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  London, UK (SPX) Jul 05, 2020 The Government has today (3 July) led a successful bid to acquire OneWeb, which develops cutting-edge satellite technology in the UK and in the US. The move signals the Government's ambition for the UK to be a pioneer in the research, development, manufacturing, and exploitation of novel satellite technologies through the ownership of a fleet of Low Earth orbit satellites. Business Secretary Alok Sharma confirmed that the Government will invest $500million and take a significant equity share ... read more |
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Quantum fluctuations can jiggle objects on the human scaleBoston MA (SPX) Jul 03, 2020 The universe, as seen through the lens of quantum mechanics, is a noisy, crackling space where particles blink constantly in and out of existence, creating a background of quantum noise whose effect ... more  
Satellite-carrying rocket 'lost' after New Zealand launchWellington (AFP) July 5, 2020 A commercial rocket carrying seven satellites was "lost" after take-off Sunday from a New Zealand launch pad, the owner Rocket Lab said. ... more  
The lightest shielding material in the worldZurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jul 03, 2020 Electric motors and electronic devices generate electromagnetic fields that sometimes have to be shielded in order not to affect neighboring electronic components or the transmission of signals. Hig ... more  
UK, Indian firm salvage satellite operator OnewebLondon (AFP) July 3, 2020 The UK government and Indian telecoms giant Bharti are to take control of the collapsed satellite firm Oneweb, they said Friday, as Britain seeks to expand its post-Brexit space capabilility. ... more |
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Details about the first-ever tourist walk in outer space revealedMoscow (Sputnik) Jul 05, 2020 At the end of June, Russian rocket company Energiya and US space tourism firm Space Adventures signed a contract to send two tourists to the International Space Station aboard a Soyuz rocket. ... more  
NASA Assembles Artemis II Orion Stage AdapterHuntsville AL (SPX) Jul 03, 2020 Technicians at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, have moved panels for the Artemis II Orion stage adapter to a large robotic, welding machine. Three panels were built ... more  
Flight over Korolev Crater on MarsBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jul 03, 2020 This video shows a simulated flight over Korolev Crater. The 82-kilometre-wide impact crater is filled with water ice all year round. It is located in the northern lowlands of Mars, near the permane ... more  
Tabletop quantum experiment could detect gravitational wavesLondon, UK (SPX) Jul 02, 2020 Predicted by Einstein's general theory of relativity, gravitational waves are ripples in space-time generated by certain movements of massive objects. They are important to study because they allow ... more  
Unprecedented ground-based discovery of 2 strongly interacting exoplanetsParis, France (SPX) Jul 03, 2020 Several interacting exoplanets have already been spotted by satellites. But a new breakthrough has been achieved with, for the first time, the detection directly from the ground of an extrasolar sys ... more |
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 Latest satellites give stargazers a new sky view  
Six new missions for the Europe's Copernicus programMunich, Germany (SPX) Jul 02, 2020 Sentinel satellites are at the heart of Copernicus, Europe's largest Earth observation programme. Sentinels are already reliably and continuously providing large amounts of data on the state of the ... more  |
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Space-equipped lab tests key workers for COVID-19Paris (ESA) Jul 01, 2020 Space-enabled tests are underway to empower healthcare workers, civil protection volunteers and members of the emergency services to help other people. As the immediate crisis caused by the co ... more  
ASTER sees Arizona's Bighorn fire burn scar from spacePasadena CA (JPL) Jul 01, 2020 On the night of June 5, a lightning strike started the Bighorn Fire in the Santa Catalina Mountains north of Tucson, Arizona. Extremely dry vegetation and windy conditions caused the fire to spread ... more  
Hypergiant and USAF to develop satellite for real time in orbit modificationAustin TX (SPX) Jul 01, 2020 Hypergiant Industries announces the debut of the prototype of its first node in its Chameleon Constellation, an updatable satellite and software system that adds additional distributed computing pow ... more 
To find giant black holes, start with JupiterNashville TN (SPX) Jul 01, 2020 The revolution in our understanding of the night sky and our place in the universe began when we transitioned from using the naked eye to a telescope in 1609. Four centuries later, scientists are ex ... more 
QinetiQ wins contract with the European Space AgencyBrussels, Belgium (SPX) Jul 02, 2020 QinetiQ's space business has secured a new contract worth 8.5m euro with the European Space Agency (ESA) for the development and production of microgravity-based heat transfer experiments, expected ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 05, 2020 
At the end of June, Russian rocket company Energiya and US space tourism firm Space Adventures signed a contract to send two tourists to the International Space Station aboard a Soyuz rocket.
The first-ever tourist walk in outer space will last between 90 to 100 minutes, a representative from the US company Space Adventures told RIA Novosti.
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 Long Beach CA (SPX) Jul 04, 2020 
Following a successful lift-off, first stage burn, and stage separation, Rocket Lab experienced an anomaly during its 13th Electron mission 'Pics Or It Didn't Happen.'
The issue occurred approximately four minutes into the flight on July 4, 2020 and resulted in the safe loss of the vehicle. As a result, the payloads onboard Electron were not deployed to orbit.
