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SpaceX aborts launch of two communication satellites into orbit![]() Washington DC (UPI) Oct 7, 2021 The launch of two SpaceX communications satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Friday was aborted again and is now scheduled for Saturday. The Galaxy 33 and 34 satellites had been scheduled to lift off at 7:06 p.m. and to help the telecommunications company Intelsat maintain service in North America. However, the launch was bumped back a day to Saturday night. SpaceX made the announcement on Twitter but did not give a reason. The launch was originally set for Thursd ... read more |
Successful TEXUS 57 Launch - the weightless world above the Arctic CircleKiruna, Sweden (SPX) Oct 07, 2022 The TEXUS 57 sounding rocket was successfully launched on the first launch attempt on 1 October at 08:26 local time (06:26 UTC) from the Esrange Space Centre in Sweden to enable microgravity experim ... more
US flies Russian cosmonaut to ISS as Ukraine conflict ragesWashington (AFP) Oct 6, 2022 A SpaceX capsule carrying a Russian crew member docked Thursday with the International Space Station on a NASA mission that carries significant symbolism amid the war in Ukraine. ... more
Rocket Lab to launch environmental monitoring satellite for General AtomicsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 05, 2022 Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) is preparing to launch its 31st Electron rocket and 151st satellite to orbit during a dedicated mission for General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) on Fr ... more
AFRL Commander moderates Future Of Propulsion Panel At AFA Air, Space, Cyber ConferenceNational Harbor MD (SPX) Oct 06, 2022 Maj. Gen. Heather Pringle, Air Force Research Laboratory commander, moderated a future of propulsion panel comprised of Air Force experts Sept. 21, 2022, during the Air and Space Force Association's ... more |
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A new high-temperature plasma operating mode for fusion energy discovered at the Korean Artificial Sun, KSTARDaejeon, South Korea (SPX) Oct 06, 2022 Korea Institute of Fusion Energy (KFE) and Seoul National University (SNU) research team announced that they have discovered a new plasma operating mode that can improve plasma performance for fusio ... more
First successful test of the Ariane 6 upper stage at DLR LampoldshausenLampoldshausen, Germany (SPX) Oct 07, 2022 The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) site in Lampoldshausen successfully tested the upper stage of Ariane 6 for the first time on 5 October 2022. A hot-fire t ... more
Viasat to sell its Link 16 Tactical Data Links business to L3Harris TechnologiesCarlsbad CA (SPX) Oct 06, 2022 Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), a global leader in satellite communications, reports it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Link 16 Tactical Data Links (TDL) business to L3Harris Technol ... more
NASA's upgraded Mobile Mission Control Center to analyze Advanced Air Mobility flight testsEdwards AFB CA (SPX) Oct 06, 2022 NASA recently unveiled a series of upgrades to its Mobile Operations Facility (MOF), a specially outfitted mission control center on wheels housed at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwar ... more |
NASA study finds climate extremes affect landslides in surprising waysPasadena CA (JPL) Oct 06, 2022 Climate change is driving more volatile precipitation patterns around the world - very dry stretches punctuated by storms that drop large amounts of rain or snow in a short amount of time. While wet ... more
Micro Meat and Orbital Assembly team up on space-based food production ventureHuntsville AL (SPX) Oct 07, 2022 Micro Meat, a pioneer in the alternative protein industry, and Orbital Assembly (OA), developer of space-based business parks with variable gravity, have signed a memorandum of understanding to co-d ... more
Australia seeks to grow plants on Moon by 2025Sydney (AFP) Oct 6, 2022 Australian scientists are trying to grow plants on the Moon by 2025 in a new mission unveiled Friday that they said could help pave the way for a future colony. ... more
DART Mission photos came from NASA's first use of Argotec microsatelliteTurin, Italy (SPX) Oct 06, 2022 When NASA's DART spacecraft successfully hit the asteroid Dimorphos, the closest cameras that captured the impact were on LICIACube, a microsatellite built by Argotec. The next closest cameras were ... more |
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Russia space agency seeking to extend ISS participation past 2024: officialWashington (AFP) Oct 4, 2022 Russia's space agency is discussing with Moscow a continuation of its participation in the International Space Station past 2024, a Roscosmos official said Monday. ... more
SpaceX's Crew 5 mission blasts off to ISS with Russian cosmonaut onboardWashington DC (UPI) Oct 5, 2021 NASA and SpaceX's Crew 5 mission lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at noon EDT on Wednesday and is on its way to the International Space Station. ... more
Virgin Orbit's next rocket ready for CornwallMojave CA (SPX) Oct 06, 2022 Virgin Orbit (Nasdaq: VORB), a leading responsive launch provider, reports that its latest rocket has completed a full launch rehearsal and is now ready for flight. The window for the company's next ... more
Ad-block this: Advertisers ready to hit you with commercials from spaceMoscow, Russia (SPX) Oct 06, 2022 Researchers from Skoltech and MIPT have studied the economic feasibility of a space advertising mission that would launch a formation of satellites into orbit to reflect sunlight and display commerc ... more
SpinLaunch completes Flight Test 10Long Beach CA (SPX) Oct 05, 2022 SpinLaunch has announced the results of its tenth successful Flight Test of its Suborbital Accelerator from Spaceport America, New Mexico. The flight test, which occurred on September 27, 2022, demo ... more |
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Solstar provides assured communications for deorbiting LEO satellites as FCC issues new order Santa Fe NM (SPX) Oct 06, 2022
Solstar Space (Solstar), the company making persistent in-orbit communications available, announced its currently in development, Deke Space Communicator will provide a cost-effective and easy communications solution to support end-of-life decommissioning of spacecraft. When installed on satellites prior to initial launch, the Solstar Deke Space Communicator will give satellite operators persist ... more |
Viasat to sell its Link 16 Tactical Data Links business to L3Harris Technologies Carlsbad CA (SPX) Oct 06, 2022
Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), a global leader in satellite communications, reports it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Link 16 Tactical Data Links (TDL) business to L3Harris Technologies for $1.96 billion, subject to customary transaction adjustments in accordance with the agreement. The sale is expected to result in cash proceeds to Viasat of approximately $1.8 billion net afte ... more |
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Taoglas' multi-band GNSS front ends simplify and accelerate product development Las Vegas NV (SPX) Sep 29, 2022
Taoglas, a leading provider of advanced components for a smarter world, launches their first in a new series of high precision, multi-band GNSS front ends for autonomous vehicles, precision agriculture, automotive, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and robotics at Mobile World Congress (MWC 2022).
