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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 |
US renews space flights with Russia in rare cooperationWashington (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
Space Systems Command awards GPS support contract to Lockheed MartinLos 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
SKYNET 6A satellite passes Critical Design ReviewStevenage 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
NASA, Northrop Grumman to test fire future Artemis booster motorHuntsville 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 Lab's MAX Flight Software surpasses 50th mission milestoneLong 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
Dragon docks at ISS to deliver various science payloadsWashington 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
Third Tianlian II-series satellite launchedBeijing (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
PPPL scientists propose solution to a long-puzzling fusion problemPrinceton 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 |
A little piece of Washington state blasted into space this weekRichland 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
NASA, SpaceX launch climate science research to ISSKennedy 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
Short space trips for paying passengers on the wayBeijing (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
Vega-C completes inaugural flightKourou, 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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AI CubeSat headed to Van Allen Belts on Vega-CParis (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
Maiden Flight of Vega-C: Top of new European rocket from Beyond GravityZurich, 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
First encounter between the Ariane 6 central core and launch pad for combined testsKourou, 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
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
14 dead in military helicopter crash in MexicoMexico City (AFP) July 16, 2022 Fourteen people were killed when a military helicopter crashed on Friday in northwestern Mexico, the navy said. ... more |
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MDA awarded contract by York Space Systems Toronto, Canada (SPX) Jul 13, 2022
has been awarded a contract from York Space Systems. The contract will see MDA design and build Ka-Band steerable antennas for satellites to be produced by York Space Systems.
"We're excited to establish this new relationship for satellite systems with York Space Systems to support important space security and communications constellations," said Mike Greenley, CEO of MDA. "This contract r ... more |
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.
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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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 support contract provides specialized sustainment services to maintain the GPS IIR/IIR-M/III/IIIF space vehicles and signal in space, and meet evolving requirements for a resilient system for the joint wa ... more |
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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.
"A Black Hawk helicopter was involved in an accident, the cause of which is unknown at this time," a statement said.
It said the aircraft was carrying 15 people and the sole survivor was receiving medical treatment after the crash in the state of Sinaloa.
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Optical wireless: The new frontier for self-driving vehicles and portable devices in a chip Milan, Italy (SPX) Jul 08, 2022
A study by the Politecnico di Milano, conducted together with Stanford University, the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Pisa and the University of Glasgow and published in the prestigious journal Light: Science and Applications, has found a way to separate and distinguish optical beams even if they are superimposed and the form in which they arrive at their destination is drastically changed and un ... more |
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China launches two new satellites Beijing (XNA) Jul 17, 2022
China on Saturday launched a Long March-2C carrier rocket to place two satellites in space.
The pair of satellites, Siwei 03 and 04, were lifted at 6:57 a.m. (Beijing Time) from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in the northern province of Shanxi and soon entered the preset orbit.
They will provide commercial remote sensing services for sectors such as land resources investigation, ... more |
Kyiv sounds alarm over war-ravaged nature, EU vows aid Prague (AFP) July 13, 2022
The war in Ukraine has destroyed forests, polluted fields and filled them with mines, and contaminated water, a Kyiv official told EU environment ministers who pledged help on Wednesday.
At an informal EU meeting in Prague, which holds the rotating EU presidency, Ukrainian Environment Minister Ruslan Strilets said the Russian invasion had damaged three million hectares of Ukrainian forests. ... more |
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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 off at 12:29 am from 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 Sc ... more |
Canada announces new Arctic air, missile defenses with US Ottawa (AFP) June 20, 2022 Canada's defense minister announced upgrades to Arctic air and missile defenses with the United States on Monday, citing growing threats from Russia and new technologies such as hypersonic missiles.
At a news conference at Canada's largest air base in Trenton, Ontario, Minister Anita Anand outlined Can$4.9 billion (US$3.8 billion) in military spending over the next six years.
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Lockheed Martin Delivers First Modernized M270A2 To US Army Joint All Domain Operations (JADO)
Camden AK (SPX) Jul 13, 2022
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) delivered the first Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) M270A2 launcher to the U.S. Army in a ceremony at the Precision Fires Center of Excellence in Camden, Arkansas.
"This delivery represents a significant milestone for Lockheed Martin as the modernized system will support the Army and allied partners for decades to come," said J ... more |
Towards stable, sustained Raman imaging of large samples at the nanoscale Tokushima, Japan (SPX) Jul 17, 2022
Raman spectroscopy, an optical microscopy technique, is a non-destructive chemical analysis technique that provides rich molecular fingerprint information about chemical structure, phase, crystallinity, and molecular interactions. The technique relies on the interaction of light with chemical bonds within a material.
However, since light is a wave, optical microscopes are unable to resolve ... more |
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Bees' 'waggle dance' may revolutionize how robots talk to each other in disaster zones Bangalore, India (SPX) Jul 14, 2022
Where are those flowers and how far away are they? This is the crux of the 'waggle dance' performed by honeybees to alert others to the location of nectar-rich flowers. A new study in Frontiers in Robotics and AI has taken inspiration from this technique to devise a way for robots to communicate. The first robot traces a shape on the floor, and the shape's orientation and the time it takes to tr ... more |
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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.
Iran's military hosted two showcases for Russian delegations at the Kashan airfield, on June 8 and again on July 5, Sullivan said in a statement.
Satellite imagery released by the White House s ... more |
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