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June 04, 2020

SpaceX launch boosts Starlink network to 480 satellites

Washington DC (UPI) Jun 03, 2020
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off on time Wednesday night from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, propelling 60 Starlink communications satellites into orbit. The successful launch boosted the number of Starlink satellites circling the Earth to 480, by far the greatest number of any communications network. Liftoff at 9:25 p.m. EDT came on a warm, humid night after skies cleared sufficiently to ensure a safe launch and adequate monitoring. At about 2 minutes, 45 seconds ... read more

SpaceX Demo-2 astronauts get to work on Space Station Science
Melbourne FL (SPX) Jun 04, 2020
At a time when so many feel isolated, the world came together with hopeful energy on Saturday to watch as two American astronauts were launched into orbit from U.S. soil for the first time in nearly ... more

First GPS 3 maneuver performed by 2nd Space Operations Squadron
Schriever AFB CO (SPX) Jun 03, 2020
The 2nd Space Operations Squadron performed the first station keeping maneuver on a GPS III satellite to Satellite Vehicle Number 75 at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, May 14. The maneuver ... more

Rhea Space Activity wins USAF Prime Contract to Hypersonic Vehicle Detection and Tracking
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 03, 2020
The rapidly growing 'New Space' startup company Rhea Space Activity (RSA), headquartered in Washington D.C., with operations in Colorado Springs, has been tapped by the United States Air Force (USAF ... more

AFRL centrifuge part of NASA's history-making launch
Wright-Patterson AFB OH (SPX) Jun 02, 2020
When NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken ascended into space on the afternoon of May 30, they were two of 10 astronauts to undergo centrifuge testing in early November 2018 in the Air Force ... more

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Israel says 'successfully' tested ballistic missiles
Jerusalem (AFP) June 2, 2020
Israel on Tuesday said it has successfully tested two ballistic missiles in the Mediterranean, amid tensions with Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah. ... more

Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System now has ground-to-ground capability
Washington DC (UPI) Jun 01, 2020
A ground-to-ground test of the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System rocket, normally launched from the air, was a success, BAE Systems announced on Monday. ... more

Observations of robotic swarm behavior can help workers safely navigate disaster sites
Beijing, China (SPX) May 27, 2020
Using biologically inspired robotic swarms consisting of large groups of robots that have been programmed to operate cooperatively, much like individuals in an ant or bee colony, scientists from the ... more

JPL Mission breaks record for smallest satellite to detect an exoplanet
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 03, 2020
Long before it was deployed into low-Earth orbit from the International Space Station in Nov. 2017, the tiny ASTERIA spacecraft had a big goal: to prove that a satellite roughly the size of a briefc ... more

Starliner to go to ISS without crew in November, crewed flight set for next year
Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 02, 2020
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft will refly its uncrewed test mission to the International Space Station (ISS) in November of this year, while the first crewed flight is planned for April 2021, a space ... more

Russia plans rocket tests, lunar programme resumption
Moscow (AFP) May 31, 2020
Russia on Sunday put a brave face on the loss of its space travel monopoly, saying it planned to test two new rockets this year and resume its lunar programme in 2021. ... more

US astronauts enter space station in milestone mission
Washington (AFP) May 31, 2020
NASA astronauts entered the International Space Station on Sunday after a landmark 19-hour journey on the first crewed US spacecraft in nearly a decade, a triumph for SpaceX and private enterprise. ... more

Moscow bemused at US space 'hysteria' as Musk taunts Russia
Moscow (AFP) May 31, 2020
Moscow space officials on Sunday said they were puzzled by "hysteria" around the successful SpaceX flight as Elon Musk taunted Russia and US President Donald Trump vowed to beat it to Mars. ... more

Surrey reveals its implantable biosensor that operates without batteries
Surrey UK (SPX) May 22, 2020
Researchers from the University of Surrey have revealed their new biodegradable motion sensor - paving the way for implanted nanotechnology that could help future sports professionals better monitor ... more

SpaceX rocket lifts off on historic private crewed flight
Kennedy Space Center, United States (AFP) May 30, 2020
A SpaceX rocket carrying two veteran NASA astronauts was headed for the International Space Station on Saturday on the first ever crewed flight by a private company, ushering in a new era in space travel. ... more

