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  Washington (AFP) May 8, 2019 Anxiety has set in across the space industry ever since the world's richest man, Jeff Bezos, revealed Project Kuiper: a plan to put 3,236 satellites in orbit to provide high-speed internet across the globe. Offering broadband internet coverage to digital deserts is also the goal of the company OneWeb, which is set to start building two satellites a day this summer in Florida, for a constellation of over 600 expected to be operational by 2021 Billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX is equally active: it's ... read more |
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LeoSat's commercial traction accelerates to hit US$2B milestoneWashington DC (SPX) May 07, 2019 LeoSat Enterprises today announced it has signed more than US$2B in commercial agreements ahead of launching the world's fastest, most secure and widest coverage data network delivered over a conste ... more 
Maxar Technologies to receive full insurance payout for WorldView-4 lossWestminster CO (SPX) May 07, 2019 Maxar Technologies, a global technology innovator powering the new space economy, today announced that its insurance carriers have accepted the company's $183 million claim for loss arising from the ... more  
Air Force releases proposal request for the Phase 2 Launch Service Procurement ContractLos Angeles AFB CA (AFNS) May 05, 2019 The Space and Missile Systems Center, in partnership with the National Reconnaissance Office, released a request for proposals May 3, for the purpose of competitively awarding firm fixed-price, inde ... more  
On-Air demo tests using Avanti Communications HYLAS 4 satellite completedHawthorne CA (SPX) May 08, 2019 ThinKom Solutions, Inc. reports the completion of successful live demo tests of its ThinAir Ka2517 antenna with Newtec next-generation satellite modems over Avanti's HYLAS 4 satellite. ThinKom ... more |
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US Air Force completes successful shoot down of air-launched missilesWhite Sands Missile Range NM (SPX) May 05, 2019 The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Self-Protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator (SHiELD) Advanced Technology Demonstration (ATD) Program successfully completed a major program milestone April 2 ... more  
Air Force tests Minuteman III missile in launch at VandenbergWashington (UPI) May 3, 2019 The U.S. Air Force launched a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile in a test from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. ... more  
Ozone monitoring team spots "fingerprints" on Earth's atmosphereGreenbelt MD (SPX) May 06, 2019 The Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) aboard NASA's Aura satellite specializes in finding "fingerprints" - signatures of gases and particles that clutter the atmosphere. By measuring solar radiation ... more  
Stanford researchers' artificial synapse is fast, efficient and durableStanford CA (SPX) May 06, 2019 The brain's capacity for simultaneously learning and memorizing large amounts of information while requiring little energy has inspired an entire field to pursue brain-like - or neuromorphic - compu ... more  
Quantum sensor for photonsInnsbruck, Austria (SPX) May 06, 2019 Physicist Tracy Northup is currently researching the development of quantum internet at the University of Innsbruck. The American citizen builds interfaces with which quantum information can be tran ... more |
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Launch of the second SpaceDataHighway satelliteParis, France (SPX) May 07, 2019 The EDRS-C satellite, the second node of the SpaceDataHighway network (also known as EDRS), will be launched into geostationary orbit at 31 East on 24 July 2019 by an Ariane 5 launcher. Once positio ... more  |
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X2nSat selects LeoSat's laser-enabled data network to support healthcare communicationsWashington DC (SPX) May 07, 2019 LeoSat Enterprises, which is launching a constellation of 108 low-earth-orbit communications satellites that will provide the fastest, most secure and widest coverage data network in the world, toda ... more 
Airbus to build multimission satellite for MEASATWashington DC (SPX) May 07, 2019 Airbus has been selected by MEASAT Global Berhad ("MEASAT"), the leading Malaysian operator, to build MEASAT-3d, a new multimission telecommunications satellite to replace capacity and augment its c ... more 
Ariane 6 series production begins with first batch of 14 launchersParis (SPX) May 07, 2019 Following the initial institutional and commercial launch orders for Ariane 6 obtained by Arianespace since the autumn of 2017, and the resolution of the ESA Council on April 17, 2019, related to th ... more  
Scientists call for better research on planetary internal dynamicsWashington (UPI) May 6, 2019 In the search for potentially habitable worlds and alien life, scientists often focus on a planet's surface or atmosphere, but new research suggests it's what's inside that counts. ... more  
High thermal conductivity of new material will create energy efficient devicesBristol UK (SPX) May 07, 2019 Researchers at the University of Bristol have successfully demonstrated the high thermal conductivity of a new material, paving the way for safer and more efficient electronic devices - including mo ... more |
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 Traverse City MI (SPX) May 07, 2019 
ATLAS Space Operations, Inc., a leading innovator in communications for the space industry, today announced NASA has awarded it a contract for the Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) Program's Space Relay Partnership and Services Study. Prime contractor ATLAS partnered in its proposal with Laser Light Communications, Inc, a leader in advanced optical communications and data distribution v ... more |
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 Los Angeles AFB CA (AFNS) May 05, 2019 
The Space and Missile Systems Center, in partnership with the National Reconnaissance Office, released a request for proposals May 3, for the purpose of competitively awarding firm fixed-price, indefinite-delivery requirements contracts to two domestic launch service providers. These "Launch Service Procurement" contracts are for National Security Space launch service procurements in fiscal year ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) May 07, 2019 
The same winds that blanket Mars with dust can also blow that dust away. Catastrophic dust storms have the potential to end a mission, as with NASA's Opportunity rover. But far more often, passing winds cleared off the rover's solar panels and gave it an energy boost. Those dust clearings allowed Opportunity and its sister rover, Spirit, to survive for years beyond their 90-day expiration dates. ... more |
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 Nanjing (XNA) May 03, 2019 
China's spacecraft tracking ship Yuanwang-7 is sailing to the Pacific Ocean, beginning its first maritime space monitoring mission this year.
