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  Falls Church VA (SPX) Apr 07, 2022 Lynk Global, Inc. (Lynk), the world's leading satellite-direct-to-phone telecoms company, has announced the successful launch, deployment, and initial on-orbit check-out of Lynk Tower 1. The spacecraft is the company's sixth 'cell-tower-in-space' satellite and is now in position to become the world's first commercial cell-tower-in-space. Lynk Tower 1 is the first satellite covered by Lynk's application to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for a global commercial license to operate a satellite ... read more |
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SpaceX delivers Blue Canyon built GNOMES-3 microsat to orbit for PlanetiQLafayette CO (SPX) Apr 07, 2022 Small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider Blue Canyon Technologies LLC ("BCT" or "Blue Canyon"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies, hsa announced the successful lau ... more 
UK Space Command contracts with SSTL for Carbonite+ satelliteGuildford UK (SPX) Apr 05, 2022 Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has signed a 22m pound contract with Defence Equipment and Support on behalf of UK Space Command for a 150kg satellite based on SSTL's Carbonite+. Project TYCH ... more  
York Space Systems wins 2nd major contract from Space Development AgencyDenver CO (SPX) Apr 06, 2022 York Space Systems (York), a Denver-based aerospace company dedicated to complete space mission solutions, has announced another award from the Space Development Agency (SDA), a $382 million contrac ... more 
SpaceX delivers several NanoAvionics satellites to orbitVilnius, Lithuania (SPX) Apr 07, 2022 Friday's SpaceX Transporter-4 mission included three satellites built by smallsat mission integrator NanoAvionics for multiple customers. MP42 is NanoAvionics' largest satellite built and laun ... more |
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Astranis Space Technologies signs with SpaceX for dedicated launch in 2023San Francisco CA (SPX) Apr 06, 2022 Astranis Space Technologies Corp. has signed a contract with SpaceX for a dedicated Falcon 9 launch to put four Astranis MicroGEO communications satellites into service in 2023. The Astranis p ... more 
SpinLaunch signs Space Act Agreement to test innovative mass accelerator launch systemLong Beach CA (SPX) Apr 07, 2022 SpinLaunch has signed a Space Act Agreement with NASA. Through this partnership, SpinLaunch will develop, integrate, and fly a NASA payload on the company's Suborbital Accelerator Launch System to p ... more  
Tianzhou 2 re-enters Earth's atmosphere, mostly burns upBeijing (XNA) Apr 01, 2022 China's Tianzhou 2 cargo spaceship fell back to Earth on Thursday afternoon with most of its body burnt up during the reentry process, according to the China Manned Space Agency. The agency sa ... more  
Nuclear fusion hit a milestone thanks to better reactor wallsKnoxville TN (SPX) Apr 05, 2022 Scientists at a laboratory in England have shattered the record for the amount of energy produced during a controlled, sustained fusion reaction. The production of 59 megajoules of energy over five ... more |
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SpaceX completes static fire test ahead of first private astronaut mission to ISSWashington DC (UPI) Apr 6, 2021 SpaceX on Wednesday completed a static fire test ahead of its launch of the first-ever private mission to the International Space Station, Axiom-1. ... more  
Winning technologies benefit NASA and IndustryWashington DC (SPX) Mar 31, 2022 In 2021, NASA recognized four teams from around the agency for inventions and software that will help government and private industry. The new technologies can help improve passenger flights and rem ... more  
406 Day: how Galileo helps save livesParis (ESA) Apr 06, 2022 Wednesday was the annual 406 Day, celebrating the life-saving importance of emergency beacons, named for the radio frequency they operate on, as well as the satellites that relay their signals - wit ... more 
Ax-1: why the private mission to the International Space Station is a gamechangerNottingham UK (SPX) Apr 06, 2022 It's not long since billionaires were competing to get to the "edge of space". Now, the first set of private citizens are getting ready to take a SpaceX shuttle up to the International Space Station ... more |
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Commercial research expands aboard the International Space StationHouston TX (SPX) Apr 06, 2022 The International Space Station has spent more than two decades in low-Earth orbit serving as Earth's orbiting laboratory. Groundbreaking research aboard the station in its unique microgravity envir ... more 
Elon Musk's Starlink loses frequencies in FranceParis (AFP) April 5, 2022 Starlink, the satellite internet service of tech billionaire Elon Musk, has lost its frequencies in France after a legal battle waged by environmental groups. ... more 
NASA delays final test for moon shotWashington (AFP) April 6, 2022 The latest test of NASA's giant Moon rocket SLS has been suspended to allow for a SpaceX rocket to launch later this week, the US space agency announced Tuesday. ... more 
Station waits for private astronauts during science and spacewalk prepsHouston TX (SPX) Apr 06, 2022 The seven-member Expedition 67 crew will wait an extra day to greet the first private astronauts who are due to launch this weekend to the International Space Station. In the meantime, the orbital r ... more 
In space, Russians and Americans remain 'dear friends': astronautWashington (AFP) April 5, 2022 After nearly a week back on Earth, NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei said Tuesday the relationship between US astronauts and Russian cosmonauts remained positive while on board the International Space Station, despite their countries' animosity over Moscow's February invasion of neighboring Ukraine. ... more |
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 Mumbai (AFP) April 4, 2022 
A large metal ring and sphere that villagers in rural western India said fell from the sky over the weekend could be from a Chinese rocket launched into space last year, officials told local media.
