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Aliena deploys compact and fuel-efficient satellite engine into space![]() Singapore (SPX) Jan 14, 2022 Aliena, a tech spin-off from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), has been deployed into space a nanosatellite fitted with a fuel-efficient engine it has developed. The nanosatellite was sent from the SpaceX Falcon 9's Transporter-3 mission which launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, US. The satellite's engine, a Hall effect thruster, a type of ion thruster in which ions from the propellant are accelerated by an electric field, was developed by Aliena. ... read more |
Intelsat buys 2 Software-Defined Satellites from Thales Alenia Space to boost 5G solutionMcLean VA (SPX) Jan 13, 2022 Intelsat, operator of the world's largest integrated satellite and terrestrial network, and Thales Alenia Space, Joint Venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%) have signed an agreement to bui ... more
Alpha Blue Ocean launches NFT concept via Space X Transporter 3 missionDubai UAE (SPX) Jan 14, 2022 Alpha Blue Ocean, the family office founded by Pierre Vannineuse and financial partner of WISeKey, announces the new technological breakthrough of the Swiss group led by Carlos Creus Moreira. On Jan ... more
$10M elevates UArizona hypersonics facilities to national prominenceTucson AZ (SPX) Jan 14, 2022 University of Arizona aerospace and mechanical engineering researchers have received $3.5 million in funding from the state of Arizona's investment in the New Economy Initiative and $6.5 million in ... more
SES Government Solutions Launches On-Demand X-band Service PlatformReston VA (SPX) Jan 14, 2022 SES Government Solutions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SES, announced the launch of tactiXs, a mission-specific managed service platform in partnership with Network Innovations and GovSat, a public- ... more |
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Virgin Orbit mission success brings UK satellite launch one step closerLondon, UK (SPX) Jan 14, 2022 Satellite launch from Spaceport Cornwall is a step closer following Virgin Orbit's successful 'Above the Clouds' mission in the US. The UK Space Agency welcomes the news that Virgin Orbit succ ... more
Being in space destroys more red blood cellsOttawa, Canada (SPX) Jan 14, 2022 A world-first study has revealed how space travel can cause lower red blood cell counts, known as space anemia. Analysis of 14 astronauts showed their bodies destroyed 54 percent more red blood cell ... more
Common household cleaner can boost effort to harvest fusion energy on EarthPlainsboro NJ (SPX) Jan 13, 2022 Scientists have found that adding a common household cleaning agent - the mineral boron contained in such cleaners as Borax - can vastly improve the ability of some fusion energy devices to contain ... more
Avoiding chains of magnetic islands may lead to fusion paradiseWashington DC (SPX) Jan 13, 2022 To create the conditions needed for fusion reactions, tokamak reactors contain a plasma in magnetic fields. These magnetic fields can contain tubular areas called magnetic islands. Plasma particles ... more
SpaceX delivers trio of Cape Town built satellites into orbitCape Town, South Africa (VOA) Jan 14, 2022 SpaceX rocket launch Thursday carried three small South African-made satellites that will help with policing South African waters against illegal fishing operations. Produced at the Cape Penin ... more |
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RACER revs up for checkered flag goal of high-speed, off-road autonomyWashington DC (SPX) Jan 14, 2022 DARPA's Robotic Autonomy in Complex Environments with Resiliency (RACER) program is picking up speed after three teams were selected to go to the starting line last October. The program is focused o ... more
Philippines agrees to buy India anti-ship missile systemManila (AFP) Jan 14, 2022 The Philippines has agreed to buy an anti-ship missile system from India, the defence minister said Friday, shoring up its security in the face of growing Chinese aggression in the South China Sea. ... more
Gilmour Space fires up for 2022 with Australia's largest rocket engine testGold Coast, Australia (SPX) Jan 11, 2022 Rocket engineers at Gilmour Space Technologies have greeted the new year with a successful 110-kilonewton test fire of the most powerful rocket engine ever developed in Australia. The 75-secon ... more
India defence chief's pilot 'disoriented by weather': inquiryNew Delhi (AFP) Jan 14, 2022 A pilot disoriented by a sudden change in weather conditions crashed the helicopter carrying India's defence chief General Bipin Rawat last month, killing all 14 people on board, an official inquiry found Friday. ... more
Iran tests solid-fuel satellite carrier rocketTehran (AFP) Jan 14, 2022 Iran's Revolutionary Guards tested last week a solid-fuel satellite carrier rocket, state media has reported quoting the force's aerospace commander as saying. ... more |
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A second successful launch for SpaceCloud into space Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Jan 13, 2022
SpaceCloud once again headed into orbit as a part of D-Orbit's ION Satellite Carrier onboard SpaceX's Transporter-3 mission that was launched January 13th from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The mission aims to verify 17 apps, uploading of new ones, and support the on-orbit testing of a hyperspectral camera.
