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July 18, 2022
MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
New satellite series adds capabilities to China's data relay capacity



Beijing (XNA) Jul 15, 2022
China launched a Tianlian II series satellite early on Wednesday morning to form a global-covering network of the country's second-generation relay satellites. A Long March 3B carrier rocket blasted off at 12:30 am at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwestern China's Sichuan province and then placed the Tianlian II-03 satellite into a geostationary orbit, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, the country's leading space contractor. The State-owned conglomerate s ... read more

SPACE TRAVEL
US renews space flights with Russia in rare cooperation
Washington (AFP) July 15, 2022
The United States and Russia said Friday they would renew flights together to the International Space Station, preserving one of the last areas of cooperation amid Western attempts to isolate Moscow over the invasion of Ukraine. ... more
GPS NEWS
Space Systems Command awards GPS support contract to Lockheed Martin
Los Angeles AFB CA (SPX) Jul 15, 2022
Space Systems Command awarded Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company the contract to deliver operations and sustainment support services for the Global Positioning System IIR/IIR-M/III/IIIF. The supp ... more
MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
SKYNET 6A satellite passes Critical Design Review
Stevenage UK (SPX) Jul 15, 2022
Airbus has achieved a key milestone with the successful completion of the Critical Design Review (CDR) of the UK Ministry of Defence's (MOD) next secure military communications satellite, SKYNET 6A. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
NASA, Northrop Grumman to test fire future Artemis booster motor
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jul 17, 2022
NASA and Northrop Grumman will perform a full-scale static test of a Space Launch System (SLS) solid rocket booster motor at Northrop Grumman's Promontory, Utah, test facility July 21. Engineers wil ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE
Rocket Lab's MAX Flight Software surpasses 50th mission milestone
Long Beach CA (SPX) Jul 15, 2022
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has achieved a major milestone in Q2 with its MAX Flight Software now operating on 53 spacecraft, for a cumulative 161 years in space. Developed by Colorado ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Dragon docks at ISS to deliver various science payloads
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 17, 2022
While the International Space Station was traveling more than 267 miles over the South Atlantic Ocean, the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft autonomously docked to the forward-facing port of the statio ... more
DRAGON SPACE
Third Tianlian II-series satellite launched
Beijing (XNA) Jul 13, 2022
China launched a Tianlian II-series satellite early on Wednesday morning to form a global network of the country's second-generation relay satellites. A Long March 3B carrier rocket blasted of ... more
ENERGY TECH
PPPL scientists propose solution to a long-puzzling fusion problem
Princeton NJ (SPX) Jul 14, 2022
The paradox startled scientists at the U.S Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) more than a dozen years ago. The more heat they beamed into a spherical tokamak, a ... more
SPACE MEDICINE
A little piece of Washington state blasted into space this week
Richland WA (SPX) Jul 17, 2022
A tiny piece of rural Washington state-and some of its "inhabitants"- blasted off into space from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, July 14. The inhabitants are bacteria that live i ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
NASA, SpaceX launch climate science research to ISS
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Jul 15, 2022
A SpaceX Dragon resupply spacecraft carrying more than 5,800 pounds of science experiments, crew supplies, and other cargo is on its way to the International Space Station after launching at 8:44 p. ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Short space trips for paying passengers on the way
Beijing (XNA) Jul 14, 2022
CAS Space, a Beijing-based rocket company owned by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, is designing a set of reusable rocket and spacecraft, with the aim of sending paying passengers on short trips int ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Vega-C completes inaugural flight
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jul 14, 2022
Flight VV21 lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana at 15:13 CEST on Wednesday 13 July (14:13 BST/10:13 Kourou local time). This mission lasted about 2 hours and 15 minutes from liftoff ... more

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MICROSAT BLITZ
AI CubeSat headed to Van Allen Belts on Vega-C
Paris (ESA) Jul 14, 2022
An ESA-financed nanosatellite, due to lift off aboard the inaugural flight of Vega-C Wednesday, will operate an AI system in the harsh, radiation-wracked environment of the Van Allen Belts. The shoe ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Maiden Flight of Vega-C: Top of new European rocket from Beyond Gravity
Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jul 13, 2022
Beyond Gravity (formerly RUAG Space) delivered the payload fairing, the top of the new medium-lift European rocket Vega-C, which will launch tomorrow. Beyond Gravity also produced the launcher compu ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
First encounter between the Ariane 6 central core and launch pad for combined tests
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jul 13, 2022
The Ariane 6 central core (composed of the core stage and upper stage), assembled on 23 June, left the Launcher Assembly Building for the first time, en route to its new launch pad, which was built ... more
UAV NEWS
Russia visits Iran twice in last month to assess drones;Iran unveils naval UAV division
Washington (AFP) July 16, 2022
Russian officials have recently visited Iran twice to assess combat drones, US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Saturday, as Moscow looks to bolster its arsenal for the war in Ukraine. ... more
AEROSPACE
14 dead in military helicopter crash in Mexico
Mexico City (AFP) July 16, 2022
Fourteen people were killed when a military helicopter crashed on Friday in northwestern Mexico, the navy said. ... more
MISSILE NEWS


Himars precision rockets shift the balance in Ukraine: experts

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ROCKET SCIENCE
Skyrora opens UK's largest rocket engine manufacturing facility
London, UK (SPX) Jul 14, 2022
UK rocket company Skyrora has taken another important stride towards achieving a sovereign orbital launch from British soil by opening a new manufacturing and production facility, the largest of its ... more
MILTECH
DARPA 'SNAPs' up new tools for predicting warfighter readiness
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 15, 2022
Seeking to revolutionize how the Department of Defense (DoD) objectively measures individual warfighter readiness, DARPA's newest biotechnology funding opportunity aims to develop a hand-held predic ... more
AEROSPACE
Aviation buzzing for return of Farnborough airshow
London (AFP) July 15, 2022
Aviation's biggest players descend on the renowned Farnborough airshow next week, buoyed by the travel sector's nascent recovery from the Covid pandemic and as Russia's invasion of Ukraine boosts defence spending. ... more
MISSILE NEWS
Operational Fires Program completes first flight test
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 14, 2022
DARPA's Operational Fires (OpFires) program has successfully executed its first flight test at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The OpFires system achieved all test objectives, including fir ... more
UAV NEWS
US drone strike kills Islamic State Syria chief: Pentagon
Washington (AFP) July 12, 2022
A man who US officials called the leader of the Islamic State militant group in Syria was killed Tuesday in a drone strike while riding a motorcycle in the northern part of the country, the Pentagon and local organizations said. ... more
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Airbus has achieved a key milestone with the successful completion of the Critical Design Review (CDR) of the UK Ministry of Defence's (MOD) next secure military communications satellite, SKYNET 6A. Richard Franklin, Managing Director of Airbus Defence and Space UK said: "Achieving this crucial milestone is tangible proof that in partnership with Defence Digital in the Ministry of Defence ... more
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