The metal ring - reportedly two to three metres (6.5-10 feet) in diameter and weighing over 40 kilogrammes (90 pounds) - was discovered in a village field in Maharashtra state late on Saturday, ... more |
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 Denver CO (SPX) Apr 06, 2022 
York Space Systems (York), a Denver-based aerospace company dedicated to complete space mission solutions, has announced another award from the Space Development Agency (SDA), a $382 million contract to York to deliver 42 satellites in support of SDA's Tranche 1 Transport Layer (T1TL). York will produce these satellites, built on the LX-CLASS standard commercial platform, in the new facility for ... more |
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Wednesday was the annual 406 Day, celebrating the life-saving importance of emergency beacons, named for the radio frequency they operate on, as well as the satellites that relay their signals - with Europe's own Galileo constellation prominent among them. While Galileo's main purpose is satellite navigation, the system also picks up distress messages from across the globe and relays them to reg ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) April 4, 2022 
The US Defense Department approved Monday the sale of eight F-16 combat aircraft to Bulgaria for $1.67 billion, bolstering its air force as the regional threat has risen after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
"The proposed sale will improve Bulgaria's capability to meet current and future threats by enabling the Bulgarian Air Force to deploy modern fighter aircraft routinely in the Black Sea re ... more |
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 Pohang, South Korea (SPX) Mar 31, 2022 
Lego blocks, beloved by both children and adults, can be assembled into set models like space shuttles or cool buildings, but also can be used to build any new structures. Like these blocks, a new technology has been proposed to assemble atomic-sized blocks into new materials.
A POSTECH research team led by Professor Cheol-Joo Kim and Ph.D. candidates Seong-Jun Yang and Ju-Hyun Jung (Depar ... more |
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 Madrid, Spain (SPX) Apr 07, 2022 
The flight model of the Scatterometer Antenna Subsystem (SAS) of the MetOp Second Generation meteorological satellites has been officially delivered after four months of extensive testing at the Airbus facility in Madrid. It will now be transferred to Airbus in Friedrichshafen (Germany) where it will be integrated into the satellite along with the other instruments.
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 Bangkok (AFP) April 6, 2022 
Thailand on Wednesday banned styrofoam packaging and single-use plastics from national parks as it fights a scourge of waste threatening wildlife.
Waters off the coast of Thailand are choked with pollution and the coronavirus pandemic has brought a surge in plastic waste as demand for takeaway food grows.
The Thai Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation said the ban ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Apr 01, 2022 
China's Tianzhou 2 cargo spaceship fell back to Earth on Thursday afternoon with most of its body burnt up during the reentry process, according to the China Manned Space Agency.
The agency said in a statement the robotic craft started to enter the atmosphere around 6:40 pm under the ground control and the extreme heat caused by air friction dismantled and destroyed most of the ship. A few ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) April 6, 2022 
The US announced Tuesday it has approved the sale of up to $95 million worth of training and equipment to support Taiwan's Patriot missile defense system, something Taipei said would help protect the island from any invasion by China.
"The proposed sale will help to sustain (Taiwan's) missile density and ensure readiness for air operations," the Pentagon's Defense Security Cooperation Agency ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) April 5, 2022  The US military announced Tuesday a new test of a hypersonic missile, as Pentagon officials seek to match or get ahead of China's and Russia's advances in the cutting-edge strategic weapons technology.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) said it had recently completed a free flight test of an aircraft-launched hypersonic missile that maintained a speed of more than Mach 5, ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 07, 2022 
Nanoparticles (which have sizes ranging between 3-500 nm), and sub-nanoclusters (which are around 1 nm in diameter) are utilized in many fields, including medicine, robotics, materials science, and engineering. Their small size and large surface-area-to-volume ratios give them unique properties, rendering them valuable in a variety of applications, ranging from pollution control to chemical synt ... more |
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 Boulder CO (SPX) Mar 30, 2022 
PickNik Robotics, a leader in robotics software and engineering services, has announced that it is collaborating with the team at Sierra Space, a leading commercial space company with 1,100 employees, more than 500 missions and over 30 years of space flight heritage. The collaboration will explore implementation of robotic autonomy and controllability for autonomous maintenance of space habitat ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) April 6, 2022 
Ukrainian soldiers are being trained in the United States to operate the deadly Switchblade drones that Washington is supplying to Kyiv, a Pentagon official said Wednesday.
Defense Department spokesman John Kirby said it was a "very small" number of Ukrainian troops who were already present in the US before Russia invaded their country.
"We took the opportunity, having them still in the ... more |
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