|
|
|
  Moscow (Sputnik) Dec 27, 2019 The rocket is carrying three Gonets-M communication satellites and a Blitz-M technology satellite to orbit and marks Russia's 25th space launch this year. The Russian military reported later that the four satellites had been successfully placed into orbit. Russia has launched a Rokot carrier rocket with 3 Gonets-M communication satellites and one more military satellite, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Friday. "On Friday 27 December, at 02:11 Moscow time [23:11 GMT on Thursday], a comba ... read more |
 |
Commercial suborbital carrier rocket launched in ChinaJiuquan, China (XNA) Dec 27, 2019 A commercial suborbital carrier rocket developed by a private Chinese company was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 4:50 p.m. Wednesday (Beijing Time). Th ... more 
China's reusable liquid rocket engine completes 500-second testBeijing (XNA) Dec 27, 2019 China's 15-tonne reusable liquid oxygen-methane engine completed a run test with a duration of 500 seconds in Beijing on Wednesday. The engine, named JD-1, was developed by the Beijing-based r ... more  
Space history is made in this NASA robot factoryPasadena CA (JPL) Dec 27, 2019 Built in 1961, the Spacecraft Assembly Facility at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, is the cradle of robotic space exploration. The first probes launched to the Moon, ... more  
From airport approaches to eCall in cars in 10 years with EGNOSParis (ESA) Dec 24, 2019 The Galileo satellite navigation system has been providing Initial Services for three years now. Meanwhile Europe's other satnav system has marked its tenth anniversary: EGNOS has been delivering en ... more |
|
|
| Previous Issues | Dec 26 | Dec 25 | Dec 24 | Dec 23 | Dec 20 |
|
|
|
|
|
Aerojet Rocketdyne selected to provide solid rocket motor for Hypersonic Conventional Strike WeaponHuntsville AL (SPX) Dec 18, 2019 Building upon its pioneering work in hypersonics, Aerojet Rocketdyne is supporting a Lockheed Martin effort to develop a hypersonic conventional missile for the U.S. Air Force under a subcontract va ... more 
Satnav watching over rugby playersParis (ESA) Dec 16, 2019 As France's top rugby players scrum, run and tackle they are being tracked by more than just TV cameras and the watching eyes of the crowd. Satnav-based tracking devices between their shoulder blade ... more  
Successful satellite launch for Graz University of Technology, AustriaStyria, Austria (SPX) Dec 19, 2019 The aim of the OPS-SAT mission, which is being controlled from ESA's European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany, is to carry out low-risk tests on space software directly in the course o ... more  
AFRL completes two and a half-day ultra leapWright-Patterson AFB OH (SPX) Dec 17, 2019 The Air Force Research Laboratory's Center for Rapid Innovation (CRI) has successfully completed initial flight tests for a revolutionary Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) with a customizable suite of In ... more  
Lockheed Martin announces Teaming Agreement with TC Energy on innovative flow battery technologyBethesda VA (SPX) Dec 13, 2019 Lockheed Martin reports it has signed a teaming agreement with TC Energy in which the two companies will identify and develop large-scale, long-duration energy storage projects using GridStar Flow, ... more |
|
 International Space Station computer gets a heart transplant 
Inmarsat Government bulk orders airborne satcom terminals from Orbit CSNetanya, Israel (SPX) Dec 27, 2019 Orbit Communication Systems Ltd., a leading global provider of airborne communications and satellite-tracking maritime and ground-station solutions, and Inmarsat Government, a leading provider of gl ... more  |
|
|
|
 
Russia says first Avangard hypersonic missiles enter serviceMoscow (AFP) Dec 27, 2019 Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu told President Vladimir Putin on Friday that the country's first Avangard hypersonic missiles have been put into service, an official statement said. ... more 
US proposes remote ID requirement for dronesWashington (AFP) Dec 26, 2019 US regulators on Thursday unveiled a proposal to require privately operated drones to use remote identification - a kind of electronic license plate - as part of efforts to ensure airspace safety. ... more 
France deploys armed drones in Sahel anti-jihadist fightParis (AFP) Dec 19, 2019 France has officially deployed its first armed drones, three American-built Reapers fitted with laser-guided missiles, in its fight against a jihadist insurrection in Africa's Sahel region, Defence Minister Florence Parly announced Thursday. ... more 
Roscosmos approves preliminary design of super heavy-lift launch vehicleMoscow (Sputnik) Dec 24, 2019 Russian State Space Corporation Roscosmos has approved a preliminary design of a super heavy-lift launch vehicle and also appointed the head of the project, Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Rogozin ... more 
GomSpace, Lockheed and Orbital Micro team up for microwave sensing nanosatellite projectAalborg, Denmark (SPX) Dec 19, 2019 GomSpace (GS) and Lockheed Martin Space agreed to develop and deliver a tailored GS 6U nanosatellite to Orbital Micro Systems (OMS) in the United Kingdom (UK). The contract is worth 17 MSEK and will ... more |
|
|
 Surrey UK (SPX) Dec 27, 2019 
The University of Surrey has developed a robust multi-layed nano-barrier for ultra-lightweight and stable carbon fibre reinforced polymers (CFRPs) that could be used to build high precision instrument structures for future space missions.