The new TFM.110A comes fully integrated with two cascaded low noise amplifiers (LNA) and pre-fil ... more |
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Eyeing China, India unveils high-altitude helicopters Jodhpur, India (AFP) Oct 3, 2022
India unveiled on Monday its first batch of locally-made attack helicopters, designed primarily for use in high-altitude areas like the Himalayas where its troops clashed with China in 2020.
The Light Combat Helicopters are seen as another milestone in Indian efforts to reduce dependence on Russia, its main source of arms, and other suppliers.
The choppers made by Hindustan Aeronautics L ... more |
US tightens chip export controls to China Washington (AFP) Oct 8, 2022
The United States announced new export controls Friday aimed at restricting China's ability to buy and manufacture high-end chips with military applications, stepping up tensions between the countries.
The moves complicate Beijing's push to further its own semiconductor industry and develop advanced military systems, and come days ahead of a major party congress in China at which President X ... more |
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Uploading the Cloud Imager Friedrichshafen, Germany (SPX) Oct 06, 2022
The development of Europe's second generation polar-orbiting weather satellites has reached another decisive milestone with the installation of the Ice Cloud Imager Instrument (ICI) onto the MetOp-SG-B satellite. The novel sensor has now been successfully integrated at Airbus' Satellite Integration Centre in Friedrichshafen, Germany. ICI is one of the five instruments on board this next generati ... more |
Plastic gobbling enzymes in worm spit may help ease pollution Paris (AFP) Oct 4, 2022
Enzymes found in the saliva of wax worms can degrade one of the most common forms of plastic waste, according to research published Tuesday that could open up new ways of dealing with plastic pollution.
Humans produce some 400 million tonnes of plastic waste each year despite international drives to reduce single-use plastics and to increase recycling.
Around a third is polyethylene, a ... more |
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Tiangong space station marks key step in assembly Beijing (XNA) Oct 06, 2022
The Wentian lab module of China's Tiangong space station has been repositioned to dock with a radial port on the station's Tianhe core module on Friday afternoon, which marked a key step in Tiangong's in-orbit assembly, according to the China Manned Space Agency.
The agency said in a news release that during the hour-long operation that finished at 12:44 pm, Wentian was moved from the axia ... more |
Lockheed Martin's next gen interceptor achieves communications testing milestone 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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Missile launches legitimate defence against US: North Korea Seoul (AFP) Oct 8, 2022
North Korea on Saturday defended its recent flurry of missile tests as a legitimate counter to US military threats.
The reclusive communist country has conducted six sanctions-busting launches in less than two weeks, the latest coming Thursday with the firing of a pair of ballistic missiles.
On Tuesday, it fired an intermediate-range ballistic missile over Japan, prompting an alert for p ... more |
Physicists generate new nanoscale spin waves Halle, Germany (SPX) Sep 28, 2022
Strong alternating magnetic fields can be used to generate a new type of spin wave that was previously just theoretically predicted. This was achieved for the first time by a team of physicists from (MLU). They report on their work in the scientific journal Nature Communications and provide the first microscopic images of these spin waves.
The basic idea of spintronics is to use a special ... more |
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No Terminator: Musk teases 'useful' humanoid robot San Francisco (AFP) Oct 1, 2022
Elon Musk on Friday showed off the latest version of a humanoid robot that the world's richest man said could one day eliminate poverty.
An Optimus prototype wheeled on stage during an annual Tesla AI Day presentation was mounted to a small platform. The robot, which remains a work-in-progress, waved to the audience and raised its knees.
"Our goal is to make a useful humanoid robot as qu ... more |
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NASA's upgraded Mobile Mission Control Center to analyze Advanced Air Mobility flight tests Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Oct 06, 2022
NASA recently unveiled a series of upgrades to its Mobile Operations Facility (MOF), a specially outfitted mission control center on wheels housed at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. NASA's Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) National Campaign will use the MOF to test systems required to integrate air taxis, cargo delivery, and other AAM concepts into the National Airspace ... more |
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