Electron remained withi ... more |
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 Fukuoka, Japan (SPX) Jul 02, 2020 
Compared with our own planet Earth, Mars might seem like a "dead" planet, but even there, the wind blows and the ground moves. On Earth, we study the ambient seismic noise rippling mainly due to ocean activity to peek underground at the structure of the Earth's interior. Can we do the same on Mars without ocean?
According to a new study by researchers at Kyushu University's International I ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jun 25, 2020 
Yuanwang-6 - China's space-tracking ship, Yuanwang-6, has completed maritime monitoring for the last satellite launch of the country's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) in the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday.
The satellite, the 55th of the BeiDou family, was launched at 9:43 am (Beijing Time) on Tuesday. It was sent into the preset orbit by a Long March-3B carrier rocket from the Xichang S ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Jul 02, 2020 
The recent boon of satellite launches has given stargazers something new to look at in orbit. Whether they are delighted or annoyed depends on whom you ask.
SpaceX's Starlink satellites show up in the night sky for short periods like a glowing chain of stars. They are especially visible in the days after a launch - usually from Florida - because the company releases about 60 at a time ... more |
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 Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jul 03, 2020 
Electric motors and electronic devices generate electromagnetic fields that sometimes have to be shielded in order not to affect neighboring electronic components or the transmission of signals. High-frequency electromagnetic fields can only be shielded with conductive shells that are closed on all sides. Often thin metal sheets or metallized foils are used for this purpose.
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 01, 2020 
Measurements from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) have enabled astronomers to greatly improve their understanding of the bizarre environment of KELT-9 b, one of the hottest planets known.
"The weirdness factor is high with KELT-9 b," said John Ahlers, an astronomer at Universities Space Research Association in Columbia, Maryland, and NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center i ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jun 25, 2020 
A new model from NASA scientists supports the theory that the interior ocean in Jupiter's moon Europa would be able to sustain life. In addition they have calculated that this water, believed to be an ocean under the surface ice shell, could have been formed by breakdown of water-containing minerals due to either tidal forces or radioactive decay. This work, which is not yet peer-reviewed, is pr ... more |
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 Thuwal, Saudi Arabia (SPX) Jul 03, 2020 
A type of anaerobic bacteria responsible for more than 50 percent of nitrogen loss from marine environments has been shown to use solid-state matter present outside their cells for respiration. The finding by KAUST researchers adds to knowledge of the global nitrogen cycle and has important energy-saving potential for wastewater treatment.
Living organisms use oxidation/reduction reactions ... more |
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 Denver CO (SPX) Jul 01, 2020 
After a successful launch this afternoon, the third Lockheed Martin-built GPS III satellite is now headed to orbit under its own propulsion. The satellite has separated from its rocket and is using onboard power to climb to its operational orbit, approximately 12,550 miles above the Earth.
GPS III Space Vehicle 03 (GPS III SV03) is responding to commands from U.S. Space Force and Lockheed ... more |
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 Laurel MD (SPX) Jul 02, 2020 
What started out as a hunt for ice lurking in polar lunar craters turned into an unexpected finding that could help clear some muddy history about the Moon's formation.
Team members of the Miniature Radio Frequency (Mini-RF) instrument on NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft found new evidence that the Moon's subsurface might be richer in metals, like iron and titanium, tha ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Jul 02, 2020 
ESA's Gaia space observatory is an ambitious mission to construct a three-dimensional map of our galaxy by making high-precision measurements of over one billion stars. However, on its journey to map distant suns, Gaia is revolutionising a field much closer to home. By accurately mapping the stars, it is helping researchers track down lost asteroids.
Gaia charts the galaxy by repeatedly sc ... more |
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 Munich, Germany (SPX) Jul 02, 2020 
Sentinel satellites are at the heart of Copernicus, Europe's largest Earth observation programme. Sentinels are already reliably and continuously providing large amounts of data on the state of the climate, vegetation and oceans. Now, six more 'Earth Guardians', the High Priority Candidate Missions (HPCM), are being added.
"At the Space 19+ European Space Agency (ESA) Council Meeting at Mi ... more |
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 San Diego CA (SPX) Jul 03, 2020 
NASA has awarded the Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor-2 (TSIS-2) Spacecraft contract to General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems Group of San Diego, California.
This is a hybrid firm-fixed price, time and materials contract in the amount of approximately $32.9 million. The base contract is for spacecraft development in the amount of about $29.2 million The contract also contains O ... more |
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 Munich, Germany (SPX) Jul 01, 2020 
Using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have discovered the absence of an unstable massive star in a dwarf galaxy. Scientists think this could indicate that the star became less bright and partially obscured by dust. An alternative explanation is that the star collapsed into a black hole without producing a supernova. "If true," says team leader and PhD ... more |
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 Nashville TN (SPX) Jul 01, 2020 
The revolution in our understanding of the night sky and our place in the universe began when we transitioned from using the naked eye to a telescope in 1609. Four centuries later, scientists are experiencing a similar transition in their knowledge of black holes by searching for gravitational waves.
In the search for previously undetected black holes that are billions of times more massiv ... more |
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