket launch in 2020.
Space robotics startup Lux and satellite developer ResearchSat are both participating in Australia's first space incubator program at the University of South Australia's Innovation and Collaboration ... more |
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 Columbus OH (SPX) Dec 09, 2019 
A research team has reported seeing, for the first time, atomic scale defects that dictate the properties of a new and powerful semiconductor.
The study, published earlier this month in the journal Physical Review X, shows a fundamental aspect of how the semiconductor, beta gallium oxide, controls electricity.
"Our job is to try to identify why this material, called beta gallium oxid ... more |
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 New Delhi (Sputnik) Dec 06, 2019 
The plan was first mooted by China to improve co-operation around natural disasters. But it took shape later when BRICS space agencies agreed to build a "virtual constellation of remote sensing satellites".
The Indian space ministry has indicated major progress in terms of establishing a BRICS satellite for various applications including natural resources management and disaster management ... more |
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 Saturia, Bangladesh (AFP) Dec 7, 2019 
Excavators flanked by Bangladesh riot police are at work demolishing illegal soot-belching brick kilns around the smog-choked capital Dhaka, forcing migrant labourers out of work and back to their villages.
Every autumn, following the monsoon rains, Dhaka's brick kilns - which use coal and wood to fire bricks from clay - start up again, adding to the emissions pumped out by other heavy ind ... more |
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 Taiyuan, China (XNA) Dec 08, 2019 
China sent six satellites into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi Province at 4:52 p.m. Saturday (Beijing Time).
They were launched by a Kuaizhou-1A (KZ-1A) rocket and have entered the planned orbit successfully.
It was the second launch from the Taiyuan launch center in less than six hours after another KZ-1A rocket sent the Jilin-1 Gaofen 02B satellit ... more |
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 Jerusalem (AFP) Dec 5, 2019 
Israel's defence ministry signed a deal with its Czech counterpart on Thursday to sell it radar systems used in the Jewish state's Iron Dome missile defence system.
The radars will be integrated into the Czech air defence system which will use Prague's own rocket launchers, a ministry spokesperson said.
The radars, used for air surveillance and defence, "will be interoperable with Czech ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 5, 2019 
Raytheon has received a $28.9 million contract modification for Standard Missile-2 and Standard Missile-6 repairs, the Department of Defense announced.
The contract funds engineering and technical support, depot and intermediate level repair, maintenance and recertification of standard missiles and components for fiscal 2020, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.
The bulk of work, whic ... more |
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 Singapore (SPX) Nov 06, 2019 
Researchers from SMART, MIT's research enterprise in Singapore, have made a groundbreaking discovery that allows scientists to 'look' at the surface density of dispersed nanoparticles. This revolutionary technique enables researchers to 'characterise' or understand the properties of nanoparticles without disturbing the nanoparticle, and also at a far lower cost and far quicker too.
The new ... more |
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 Bremen, Germany (SPX) Dec 06, 2019 
A new Crew Interactive MObile companioN (CIMON) is on its way the International Space Station (ISS). On 5 December 2019 at 18:29 CET (12:29 local time) the US SpaceX CRS-19 mission lifted off from the spaceport at Cape Canaveral, Florida. On board was CIMON-2, an astronaut assistant developed and built in Germany that has been modified and equipped for new tasks. Like its predecessor, CIMON-2 wi ... more |
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 San Sebastian, Spain (SPX) Dec 08, 2019 
Predictive paths play a critical role in the overall performance of UAVs. After taking into account the challenges faced by industry professionals, UAV Navigation is all set to roll out upgrades to Visionair. As a cutting-edge flight control solution, Visionair has been the preferred solution, by some of the leading names in the industry. However, to address the increasing demands of the aeronau ... more |
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