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  Washington DC (UPI) Sep 24, 2021 Elon Musk's SpaceX sent 52 more Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit on Saturday as the company continues weekly launches to build out its constellation. The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 7:32 p.m., SpaceX said in a news release. The first stage landed on the A Shortfall of Gravitas drone ship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean about nine minutes later. It previously launched SES-22 and two Starlink missions. ... read more |
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NASA scraps Tuesday Moon launch due to stormWashington (AFP) Sept 24, 2022 NASA has called off the scheduled Tuesday launch of its historic uncrewed mission to the Moon due to a tropical storm that is forecast to strengthen as it approaches Florida. ... more  
American, Russians reach space station as war rages in UkraineBaikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) Sept 21, 2022 A US astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts have arrived safely at the International Space Station (ISS), NASA said Wednesday, after blasting off on a Russian-operated flight in a rare instance of cooperation between Moscow and Washington. ... more  
China's manned space program attracts more public attentionBeijing (XNA) Sep 22, 2022 China's manned space program, initiated 30 years ago, has grown more popular among Chinese people, who return with extensive support and a vision for space exploration. On Sept. 21, 1992, Chin ... more  
Four-legged jumping robots LEAP to explore the MoonBrussels, Belgium (SPX) Sep 22, 2022 A four-legged robot trained through artificial intelligence has learned the same lesson as the Apollo astronauts - that jumping can be the best way to move around on the surface the Moon. An update ... more |
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Weightless on Earth with VivaldiParis (ESA) Sep 22, 2022 During missions on the International Space Station, astronauts' bodies go through a wide array of changes due to lack of gravity - everything from vision to cardiovascular health to bone density is ... more 
The Perseverance robotic arm tightrope of abrasion proximity sciencePasadena CA (JPL) Sep 22, 2022 The SHERLOC and PIXL proximity science instruments on Perseverance have enabled more detailed observations of Martian chemistry and minerology than ever before. PIXL can isolate features as small as ... more 
Taikonauts in orbit salute China's manned space program on 30th anniversaryBeijing (XNA) Sep 22, 2022 The Shenzhou-XIV taikonauts, who are aboard the Tiangong space station, gave an off-Earth salute to all participants in China's 30-year manned space program on Wednesday. In a celebratory vide ... more  
Somewear Labs raises $13M Series A roundSan Francisco CA (SPX) Sep 25, 2022 Somewear Labs, the enabler of critical communications for the world's most important organizations, reports it has raised $13.7 million in a Series A funding round. The round was led by a grou ... more |
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Maritime Launch and Nanoracks partner with Ukraine to develop a cubesat program for Ukrainian UniversitiesParis, France (SPX) Sep 21, 2022 Maritime Launch Services Inc. (NEO: MAXQ, OTCQB: MAXQF) and Nanoracks have signed a Letter of Intent with State Space Agency of Ukraine to support the development of a CubeSat program in Ukraine. St ... more 
Rocket Lab selects NASA Stennis Space Center for Neutron Engine Test FacilityLong Beach CA (SPX) Sep 22, 2022 Rocket Lab USA, Inc (Nasdaq: RKLB) has selected NASA's historic Stennis Space Center in Mississippi as the location of its engine test facility for its reusable rocket, Neutron. The Archimedes ... more 
Gilmour Space announces first 'Caravan' rideshare mission to LEOParis, France (SPX) Sep 21, 2022 Australian launch services company, Gilmour Space Technologies, has announced that it will launch a dedicated rideshare mission into low earth orbit (LEO) in late 2024. Unlike most rocket laun ... more 
Kayhan Space and Precious Payload team to boost access to space traffic managementParis, France (SPX) Sep 22, 2022 With satellite and mission operators grappling with unprecedented congestion in space, Kayhan Space and Precious Payload has announced a strategic partnership to provide more access to breakthrough ... more |
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Maritime Launch and Skyrora partner to launch Skyrora XL from Spaceport Nova ScotiaParis, France (SPX) Sep 22, 2022 Maritime Launch Services Inc. (Maritime Launch) (NEO: MAXQ, OTCQB: MAXQF) and Skyrora are pleased to announce that they have signed a Letter of Intent to launch Skyrora XL from Spaceport Nova Scotia ... more 
American, Russians to blast off for ISS as war rages in UkraineBaikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) Sept 21, 2022 A US astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts are set to blast off to the International Space Station Wednesday on a Russian-operated flight despite soaring tensions between Moscow and Washington over Russia's invasion of Ukraine. ... more  
Switzerland signs contract for 36 US fighter jetsGeneva (AFP) Sept 19, 2022 Switzerland signed a controversial contract on Monday to buy 36 US F-35 stealth fighter jets at a cost of more than six billion francs ($6.2 billion). ... more  
In the Ukrainian army, Soviet-era artillery bows outMykolaiv, Ukraine (AFP) Sept 20, 2022 Lurking in a gulley in a Ukrainian forest grove, the ageing Soviet-era Akatsiya 2S3 howitzer may be advanced in years but is not being retired just yet. ... more  
Outpost completes successful flight tests of their autonomous paragliderParis, France (SPX) Sep 25, 2022 During a technical session at IAC, Michael Vergalla, CTO of Outpost, presented a paper on the findings of Outpost's two successful flight tests on a breakthrough technology of an autonomous paraglid ... more |
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 Traverse City MIw (SPX) Sep 25, 2022 
ATLAS Space Operations, the leading provider of Ground Software as a Service (GSaaS), has announced the award of a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II award to develop their Space Domain Awareness (SDA) capabilities. This effort will use ATLAS software and hardware to increase ATLAS' ability to conduct passive RF observations of on-orbit assets.
