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  Tel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Mar 27, 2018 Spacecom operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, has chosen SSL to build its AMOS-8 advanced communications satellite. The satellite will deliver state-of-the-art broadcast, broadband and data services from Spacecom's 4 degrees West 'hot spot' to Europe, Africa and the Middle East. AMOS-8 will include flexible high power Ku-band and Ka-bandpayloads with steerable antennas to enable customers to deliver various added value services. The satellite is designed to provide service for a minimum of 15 yea ... read more |
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Kuang-Chi and NanoRacks team up for near space 'Traveler' programHaikou, China (SPX) Mar 27, 2018 Kuang-Chi Science LTD and NanoRacks LLC are pleased to announce a partnership to cooperate on Kuang-Chi's Near Space helium spacecraft the 'Traveler.' The partnership will focus on the development o ... more  
University student projects launch from NASA WallopsWashington DC (SPX) Mar 27, 2018 Four university student projects were successfully launched at 6:51:30 a.m. EDT, March 25, 2018, on a NASA suborbital sounding rocket from the agency's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The ... more  
NASA renews focus on Earth's frozen regionsGreenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 27, 2018 In 2018, NASA will intensify its focus on one of the most critical but remote parts of our changing planet with the launch of two new satellite missions and an array of airborne campaigns. The ... more  
Fifty years on, Yuri Gagarin's death still shrouded in mysteryMoscow (AFP) March 27, 2018 Yuri Gagarin, feted as a Soviet national hero for being the first man in space, was killed in a plane crash 50 years ago but the details of his death remain shrouded in mystery. ... more |
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SpaceDataHighway starts full Copernicus serviceMunich, Germany (SPX) Mar 27, 2018 The Airbus-operated SpaceDataHighway has begun regularly relaying data from the Sentinel-2A satellite, after the successful end of the commissioning period. This marks the start of the SpaceDataHigh ... more 
A space window to electrifying scienceParis (ESA) Mar 27, 2018 Lightning triggers powerful electrical bursts in Earth's atmosphere almost every second. The inner workings of these magnificent forces of nature are still unknown, but a rare observation by an ESA ... more  
Kepler beyond planets: finding exploding starsPasadena CA (JPL) Mar 27, 2018 Astronomer Ed Shaya was in his office looking at data from NASA's Kepler space telescope in 2012 when he noticed something unusual: The light from a galaxy had quickly brightened by 10 percent. The ... more  
Neutrino experiment sets the stage for deep discovery about matterOak Ridge TN (SPX) Mar 27, 2018 If equal amounts of matter and antimatter had formed in the Big Bang more than 13 billion years ago, one would have annihilated the other upon meeting, and today's universe would be full of energy b ... more 
India testing locally developed metal-based origami payloadNew Delhi (SPX) Mar 27, 2018 The Indian Nano Satellite-1C (INS-1C) is an experimental satellite launched by PSLV-C40 on Jan 12, 2018 as a co-passenger payload. It is the third satellite in the Indian Nano Satellite (INS) series ... more |
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Poland signs offset deal for US Patriot missilesWarsaw (AFP) March 23, 2018 Poland has signed an offset deal with the United States ahead of final agreement to buy a Patriot anti-missile system, Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said Friday. ... more  |
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Pentagon looks to counter ever-stealthier warfareWashington (AFP) March 24, 2018 The US military has for years enjoyed a broad technological edge over its adversaries, dominating foes with superior communications and cyber capabilities. ... more 
Saudi forces intercept seven Yemen rebel missiles, including over RiyadhRiyadh (AFP) March 26, 2018 Saudi forces intercepted seven Yemeni rebel missiles on Sunday, including over the capital Riyadh, in a deadly escalation on the eve of the third anniversary of the Saudi-led coalition's intervention in Yemen. ... more  
Another season, another historic low for Arctic wintertime sea iceWashington (UPI) Mar 23, 2018 The maximum extent of the Arctic's wintertime sea ice, reached last week, marked another historic low. According to the latest analysis, it was the second lowest since satellites began tracking the phenomenon 39 years ago. ... more  
Two-billion-year-old salt rock reveals rise of oxygen in ancient atmospherePrinceton NJ (SPX) Mar 23, 2018 A 2-billion-year-old chunk of sea salt provides new evidence for the transformation of Earth's atmosphere into an oxygenated environment capable of supporting life as we know it. The study by ... more  
Instruments for next NASA mission to Mars being tested under Germany's Black ForestWashington (UPI) Mar 23, 2018 Scientists in Germany are working hard to ensure NASA's next Mars mission, the Insight mission, gets the most accurate data possible. ... more |
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 Tempe AZ (SPX) Mar 23, 2018 
Four years after NASA was established, administrator James Webb was so inspired by a portrait of an astronaut, he ordered the creation of an agency art program. The idea was to capture the emotion of exploration so future generations could look back on what the agency achieved.