SpaceX astronaut launch: here's the rocket science it must get right

Doug Liman to direct Tom Cruise film shot in space
Washington DC (UPI) May 29, 2020
Doug Liman will direct Tom Cruise in the first narrative feature film to be shot in space. The Hollywood Reporter confirmed Tuesday that Liman, 54, will direct Cruise, 57, in the new movie fil ... more

For Russia, SpaceX success is 'wakeup call'
Moscow (AFP) May 31, 2020
Russia has lost its long-held monopoly as the only country able to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station following the flawless manned launch by US company SpaceX. ... more

Preparations resume for Vega's upcoming mission with 53 small satellite passengers
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Jun 02, 2020
The launch campaign has resumed for Arianespace's next mission, which will be the proof-of-concept flight with the Vega launcher's "ride-share" configuration - known as the Small Spacecraft Mission ... more

These flexible feet help robots walk faster
San Diego CA (SPX) Jun 02, 2020
Roboticists at the University of California San Diego have developed flexible feet that can help robots walk up to 40 percent faster on uneven terrain such as pebbles and wood chips. The work has ap ... more

Elon and Gwynne, the pair who made SpaceX
Washington (AFP) May 25, 2020
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. - commonly known as SpaceX - is slated to send two astronauts into space on Wednesday. Despite not yet being 20 years old, the company has already developed a creation myth: on September 28, 2008, its first rocket Falcon 1 launched for the fourth time. ... more

More details of China's space station unveiled
Beijing (XNA) Jun 03, 2020
After the successful maiden flight of the Long March-5B large rocket and the testing of China's new-generation manned spaceship, more details of China's space station have been unveiled. The s ... more

A new galactic center adventure in virtual reality
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jun 03, 2020

By combining data from telescopes with supercomputer simulations and virtual reality (VR), a new visualization allows you to experience 500 years of cosmic evolution around the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. This visualization, called "Galactic Center VR", is the latest in a series from astrophysicists, and is based on data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ... more

+ Astroscale US enters the GEO satellite life extension market

+ NASA announces challenge seeking innovative ideas to advance missions

+ Coatings for shoe bottoms could improve traction on slick surfaces

+ Smart textiles made possible by flexible transmission lines

+ New Observatory Will Track Near-Earth Satellites and Space Debris

+ Data-relay satellite ready for service

+ Recycling plastics together, simple and fast

UK nears final stage of Skynet satellite contract competition
London, UK (Sputnik) May 26, 2020

Britain's Ministry of Defense will soon launch the final stage of a competition to manage ground station capabilities for Skynet, a military communications satellite network which provides strategic communication services to the British Armed Forces and NATO. According to a report by C4ISRNET, the invitation to industry consortia to "negotiate documents" was expected to occur last week. Ho ... more

+ Roccor creates Helical L-Band Antenna for first-ever space demonstration of Link 16 Networks

+ NIST researchers boost microwave signal stability a hundredfold

+ IBCS Goes Agile

+ Northrop Grumman to rapidly develop net-centric gateway

+ Dominate the electromagnetic spectrum

+ L3Harris Technologies awarded third LRIP order on US Army's HMS Manpack IDIQ contract

+ Lockheed Martin's new contract with DARPA can disrupt the future of space

First GPS 3 maneuver performed by 2nd Space Operations Squadron
Schriever AFB CO (SPX) Jun 03, 2020

The 2nd Space Operations Squadron performed the first station keeping maneuver on a GPS III satellite to Satellite Vehicle Number 75 at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, May 14. The maneuver set a new standard for how GPS maneuvers should be conducted for the squadron that provides precision, navigation and timing signals to billions of users around the world. A station keeping man ... more

+ Out-of-the-box spoofing mitigation with Galileo's OS-NMA service

+ Harnessing space to save lives at sea

+ Galileo in high latitudes and harsh environments

+ New BeiDou satellite starts operation in network

+ Velodyne Lidar announces multi-year sales agreement with GeoSLAM

+ Galileo positioning aiding Covid-19 reaction

+ GPS celebrates 25th year of operation

Sirkorsky awarded $17.9M modification for work on the H-53K
Washington DC (UPI) May 28, 2020