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 San Francisco CA (SPX) Sep 25, 2022 
Somewear Labs, the enabler of critical communications for the world's most important organizations, reports it has raised $13.7 million in a Series A funding round.
The round was led by a group of over a dozen current and former Fortune 500 CEOs and legendary investors, chaired by David Dorman (former CEO of AT&T and former Chairman of Motorola), and including Egon Durban (Co-CEO of Silver ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Sep 02, 2022 
Europe's latest Galileo satellites in space have joined the operational constellation, transmitting navigation signals to three billion users across planet Earth as well as relaying distress calls to rescuers. Their entry into service follows a summer test campaign and will result in a measurable increase in positioning accuracy and improved data delivery performance of the overall Galileo syste ... more |
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 Geneva (AFP) Sept 19, 2022 
Switzerland signed a controversial contract on Monday to buy 36 US F-35 stealth fighter jets at a cost of more than six billion francs ($6.2 billion).
"National Armaments Director Martin Sonderegger and the Swiss F-35A Program Manager Darko Savic signed the procurement contract on 19 September 2022 at armasuisse in Bern," said armasuisse, the country's arms procurement agency.
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 Paris, France (SPX) Sep 25, 2022 
CAES, a leader in advanced mission-critical electronics for aerospace and defence, announced that it has won multiple contracts with the European Space Agency (ESA) for the development of the GR765 System-on-Chip (SOC), the first user selectable CPU for space. This next-generation, radiation-hardened device will allow users to select between the LEON5 SPARC V8 or NOEL-V RISC-V RV64 processor cor ... more |
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 Vienna VA (SPX) Sep 22, 2022 
Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR), has been awarded as part of Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Delivery Order 5 of the contract issued by the National Oceanographic and Oceanic Administration (NOAA), for commercially available space-based radio occultation (RO).
The award, valued at $9.9 million, is the third multi-million dollar NOAA contract Spire has received in FY22.
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 Washington (AFP) Sept 21, 2022 
US senators voted Wednesday to sign on to a global agreement to drastically cut the use of a group of powerful greenhouse gasses commonly found in refrigerators and air conditioners.
The super-pollutants, known as hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), can be hundreds to thousands of times more potent than carbon dioxide at trapping heat in the atmosphere, exacerbating the climate crisis.
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 Beijing (XNA) Sep 22, 2022 
The Shenzhou-XIV taikonauts, who are aboard the Tiangong space station, gave an off-Earth salute to all participants in China's 30-year manned space program on Wednesday.
In a celebratory video message released by the China Manned Space Agency, taikonauts Chen Dong, Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe raised their right hands to their heads, expressing their appreciation for the country's accomplishmen ... more |
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 Huntsville AL (SPX) Aug 09, 2022 
Lockheed Martin recently validated prototype communications radio technology for the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) during a recent test milestone.
The NGI's mission is to protect the U.S. homeland from increasing and evolving intercontinental ballistic missile threats. Critically, the interceptor and its components must be able to receive and share data from the ground and throughout t ... more |
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 New Delhi (AFP) Aug 23, 2022 
The Indian air force on Tuesday sacked three officers for the accidental firing of a cruise missile into nuclear-armed rival Pakistan following a months-long investigation by New Delhi.
The unarmed BrahMos surface-to-surface supersonic missile was accidently launched from a secret military base in northern India in early March before the projectile landed roughly 125 kilometers inside Pakist ... more |
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 Raleigh NC (SPX) Sep 06, 2022 
Researchers looking to synthesize a brighter and more stable nanoparticle for optical applications found that their creation instead exhibited a more surprising property: bursts of superfluorescence that occurred at both room temperature and regular intervals. The work could lead to the development of faster microchips, neurosensors, or materials for use in quantum computing applications, as wel ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 22, 2022 
The SHERLOC and PIXL proximity science instruments on Perseverance have enabled more detailed observations of Martian chemistry and minerology than ever before. PIXL can isolate features as small as a grain of sand. To achieve this, these instruments on the end of the robotic arm must be placed at a precise distance from the feature of interest - very close, but not too close. PIXL even has a "h ... more |
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 Paris, France (SPX) Sep 25, 2022 
During a technical session at IAC, Michael Vergalla, CTO of Outpost, presented a paper on the findings of Outpost's two successful flight tests on a breakthrough technology of an autonomous paraglider re-entry system to enable industry-leading payload Earth return capabilities from orbit.
The tests, conducted in April 2022, are a huge milestone for Outpost in creating a technology that wil ... more |
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