The ship departed from a port in eastern China's Jiangsu Province Wednesday.
As a part of China's new generation of spacecraft tracking ships, Yuanwang-7 is about 220 meters long, 40 meters high and has a displacement of nearly 30,000 tonnes. I ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) May 07, 2019 
LeoSat Enterprises, which is launching a constellation of 108 low-earth-orbit communications satellites that will provide the fastest, most secure and widest coverage data network in the world, today announced that X2nSat, the highly reliable satellite solutions provider, has selected LeoSat to support new infrastructure solutions for the ever-expanding needs of the healthcare industry.
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 Houston TX (SPX) May 07, 2019 
Bioengineers have cleared a major hurdle on the path to 3D printing replacement organs with a breakthrough technique for bioprinting tissues.
The new innovation allows scientists to create exquisitely entangled vascular networks that mimic the body's natural passageways for blood, air, lymph and other vital fluids.
The research is featured on the cover of this week's issue of Science ... more |
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 Toronto, Canada (SPX) Apr 30, 2019 
The study of a tiny grain of stardust - older than our solar system - is shining new light on how planetary systems are formed.
The microbe-sized extraterrestrial particle, which originated from a nova explosion more than 4.5 billion years ago, was discovered inside a meteorite collected in Antarctica by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
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 Sao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) May 08, 2019 
Discovered in 2004, Haumea is a dwarf planet located beyond Pluto's orbit in a region of the Solar System called the Kuiper Belt. Pluto was demoted from the category of fully fledged planets in 2006 because of the discovery of Haumea and other dwarf planets.
Haumea was officially recognized as a dwarf planet in 2008. Its ellipsoidal shape resembles that of the ball used in rugby or America ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) May 07, 2019 
Scientist Lia Siegelman is using a surprising data source to study the ocean around Antarctica - one that has flippers and bears a passing resemblance to Jabba the Hut.
Siegelman is using data from a single tagged southern elephant seal to study small-scale ocean features in a little-known part of the ocean around Antarctica. She is a visiting research student from the University of Wester ... more |
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 Paris (SPX) May 06, 2019 
The GSA is launching a new testing campaign for receiver manufacturers: The machine guidance testing campaign for agriculture receivers.
Within this testing campaign, receivers usually used for machine guidance tasks will be thoroughly tested for their performance in various test cases, looking at multi-constellation and multi-frequency combinations and using several augmenting techniques. ... more |
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 New Haven CT (SPX) Apr 30, 2019 
For more than a century, scientists have squabbled over how the Earth's moon formed. But researchers at Yale and in Japan say they may have the answer.
Many theorists believe a Mars-sized object slammed into the early Earth, and material dislodged from that collision formed the basis of the moon. When this idea was tested in computer simulations, it turned out that the moon would be made p ... more |
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 Baltimore MD (SPX) May 07, 2019 
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) - NASA's first mission to demonstrate a planetary defense technique - will get one chance to hit its target, the small moonlet in the binary asteroid system Didymos.
The asteroid poses no threat to Earth and is an ideal test target: measuring the change in how the smaller asteroid orbits about the larger asteroid in a binary system is much easier ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 06, 2019 
The Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) aboard NASA's Aura satellite specializes in finding "fingerprints" - signatures of gases and particles that clutter the atmosphere. By measuring solar radiation reflected from Earth's surface and scattered by its atmosphere, the OMI team derives important information about aerosols such as dust and smoke and pollutants like nitrogen and sulfur dioxide.
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 Washington DC (SPX) Apr 26, 2019 
The celestial phenomenon known as STEVE is likely caused by a combination of heating of charged particles in the atmosphere and energetic electrons like those that power the aurora, according to new research. In a new study, scientists found STEVE's source region in space and identified two mechanisms that cause it.
Last year, the obscure atmospheric lights became an internet sensation. Ty ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) May 08, 2019 
Detection of a supernova with an unusual chemical signature by a team of astronomers led by Carnegie's Juna Kollmeier - and including Carnegie's Nidia Morrell, Anthony Piro, Mark Phillips, and Josh Simon - may hold the key to solving the longstanding mystery that is the source of these violent explosions. Observations taken by the Magellan telescopes at Carnegie's Las Campanas Observatory in Chi ... more |
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 Nijmegen, Netherlands (SPX) May 07, 2019 
Astronomers have just managed to take the first image of a black hole, and now the next challenge facing them is how to take even sharper images, so that Einstein's Theory of General Relativity can be tested.
Radboud University astronomers, along with the European Space Agency (ESA) and others, are putting forward a concept for achieving this by launching radio telescopes into space. They ... more |
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