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Russia wants launch guarantees from Europe's Arianespace![]() Moscow (AFP) March 2, 2022 Russia's space agency on Wednesday demanded legal guarantees from Europe's Arianespace and OneWeb that satellites Moscow is set to launch this year will not be used for military purposes. Roscosmos also said demanded the British government had to give up its stake in OneWeb, a global satellite communications company, because of "Britain's hostile position on Russia". The statement from the Russian space agency came as President Vladimir Putin's invasion of pro-Westen Ukraine went into its sevent ... read more |
First Platforms are Retracted Ahead of Artemis I First Rollout to Launch PadCape Canaveral (SPX) Mar 03, 2022 The Artemis I Moon rocket is getting closer to rolling out of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the first time. The first two of 20 platforms su ... more
Lockheed Martin selects mission payload providers for missile warning satellite systemLittleton CO (SPX) Mar 02, 2022 Lockheed Martin has selected Raytheon Technologies to provide a second mission payload for the Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Block 0 missile warning satelli ... more
Space Development Agency awards 126 satellites to Build Tranche 1 Transport LayerWashington DC (SPX) Mar 01, 2022 The Space Development Agency (SDA) has announced the awards of three prototype agreements worth approximately $1.8 billion to establish the foundation for Tranche 1 Transport Layer (T1TL), a mesh ne ... more
NASA Announces Launch Options for 2022 Student Launch CompetitionHuntsville AL (SPX) Mar 02, 2022 NASA's 2022 Student Launch rocketry challenge will provide both in-person and virtual opportunities for the competition's culminating event. The in-person option will include a two-day event, with h ... more |
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China establishes deep space exploration laboratoryBeijing (XNA) Mar 01, 2022 China's deep space exploration laboratory has been officially inaugurated, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA). Co-established by the CNSA, Anhui Province and the Unive ... more
NASA awards SpaceX additional crew flights to Space StationWashington DC (SPX) Mar 01, 2022 NASA has awarded three additional missions to Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, for crew transportation services to the International Space Station as par ... more
Russian space agency says it will hold up British-owned OneWeb's launchWashington DC (UPI) Mar 2, 2021 Russia's invasion of Ukraine hit the space industry harder Wednesday after Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, said it would hold up the launch of satellites for a company with British ownership. ... more
Rocket Lab selects Virginia for Neutron launch pad and manufacturing complexLong Beach CA (SPX) Mar 01, 2022 Rocket Lab USA, Inc (Nasdaq: RKLB) has selected Wallops Island, Virginia, as the location for its first launch site and extensive manufacturing and operations facilities, for its 8-ton payload class ... more |
New rocket to be partially reusableBeijing, China (SPX) Mar 01, 2022 China's next-generation rocket designed to carry astronauts will be multifunctional and partly reusable, according to a senior rocket scientist. Wang Xiaojun, president of the China Academy of ... more
Australian startups join forces to test AI computing in spaceAdelaide, Australia (SPX) Mar 02, 2022 Two emerging Australian space startups - AICRAFT and Antaris Space Space - have signed of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to test new Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) models ... more
China's new-generation rocket sends 22 satellites into space in record-setting missionWenchang (XNA) Mar 01, 2022 China launched a Long March-8 rocket to place 22 satellites in space on Sunday, setting a domestic record for the most spacecraft launched by a single rocket. The rocket blasted off at 11:06 a ... more
Seven dead as Romania chopper crashes, fighter jet missingBucharest (AFP) March 3, 2022 Seven military personnel died after their helicopter crashed on Wednesday in eastern Romania near the Black Sea while searching for a missing fighter jet and its pilot, officials said. ... more |
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Low-profile Russian air force puzzles Western expertsParis (AFP) March 1, 2022 Russia's air force still does not enjoy total superiority in the skies above Ukraine despite its overwhelming numerical advantage, part of the reason for the army's slow progress on the ground, experts say. ... more
AFRL awards contract for the Mjolnir anti-drone projectKirtland AFB NM (SPX) Mar 01, 2022 The Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded a contract for Mjolnir, a next-generation counter electronics weapon system, to defend against adversarial drone activity, to Leidos Inc. Building ... more
Rocket Lab launches 2nd satellite for the Synspective SAR constellationMahia, New Zealand (SPX) Mar 01, 2022 Rocket Lab USA, Inc (Nasdaq: RKLB), a leading launch and space systems company, has successfully deployed a second Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite to orbit for data and solutions provider S ... more
Repellent wrap shown to shed all viruses and bacteriaHamilton, Canada (SPX) Mar 01, 2022 New research by the inventors of a promising pathogen-repellent wrap has confirmed that it sheds not only bacteria, as previously proven, but also viruses, boosting its potential usefulness for inte ... more
At least 17 feared dead in Myanmar jade mine landslideYangon (AFP) March 1, 2022 At least 17 people are feared dead after a landslide trapped dozens of workers inside a Myanmar jade mine, sources and local media said Tuesday. ... more |
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Using artificial intelligence to find anomalies hiding in massive datasets Boston MA (SPX) Feb 28, 2022
Identifying a malfunction in the nation's power grid can be like trying to find a needle in an enormous haystack. Hundreds of thousands of interrelated sensors spread across the U.S. capture data on electric current, voltage, and other critical information in real time, often taking multiple recordings per second.
