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  Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 18, 2022 Airbus, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), NTT DOCOMO, and SKY Perfect JSAT have jointly begun studying the feasibility of collaborating on future high-altitude platform stations (HAPS)-based connectivity services as part of a future space-based wireless connectivity ecosystem. Launched with a memorandum of understanding (MOU), the study aims to identify the early deployment requirements of a HAPS-based network. The collaboration will investigate the use of the Airbus Zephyr, the le ... read more |
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Data-relay system connects astronauts direct to EuropeParis (ESA) Jan 18, 2022 Astronauts on board the International Space Station are connecting straight to Europe at light speed, thanks to the European Data Relay System. An upgrade to the communications system is deliv ... more  
China conducts its first rocket launch of 2022Beijing (XNA) Jan 18, 2022 China launched a Long March 2D carrier rocket on Monday morning, kicking off the country's space program for 2022. The rocket blasted off at 10:35 am at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in ... 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  
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 |
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US calls on N.Korea to 'cease' its 'unlawful' missile launchesWashington (AFP) Jan 17, 2022 The United States called on North Korea Monday to "cease its unlawful and destabilizing activities," after Pyongyang fired two suspected ballistic missiles in its fourth weapons test this month, a State Department spokesman said. ... more  
Zero CO2 emissions 'spaceplane' parts to be manufactured in the heart of SydneySydney, 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 ... more 
Philippines to buy 32 new Black Hawk helicoptersManila (AFP) Jan 16, 2022 The Philippines will buy 32 new Black Hawk helicopters for more than $620 million, the defence secretary said Sunday, in the nation's latest big-ticket purchase to upgrade its ageing military capability. ... more  
Aliena deploys compact and fuel-efficient satellite engine into spaceSingapore (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 nanos ... 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 |
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Agency Addresses Hypersonic Vehicle Detection, Satellite SurvivabilityWashington 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 ... 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 
Indian Space Agency tests cryogenic engine for its first-ever manned missionNew Delhi (Sputnik) Jan 13, 2022 India's flagship human spaceflight mission, Gaganyaan, has completed the design and testing phases. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) plans to launch two uncrewed missions ahead of the f ... 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 |
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 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 |
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 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.
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 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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 New 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.
The 63-year-old Rawat was travelling with his wife and other senior officers in the Russian-made Mi-17 chopper, which crashed near its destination in southern Tamil Nadu state.
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 Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Jan 14, 2022 
A University of Melbourne led team have perfected a technique for embedding single atoms in a silicon wafer one-by-one. Their technology offers the potential to make quantum computers using the same methods that have given us cheap and reliable conventional devices containing billions of transistors.
"We could 'hear' the electronic click as each atom dropped into one of 10,000 sites in our ... more |
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 San Francisco CA (SPX) Jan 13, 2022 
Planet Labs reports the successful launch of its 4x Flock, consisting of 44 SuperDove satellites, into orbit on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The company has established contact with all of the SuperDove satellites, many within two minutes of the final deployment, upholding Planet's record of successfully connecting with 100% of all Planet satellites launched.
These 44 satellites will join Pla ... more |
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 Chicago IL (SPX) Jan 14, 2022 
Microplastics can deposit and linger within riverbeds for as long as seven years before washing into the ocean, a new study has found.
Because rivers are in near-constant motion, researchers previously assumed lightweight microplastics quickly flowed through rivers, rarely interacting with riverbed sediments.
Now, researchers led by Northwestern University and the University of Birmi ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jan 18, 2022 
China launched a Long March 2D carrier rocket on Monday morning, kicking off the country's space program for 2022.
The rocket blasted off at 10:35 am at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern China's Shanxi province and soon placed the Shiyan 13 experimental satellite in its preset orbit, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp said in a statement.
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 Melbourne FL (SPX) Dec 27, 2021 
L3Harris Technologies has completed the final major design milestone on the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) program Phase IIb On-orbit Prototype Demonstration and has already begun building the demonstration satellite.
Completing the CDR is the final design milestone ensuring performance, cost and schedule requirements can be met b ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Jan 17, 2022  The United States called on North Korea Monday to "cease its unlawful and destabilizing activities," after Pyongyang fired two suspected ballistic missiles in its fourth weapons test this month, a State Department spokesman said.
In a call with South Korean and Japanese officials, the US special representative on North Korea, Sung Kim "expressed concern" about the missile launches and urged ... more |
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 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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 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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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 18, 2022 
Airbus, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), NTT DOCOMO, and SKY Perfect JSAT have jointly begun studying the feasibility of collaborating on future high-altitude platform stations (HAPS)-based connectivity services as part of a future space-based wireless connectivity ecosystem.
Launched with a memorandum of understanding (MOU), the study aims to identify the early deployment ... more |
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