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March 03, 2022
ROCKET SCIENCE
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

ROCKET SCIENCE
First Platforms are Retracted Ahead of Artemis I First Rollout to Launch Pad
Cape 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
MISSILE DEFENSE
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 satelli ... more
MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
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 ne ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
NASA Announces Launch Options for 2022 Student Launch Competition
Huntsville 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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DRAGON SPACE
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 Unive ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
NASA awards SpaceX additional crew flights to Space Station
Washington 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
MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
Russian space agency says it will hold up British-owned OneWeb's launch
Washington 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 SCIENCE
Rocket Lab selects Virginia for Neutron launch pad and manufacturing complex
Long 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
ROCKET SCIENCE
New rocket to be partially reusable
Beijing, 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
ROBO SPACE
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 ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
China's new-generation rocket sends 22 satellites into space in record-setting mission
Wenchang (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
AEROSPACE
Seven dead as Romania chopper crashes, fighter jet missing
Bucharest (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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AEROSPACE
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. ... more
UAV NEWS
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 ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Rocket Lab launches 2nd satellite for the Synspective SAR constellation
Mahia, 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
SPACE MEDICINE
Repellent wrap shown to shed all viruses and bacteria
Hamilton, 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
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
At least 17 feared dead in Myanmar jade mine landslide
Yangon (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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TRADE WARS
China's Congress to focus on boosting slowing economy
Beijing (AFP) March 3, 2022
A property downturn, slowing economy and war in Ukraine loom large over this week's annual convening of China's legislature, with policymakers expected to focus on shoring up faltering growth. ... more
ENERGY TECH
Storing summer heat to use in winter
Swansea UK (SPX) Mar 02, 2022
New technology that could store heat for days or even months, helping the shift towards net zero, is the focus of a new project involving the Active Building Centre Research Programme, led by Swanse ... more
TRADE WARS
UK freezes assets of Belarusian defence chiefs
London (AFP) March 1, 2022
The UK on Tuesday announced sanctions against four senior defence figures in the Belarus regime of Alexander Lukashenko for supporting Russia's invasion of Ukraine. ... more
TRADE WARS
Equities rally as volatility eases for now
Hong Kong (AFP) March 1, 2022
Equities rose Tuesday as the volatility that has gripped markets since Russia invaded Ukraine eased slightly, though oil extended gains as the United States contemplates releasing some of its reserves to temper prices. ... more
ENERGY TECH
Metasurface-based antenna turns ambient radio waves into electric power
Tampa FL (SPX) Mar 01, 2022
Researchers have developed a new metasurface-based antenna that represents an important step toward making it practical to harvest energy from radio waves, such as the ones used in cell phone networ ... more
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