Researchers at the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab have devised a computationally effi ... more |
Space Development Agency awards 126 satellites to Build Tranche 1 Transport Layer Washington DC (SPX) Mar 01, 2022
The Space Development Agency (SDA) has announced the awards of three prototype agreements worth approximately $1.8 billion to establish the foundation for Tranche 1 Transport Layer (T1TL), a mesh network of 126 optically-interconnected space vehicles (SV) that will provide a resilient, low-latency, high-volume data transport communication system, and be ready for launch starting in September 202 ... more |
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Northrop Grumman equips US Marines with Next Generation Handheld Targeting Device Apopka FL (SPX) Feb 23, 2022
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has been selected to provide the U.S. Marine Corps with the Next Generation Handheld Targeting System (NGHTS). This compact targeting device provides unparalleled precision targeting and is capable of operation in GPS-denied environments.
"NGHTS will significantly enhance the ability of Marines to identify ground targets under a wide range of condit ... more |
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Low-profile Russian air force puzzles Western experts Paris (AFP) March 1, 2022
Russia's air force still does not enjoy total superiority in the skies above Ukraine despite its overwhelming numerical advantage, part of the reason for the army's slow progress on the ground, experts say.
According to strategic intelligence research service Janes, Russia's air force comprises 132 bombers versus none for Ukraine, 832 fighter jets against 86 for Ukraine, and 358 transport pl ... more |
Surprising semiconductor properties revealed with innovative new method Richland WA (SPX) Mar 02, 2022 |
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Study reveals chemical link between wildfire smoke and ozone depletion Boston MA (SPX) Mar 02, 2022
The Australian wildfires in 2019 and 2020 were historic for how far and fast they spread, and for how long and powerfully they burned. All told, the devastating "Black Summer" fires blazed across more than 43 million acres of land, and extinguished or displaced nearly 3 billion animals. The fires also injected over 1 million tons of smoke particles into the atmosphere, reaching up to 35 kilomete ... more |
UN takes 'historic' step toward global treaty on plastic trash Nairobi (AFP) March 2, 2022 The United Nations on Wednesday agreed to start negotiating a world-first global treaty on plastic pollution in what has been hailed as a watershed moment for the planet.
Nearly 200 nations at the UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi unanimously agreed to create an intergovernmental committee to negotiate and finalise a legally binding plastics treaty by 2024.
UNEA chair Espen Barthe Eide ... more |
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China establishes deep space exploration laboratory Beijing (XNA) Mar 01, 2022
China's deep space exploration laboratory has been officially inaugurated, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA).
Co-established by the CNSA, Anhui Province and the University of Science and Technology of China, the laboratory is headquartered in Hefei.
It will carry out science and technology research focusing on major national projects in the field of deep spa ... more |
Lockheed Martin selects mission payload providers for missile warning satellite system Littleton CO (SPX) Mar 02, 2022
Lockheed Martin has selected Raytheon Technologies to provide a second mission payload for the Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Block 0 missile warning satellite system - also known as NGG. Both Raytheon Technologies and Northrop Grumman are each already on contract to provide one mission payload for the three-satellite procurement.
Lockheed Martin is ... more |
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Britain, France strike deal to develop new missiles Paris (AFP) Feb 18, 2022
Britain and France have signed a deal to jointly develop new cruise and anti-ship missiles, their defence procurement agencies and manufacturer MDBA said Friday, after months of cross-Channel defence tensions over a submarine deal with Australia.
Paris and London "have confirmed the launch of the preparation works for the Future Cruise / Anti-Ship Weapon," European missile specialist MBDA sa ... more |
Ring my string: Building silicon nano-strings Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 01, 2022 |
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Australian startups join forces to test AI computing in space Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Mar 02, 2022
Two emerging Australian space startups - AICRAFT and Antaris Space Space - have signed of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to test new Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) models in space, with the goal of developing and space-qualifying new computational capabilities for satellite-based applications.
Under the MoU the two startups, who are both members of the SmartSAT C ... more |
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AFRL awards contract for the Mjolnir anti-drone project Kirtland AFB NM (SPX) Mar 01, 2022
The Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded a contract for Mjolnir, a next-generation counter electronics weapon system, to defend against adversarial drone activity, to Leidos Inc.
Building upon the success of the Tactical High-Power Operational Responder (THOR) technology demonstrator, Leidos will build an advanced high power microwave (HPM) weapon system to bring the newest technology ... more |
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