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November 30, 2015

New U.S. space mining law may violate international treaty
Washington (UPI) Nov 27, 2015
One company is especially happy with the space mining legislation signed into law on Wednesday, the company that stands to profit the most. Planetary Resouces welcomed the newly passed U.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act, or the U.S. Space Act, with open arms. Founded in 2010, the company's aim is to "expand Earth's natural resource base." In other words, they're aiming to extract water, minerals and other valuable materials from asteroids and sell them. The Space Act ... read more

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Satellite Spectrum Is Central To Future Vision For Global Connectivity The world's governments resoundingly affirmed a clear vision for the importance of many vital and irreplaceable services provided today over satellite. They also agreed on a clear framework for futu ... more		Flight teams prepare for LISA Pathfinder liftoff Following months of intensive training, mission controllers for the LISA Pathfinder gravitational wave detection testbed will complete a final rehearsal tomorrow, ensuring that all is ready for the ... more		Intelsat General to provide connectivity in support of Mid East operations Intelsat General Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Intelsat (NYSE: "I"), the world's leading provider of satellite services, has been awarded a contract to provide satellite services to U.S. Air F ... more
				The hottest white dwarf in the Galaxy Astronomers at the Universities of Tubingen and Potsdam have identified the hottest white dwarf ever discovered in our Galaxy. With a temperature of 250,000 degrees Celsius, this dying star at the o ... more		UAE Launches NanoSatellite Outreach Program The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) has launched the NanoSatellite Outreach Program (NSOP), which provides the opportunity for all universities across the UAE to nominate a group of their s ... more

The Ins and Outs of NASA's First Launch of SLS and Orion NASA is hard at work building the Orion spacecraft, Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the ground systems needed to send astronauts into deep space. The agency is developing the core capabilities ... more		Simulating the Death of Stars Humboldt Fellow Samuel Jones (University of Victoria, Canada) is exploring the evolution and the explosion of stars by means of highly sophisticated computer simulations in order to gain new insight ... more		North Korea declares nuclear statehood 'permanently enshrined' ArianeGroup to develop next-generation M51.4 missile for French nuclear deterrent Comtech modem earns first sovereign certification for SES O3b mPOWER network		Aging star's weight loss secret revealed VY Canis Majoris is a stellar goliath, a red hypergiant, one of the largest known stars in the Milky Way. It is 30-40 times the mass of the Sun and 300 000 times more luminous. In its current state, ... more
				China launches Yaogan-29 remote sensing satellite China's Yaogan-29 remote sensing satellite was launched on Thursday at 5:24 a.m. from Taiyuan launch site in Shanxi Province, north China. The satellite will be used for experiments, land surv ... more		SES to provide satellite network for upcoming elections in Burkina Faso SES and Commission Electorale Nationale Independante (CENI), the official electoral body of Burkina Faso, have partnered to enable secure digital transmission of the electoral results of the Burkina ... more

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China's indigenous SatNav performing well after tests The three satellites launched this year for China's indigenous satellite navigation system are sending twice as many signals as their predecessors, said the system's designer, after completing tests ... more		Russia, Kazakhstan deciding on rocket carriers for Baiterek Space Complex Russia and Kazakhstan will decide which type of rocket carrier to use for the Baiterek Space Complex under construction within the next two months, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said ... more		New U.S.-European Sea Level Satellite Will Help Safeguard Ships at Sea Planet captures first light from Pelican-3 satellite as constellation expands Trump signs memorandum to deploy U.S. National Guard troops to Memphis		Russia, Kazakhstan sign 5 deals on Baikonur Space Center in 2015 Moscow and Astana reached five intergovernmental agreements on Baikonur Space Center operations in Kazakhstan, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said Friday. Baikonur is an internat ... more
Atlas V booster lands at Vandenberg One of the world's largest cargo aircraft recently delivered an Atlas V booster to Vandenberg Air Force Base. The Antonov AN-124 made its way from a production facility in Decatur, Alabama, to ... more		Hubble captures a galactic waltz towards the end This curious galaxy - only known by the seemingly random jumble of letters and numbers 2MASX J16270254+4328340 - has been captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope dancing the crazed dance of ... more		New detector perfect for asteroid mining, planetary research The grizzled asteroid miner is a stock character in science fiction. Now, a couple of recent events - one legal and the other technological - have brought asteroid mining a step closer to reality. ... more		Earth's magnetic field is not about to flip The intensity of earth's magnetic field has been weakening in the last couple of hundred years, leading some scientists to think that its polarity might be about to flip. But the field's intensity m ... more

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President Obama signs bill recognizing asteroid resource property rights into law

China dreams of electric sheep at robot conference

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Vega receives the LISA Pathfinder payload for its December 2 flight

Tracking down the 'missing' carbon from the Martian atmosphere

Aerojet Rocketdyne tapped for spacecraft's crew module propulsion

Mars to lose its largest moon, Phobos, but gain a ring

Raytheon moves forward with Multi-Object Kill Vehicle program

NASA study suggests carbon content of temperate forests overestimated

Developing new standards of drone operations

NASA plans twin sounding rocket launches over Norway this winter

Aerojet Rocketdyne to restart development of new rocket engine

Tracking new missions from down under

Russian-US Space Collaboration Intact Despite Chill in Bilateral Ties

NASA selects Northeastern for humanoid robot research

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Next-generation infrared detectors win NSF funding

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How DSCOVR Could Help in Exoplanet Hunting

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