Sikorsky was awarded a $17.9 million contract modification Thursday for work on the H-53K helicopter. Under the modification Sikorsky, a division of Lockheed Martin, will provide logistics, program management, training, configuration management and sustaining engineering support for the H-53K system. The CH-53K King Stallion, which has been in development since 2006, is a cargo h ... more

+ Blue Angels receive first Super Hornet ahead of aircraft transition

+ F-35 costs falling, Pentagon estimates indicate

+ UAVenture Capital spins off FreeFall Aerospace to form FreeFall 5G

+ China to allow limited US passenger flights

+ Bye Aerospace Approaches Critical Design Phase Completion

+ AFRL, AFSOC launch palletized weapons from cargo plane

+ U.S. Air Force scales back fitness testing, citing COVID-19 concerns

Carbon nanotube transistors make the leap from lab to factory floor
Boston MA (SPX) Jun 02, 2020

Carbon nanotube transistors are a step closer to commercial reality, now that MIT researchers have demonstrated that the devices can be made swiftly in commercial facilities, with the same equipment used to manufacture the silicon-based transistors that are the backbone of today's computing industry. Carbon nanotube field-effect transistors or CNFETs are more energy-efficient than silicon ... more

+ Smart molecules could be key to computers with 100-times bigger memories

+ DARPA Selects Teams to Increase Security of Semiconductor Supply Chain

+ Graphene and 2D materials could move electronics beyond 'Moore's Law'

+ Xilinx 'lifts off' with launch of industry's first 20nm space-grade FPGA for space applications

+ 'One-way' electronic devices enter the mainstream

+ Huawei says 'survival' at stake after US chip restrictions

+ Scientists break the link between a quantum material's spin and orbital states

Study shows today's atmospheric carbon dioxide levels greater than 23 million-year record
Boulder CO (SPX) Jun 02, 2020

A common message in use to convey the seriousness of climate change to the public is: "Carbon dioxide levels are higher today than they have been for the past one million years!" This new study by Brian Schubert (University of Louisiana at Lafayette) and coauthors Ying Cui and A. Hope Jahren used a novel method to conclude that today's carbon dioxide (CO2) levels are actually higher than they ha ... more

+ New research deepens understanding of Earth's interaction with the solar wind

+ Atmospheric scientists identify cleanest air on Earth in first-of-its-kind study

+ NASA's AIM Spots First Arctic Noctilucent Clouds of the Season

+ Volcanic eruptions reduce global rainfall

+ Calling for ideas for next Earth Explorer

+ ESA's oldest Earth-observer images Delhi airport

+ Common CFC replacements break down into persistent pollutants

Spain eyes new tax to rubbish plastic packaging
Madrid (AFP) June 2, 2020

The Spanish government on Tuesday proposed new legislation on rubbish that seeks to dramatically reduce single-use plastic packaging, notably by taxing it. The move specifically aims to reduce the plastic cups and bottles used in the fast food and take-away sectors. "If we add up all the waste generated in a year in Spain... it would be enough to fill up the Santiago Bernabeu stadium 2, ... more

+ Wind can carry PFAS pollution miles away from manufacturing facilities

+ Bulgarian minister charged over illegal waste imports from Italy

+ Gold mining with mercury threatens health of communities miles downstream

+ Copenhagen under fire over massive sewage dump

+ Amazon shareholders reject dissident moves to reshape company

+ Up to 90 percent fewer condensation trails due to reduced air traffic over Europe

+ Research aircraft investigate reduced concentrations of pollutants in the air

More details of China's space station unveiled
Beijing (XNA) Jun 03, 2020

After the successful maiden flight of the Long March-5B large rocket and the testing of China's new-generation manned spaceship, more details of China's space station have been unveiled. The space station, expected to be completed around 2022, will operate in the low-Earth orbit at an altitude from 340 km to 450 km for more than 10 years, supporting large-scale scientific, technological an ... more

+ China space program targets July launch for Mars mission

+ More details of China's space station unveiled

+ China's tracking ship Yuanwang-5 back from rocket monitoring mission

+ China's Kuaizhou rocket industrial park partially operational

+ China's experimental new-generation manned spaceship works normally in orbit

+ Long March-5B rocket enables China to construct space station

+ China's new spacecraft returns to Earth: official

Israel says 'successfully' tested ballistic missiles
Jerusalem (AFP) June 2, 2020