On this mission SpaceCloud hosts 17 evolved applications, and we are now having the abil ... more |
Intelsat buys 2 Software-Defined Satellites from Thales Alenia Space to boost 5G solution McLean VA (SPX) Jan 13, 2022
Intelsat, operator of the world's largest integrated satellite and terrestrial network, and Thales Alenia Space, Joint Venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%) have signed an agreement to build two software-defined satellites designed to advance Intelsat's global fabric of software-defined GEO connectivity as part of its 5G software-defined network.
The addition of the Thales Alenia ... more |
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Arianespace to launch eight new Galileo satellites Paris, France (SPX) Jan 10, 2022
Arianespace will launch the first two satellites in 2022, leading to the Full Operational Capability of Galileo open service. Then, three successive launches on Ariane 62 in 2023, 2024 and 2025, will finalize the launch of the first generation of Galileo satellites and will increase the constellation resilience.
These will be the 13th to 16th Galileo missions by Arianespace, which has orbi ... more |
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Zero CO2 emissions 'spaceplane' parts to be manufactured in the heart of Sydney Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 14, 2022
Aerospace engineering startup Hypersonix Launch Systems has signed a Master Research Collaboration Agreement (MRCA) with the University of Sydney to research and manufacture the components of a zero emissions, hypersonic spaceplane - a launch vehicle capable of deploying small satellites into low earth orbit (LEO).
Named Delta Velos, the vehicle will be powered by four green hydrogen-fuele ... more |
Building a silicon quantum computer chip atom by atom Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Jan 14, 2022 |
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Copper-based chemicals may be contributing to ozone depletion Berkeley CA (SPX) Jan 14, 2022
Copper released into the environment from fungicides, brake pads, antifouling paints on boats and other sources may be contributing significantly to stratospheric ozone depletion, according to a new study from the University of California, Berkeley.
In a paper appearing this week in the journal Nature Communications, UC Berkeley geochemists show that copper in soil and seawater acts as a c ... more |
Pakistan court orders golf course shut in rare ruling against military Islamabad (AFP) Jan 12, 2022
A golf club belonging to Pakistan's military was closed Wednesday after a court ruled it encroached on national park land in the capital and breached environment regulations.
In a rare ruling against the country's powerful armed forces, judge Athar Minallah said Tuesday that the navy had "illegally" established Margalla Greens Golf Club, an 18-hole course adjacent to the country's top milita ... more |
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Shouzhou XIII crew finishes cargo spacecraft, space station docking test Beijing (XNA) Jan 10, 2022
The Shenzhou XIII astronauts in China's space station core module have completed the manual rendezvous and docking experiment with the Tianzhou 2 cargo craft, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) said Saturday.
At the beginning of the experiment, the astronauts in the core module teleoperated the Tianzhou 2 cargo craft to leave the front docking port of the core module's node cabin and mov ... more |
L3Harris Completes Final US Missile Defense Agency Satellite Design Milestone Melbourne FL (SPX) Dec 27, 2021 |
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Agency Addresses Hypersonic Vehicle Detection, Satellite Survivability Washington DC (SPX) Jan 14, 2022
The Space Development Agency will be fielding satellites that will provide eyes-on capability to detect maneuverable hypersonic glide vehicles during flight, and those satellites will be affordable and prolific, the SDA director said.
Speaking at the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies' Schriever Spacepower Forum, Derek Tournear said satellites in low-Earth orbit, or LEO, will make up the ... more |
The secret of ultralight but stiff sandwich nanotubes Groningen, Netherlands (SPX) Oct 27, 2021
It is an intuitive rule of thumb: if you reduce the density of a material, its stiffness will also be reduced. But scientists from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the US noticed that materials that are based on sandwich nanotubes retained their stiffness at lower densities.
Modelling by materials scientists from the University of Groningen (The Netherlands) revealed how this ... more |
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RACER revs up for checkered flag goal of high-speed, off-road autonomy Washington DC (SPX) Jan 14, 2022
DARPA's Robotic Autonomy in Complex Environments with Resiliency (RACER) program is picking up speed after three teams were selected to go to the starting line last October. The program is focused on advancing off-road autonomy of combat vehicles and seeks to demonstrate the ability of these platforms to travel at speeds that maintain pace with manned combat vehicles in complex terrain typical o ... more |
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Defibrillator drone helps save Swedish heart attack patient Stockholm (AFP) Jan 7, 2022
An autonomous drone carrying a defibrillator helped save the life of a 71-year-old man who suffered a cardiac arrest in Sweden, the man and the drone operator said Friday.
Emergency services dispatched the drone followed by an ambulance when Sven, a retiree who asked for his last name to be withheld, collapsed in early December while shovelling snow outside his home in the western town of Tr ... more |
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