The NASA Art Program began by granting artists behind-the-scenes access to witness launches, suit-ups and meeting ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 27, 2018 
Four university student projects were successfully launched at 6:51:30 a.m. EDT, March 25, 2018, on a NASA suborbital sounding rocket from the agency's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
The two-stage Terrier-Improved Malemute sounding rocket carried the projects to an altitude of 107 miles. The projects then descended by parachute, landing in the Atlantic Ocean. The projects were recove ... more |
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 New Rochelle, NY (SPX) Mar 27, 2018 
In "Making Life Multi-Planetary" Elon Musk, CEO and Lead Designer at SpaceX, presents the updated design for the Big Falcon Rocket (BFR), the powerful rocket intended to propel a newly modified space vehicle to the International Space Station and beyond to fulfill his vision for establishing a human presence on Mars.
The article, a summary of Mr. Musk's presentation at the 68th Internation ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Mar 22, 2018 
The mission of Chang'e-4 lunar probe will proceed in two phases this year, and Chang'e-4 lunar probe will reach the far side of the Moon for the first time, said an official from China Academy of Space Technology (CAST).
"We plan to launch Chang'e-4 lunar probe in the second half of 2018. This will be the first time for a lunar probe to land on the far side of the Moon. Chang'e-4 lunar pro ... more |
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 Tel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Mar 27, 2018 
Spacecom operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, has chosen SSL to build its AMOS-8 advanced communications satellite. The satellite will deliver state-of-the-art broadcast, broadband and data services from Spacecom's 4 degrees West 'hot spot' to Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
AMOS-8 will include flexible high power Ku-band and Ka-bandpayloads with steerable antennas to enable customers ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 21, 2018 
NASA spacecraft travel to far-off destinations in space, but a new mobile app produced by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, brings spacecraft to users. The new app, called Spacecraft AR, uses the latest augmented reality (AR) technology to put virtual 3-D models of NASA's robotic space explorers into any environment with a flat surface.
JPL developed the Spacecraft AR ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Mar 21, 2018 
The ARIEL (Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey) mission was selected as the next European Space Agency (ESA) science mission, putting UK leadership at the heart of research into planets that lie outside our solar system - exoplanets.
Thousands of exoplanets have now been discovered with a huge diversity of masses, sizes and orbits, but very little is known about thei ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) March 7, 2018 
Jupiter's tempestuous, gassy atmosphere stretches some 3,000 kilometres (1,860 miles) deep and comprises a hundredth of the planet's mass, studies based on observations by NASA's Juno spacecraft revealed Wednesday.
The measurements shed the first light on what goes on beneath the surface of the largest planet in the Solar System, which from a distance resembles a colourful, striped glass mar ... more |
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 Sydney (AFP) March 27, 2018 
An ultra-fine biodegradable film some 50,000 times thinner than a human hair could be enlisted to protect the Great Barrier Reef from environmental degradation, researchers said Tuesday.
The World Heritage-listed site, which attracts millions of tourists each year, is reeling from significant bouts of coral bleaching due to warming sea temperatures linked to climate change.
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 Madrid, Spain (SPX) Mar 15, 2018 
Indra has been awarded a contract for implementing four new Uplink Stations (ULS), thus expanding the ground segment of the European global positioning system, Galileo. Awarded by the company Thales Alenia Space (France), this contract also includes maintenance and upgrades for all Uplink stations.
The new stations will join the ten uplink stations that Indra has already put into service a ... more |
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 New Delhi (Sputnik) Mar 27, 2018 
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) - India's state-owned space agency - has deferred the launch of Chandrayaan-2, the country's second mission to the moon, to October this year. The ISRO chief has said that it needs to perform some more tests before the launch. The launch was initially scheduled for April this year.
"Initially, we had planned an April launch for Chandrayaan-2, b ... more |
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 Madrid, Spain (SPX) Mar 21, 2018 
About 70,000 years ago, when the human species was already on Earth, a small reddish star approached our solar system and gravitationally disturbed comets and asteroids. Astronomers from the Complutense University of Madrid and the University of Cambridge have verified that the movement of some of these objects is still marked by that stellar encounter.
At a time when modern humans were be ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Mar 27, 2018 
Lightning triggers powerful electrical bursts in Earth's atmosphere almost every second. The inner workings of these magnificent forces of nature are still unknown, but a rare observation by an ESA astronaut gave a boost to the science community. A European detector will take on the challenge of hunting for thunderstorms from space next week.
As he flew over India at 28 800 km/h on the Int ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 14, 2018 
Measurements of the three-dimensional structure of the earth, as opposed to the one-dimensional models typically used, can help scientists more accurately determine which areas of the United States are most vulnerable to blackouts during hazardous geomagnetic storms.
Space weather events such as geomagnetic storms can disturb the earth's magnetic field, interfering with electric power grid ... more |
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 Nuremberg, Germany (SPX) Mar 26, 2018 
For the very first time, scientists from Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg (FAU), the University of Leicester and the University of Vigo have proven that the kinetic energy from particles in granular gases such as dust clouds can rise temporarily even though energy is constantly being drawn out of the system.
Their research adds further detail to Haff's law (devised 35 year ... more |
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 Moscow, Russia (SPX) Mar 23, 2018 
One of the MASTER Global Robotic Net telescopes (MSU) located on Tenerife (Spain, Canary Islands) helped the scientists observe the gamma-ray burst caused by the collapse of a star and the formation of a black hole in its place.
Usual telescopes are unable to point to gamma-ray bursts error-boxes fast enough to monitor the change in its brightness and obtain any information about its sourc ... more |
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