Israel on Tuesday said it has successfully tested two ballistic missiles in the Mediterranean, amid tensions with Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah. The state-run Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) said the "complex trial... was held in the open sea" and involved two Long-Range Artillery Weapon Systems (LORA). "The first scenario involved a short-range launch to 90 kilometres (55.8 mil ... more

+ US approves sale of 84 Patriot missiles to Kuwait

+ Advanced Air and Missile Defense, in the hands of soldiers

+ Boeing awarded $128.5M modification to GMD missile upgrade contract

+ US pulling Patriot missile batteries from Saudi

+ Northrop Grumman and Raytheon Missiles and Defense Partner on Next Generation Interceptor

+ US Army awards $6B contract to Lockheed Martin for PAC-3 MSE production

+ SBIRS GEO-5 space vehicle enters critical thermal vacuum testing

Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System now has ground-to-ground capability
Washington DC (UPI) Jun 01, 2020

A ground-to-ground test of the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System rocket, normally launched from the air, was a success, BAE Systems announced on Monday. The tests were conducted at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona, with APKWS rockets fired from a launcher built specifically for ground vehicles by Missouri-based Arnold Defense and Electronics LLC. The U.S. Navy al ... more

+ Raytheon nabs $92.4M for work on NASAMS

+ Morocco to purchase missiles, missile defense system from France

+ Boeing nabs $3.1B in cruise missile deals for Saudi Arabia, other partners

+ Boeing scores deals to deliver more than 1,000 missiles to Saudi

+ Javelin JV completes the first F-Model missile

+ Raytheon nabs $19M for RAM missiles, GMLS launchers

+ Lockheed completes final test of Precision Strike Missile for Army

Transporting energy through a single molecular nanowire
Groningen, Netherlands (SPX) May 11, 2020

Photosynthetic systems in nature transport energy very efficiently towards a reaction centre, where it is converted into a useful form for the organism. Scientists have been using this as inspiration to learn how to transport energy efficiently in, for example, molecular electronics. Physicist Richard Hildner from the University of Groningen and his colleagues have investigated energy transport ... more

+ To make an atom-sized machine, you need a quantum mechanic

+ Magnetic nanoparticles help researchers remotely release adrenal hormones

+ New DNA origami motor breaks speed record for nano machines

+ Deep-sea osmolyte makes biomolecular machines heat-tolerant

+ Nanobubbles in nanodroplets

+ New production method for carbon nanotubes gets green light

+ A quantum breakthrough brings a technique from astronomy to the nano-scale

These flexible feet help robots walk faster
San Diego CA (SPX) Jun 02, 2020

Roboticists at the University of California San Diego have developed flexible feet that can help robots walk up to 40 percent faster on uneven terrain such as pebbles and wood chips. The work has applications for search-and-rescue missions as well as space exploration. "Robots need to be able to walk fast and efficiently on natural, uneven terrain so they can go everywhere humans can go, b ... more

+ Algorithm quickly simulates a roll of loaded dice

+ Denmark develops robot to conduct coronavirus tests

+ Next-generation cockroach-inspired robot is small but mighty

+ The concept of creating brain-on-chip revealed

+ Next generation of soft robots inspired by a children's toy

+ Robot dog on virus park patrol in Singapore

+ A soft touch for robotic hardware

Researchers use drones, machine learning to detect dangerous 'butterfly' landmines
Binghamton NY (SPX) May 27, 2020

Using advanced machine learning, drones could be used to detect dangerous "butterfly" landmines in remote regions of post-conflict countries, according to research from Binghamton University, State University at New York. Researchers at Binghamton University had previously developed a method that allowed for highly accurate detection of "butterfly" landmines using low-cost commercial drone ... more

+ Citadel Defense launches Deepfake AI to prevent drone attacks on military and government assets

+ How drones can monitor explosive volcanoes

+ Northrop Grumman supports government flight testing of the MQ-8C Fire Scout Radar

+ FLIR to supply Black Hornet Nano-UAV Systems for US Army's Soldier Borne Sensor Program

+ Textron nabs $20.7M contract modification for Navy drone program

+ Elbit Systems Introduces a UAS-Based Long-Range Maritime Rescue Capability

+ US military lose second drone in Niger

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