CFRP is used in current space missions, but its applications are limited because the material absorbs moisture. This is often released as gas during a mi ... more |
|
 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.
General Dynamics ... more |
|
|
 |
|
 Paris (ESA) Dec 24, 2019 
The Galileo satellite navigation system has been providing Initial Services for three years now. Meanwhile Europe's other satnav system has marked its tenth anniversary: EGNOS has been delivering enhanced positioning to users across our continent, including safety-critical services such as aircraft landings for a growing number of European airports.
The purpose of the European Geostationar ... more |
|
|
 Washington DC (UPI) Dec 23, 2019 
Lockheed Martin received a contract valued at $7 billion for sustainment of the F-22 fighter plane of the U.S. Air Force, the Defense Department announced.
The long-term award is a modification of a prior contract and provides for the "exercise of an option for additional five-year ordering period for comprehensive F-22 air vehicle sustainment," a Pentagon statement on Friday said.
... more |
|
 Tokyo (AFP) Dec 21, 2019 
Japan has lifted curbs on the export of a key microchip material to South Korea, news reports said Saturday, days before the leaders of both countries meet in their first formal talks for more than a year.
The ministry of economy, trade and industry on Friday removed photoresists - used to coat semiconductor circuit boards - from Tokyo's export restrictions against Seoul, the Asahi Shimbu ... more |
|
|
 Austin TX (SPX) Dec 20, 2019 
The Earth's inner core is hot, under immense pressure and snow-capped, according to new research that could help scientists better understand forces that affect the entire planet.
The snow is made of tiny particles of iron - much heavier than any snowflake on Earth's surface - that fall from the molten outer core and pile on top of the inner core, creating piles up to 200 miles thick that ... more |
|
 Washington (UPI) Dec 20, 2019 
Most urban growth, researchers have found, is defined by expansion at margins. Cities aren't getting taller, they're getting wider, fueled by suburban sprawl, not skyscrapers.
Scientists at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies identified the predominant growth patterns - detailed this week in the journal Environmental Research Letters - among 478 cities with populatio ... more |
|
|
 Xichang (XNA) Dec 19, 2019 
The Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province will host around 20 launch missions in 2020, including two satellites of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS), according to an official from the center.
Wang Zemin, deputy director of the launch center, made the remarks after China successfully sent two BDS satellites into space from Xichang on Monday.
... more |
|
 Moscow (AFP) Dec 18, 2019 
Russia on Wednesday lifted the veil on its tightly guarded space-based missile warning system, ahead of a vote in the US Congress on President Donald Trump's plan to create a new space force.
The new system, named Kupol or dome, is designed to detect launches of ballistic missiles and track them to their landing site, according to documents presented by the general staff to military attaches ... more |
|
|
 Moscow (AFP) Dec 27, 2019 
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu told President Vladimir Putin on Friday that the country's first Avangard hypersonic missiles have been put into service, an official statement said.
Russian officials say the missile is highly manoeuvrable and reached the speed of Mach 27, or roughly 33,000 kilometres (20,500 miles) per hour, during tests.
Mach 1 is a unit of measurement equivalen ... more |
|
 Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Dec 19, 2019 
Polymers are used to develop various materials, such as plastics, nylons, and rubbers. In their most basic form, they are made up of many of identical molecules joined together over and over, like a chain. If you engineer molecules to join together in specific ways, you can control the characteristics of the resulting polymer.
Using this method, Sheng Shen, an associate professor of mechan ... more |
|
|
 Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 27, 2019 
Built in 1961, the Spacecraft Assembly Facility at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, is the cradle of robotic space exploration.
The first probes launched to the Moon, Mars and Venus were assembled here. So were all of NASA's Mars rovers, Galileo and Cassini (the first orbiters to Jupiter and Saturn), and the twin Voyager spacecraft that are scouting the farthest re ... more |
|
 |
|
|
 |
|
 Wright-Patterson AFB OH (SPX) Dec 17, 2019 
The Air Force Research Laboratory's Center for Rapid Innovation (CRI) has successfully completed initial flight tests for a revolutionary Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) with a customizable suite of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) tools that supports extended missions.
This series of flight tests began in Feb. 2019 at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah, culminating with a two and ... more |
|
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Buy Advertising | Media Advertising Kit | Editorial & Other Enquiries | Privacy statement |
| The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2018 - Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principals for news reporting and research purposes. AFP, UPI and IANS news wire stories are copyright Agence France-Presse, United Press International and Indo-Asia News Service. ESA news reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space Media Network on any Web page published or hosted by Space Media Network. Privacy Statement |
