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  Stevenage UK (SPX) Jul 21, 2020 Airbus Defence and Space has signed a contract with the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) to extend and enhance the Skynet fleet. This will involve the development, manufacture, cyber protection, assembly, integration, test and launch, of a military communications satellite, Skynet 6A, planned for launch in 2025. The contract also covers technology development programmes, new secure telemetry, tracking and command systems, launch, in-orbit testing and ground segment updates to the current Skynet 5 system. Th ... read more |
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Filling in 11B years of the Universe's expansion historyWashington DC (SPX) Jul 21, 2020 Filling in the most-significant gaps in our understanding of the universe's history, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) released Sunday a comprehensive analysis of the largest three-dimensional map ... more 
Astrophysicists unveil biggest-ever 3D map of UniverseGeneva (AFP) July 20, 2020 Astrophysicists on Monday published the largest-ever 3D map of the Universe, the result of an analysis of more than four million galaxies and ultra-bright, energy-packed quasars. ... more  
Scientists discover volcanoes on Venus are still activeCollege Park MD (SPX) Jul 21, 2020 A new study identified 37 recently active volcanic structures on Venus. The study provides some of the best evidence yet that Venus is still a geologically active planet. A research paper on the wor ... more  
Exotic neutrinos will be difficult to ferret outWarsaw, Poland (SPX) Jul 20, 2020 An international team tracking the 'new physics' neutrinos has checked the data of all the relevant experiments associated with neutrino detections against Standard Model extensions proposed by theo ... more |
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British defense ministry, Airbus finalize $628.5M contract for Skynet upgradeWashington DC (UPI) Jul 20, 2020 Britain's Ministry of Defense finalized a contract for a new Skynet military satellite in a $628.5 million deal with Airbus Defense and Space. ... more  
Parts come together this year for DARPA's robotic in-space mechanicWashington DC (SPX) Jul 21, 2020 Eyeing a launch in 2023, DARPA's Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) program will focus the remainder of this year on completing the elements of the robotic payload. The objective ... more  
Space Force selects 2,410 volunteers for reassignment from Air ForceWashington DC (UPI) Jul 16, 2020 The Space Force announced Thursday that it has selected 2,410 active-duty airmen - from a pool of 8,500 who volunteered - for transfer into the military's newest branch, beginning Sept. 1. ... more 
CSO visits SMC: "Space starts here"Los Angeles AFB CA (SPX) Jul 21, 2020 Space and Missile Systems Center hosted Gen. John "Jay" Raymond, chief of space operations, U.S. Space Force and Chief Master Sgt. Roger Towberman, USSF senior enlisted advisor here July 15-16, for ... more  
Northrop Grumman taps Epirus for Electromagnetic Pulse C-UAS Weapon SystemMcLean VA (SPX) Jul 21, 2020 Northrop Grumman has formed a strategic supplier agreement with Epirus, Inc. to offer the company's Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) capability as a component of Northrop Grumman's Counter-Unmanned Aeria ... more |
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Alion to provide support to USAF for spectrum managementWashington DC (SPX) Jul 17, 2020 Alion Science and Technology reports it has been awarded a $51M task order to provide radio spectrum studies, measurements, transitions, certification, and licensing for the Air Force Spectrum Manag ... more  |
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Beijing says US officials have 'lost their minds' over ChinaBeijing (AFP) July 17, 2020 US officials have "lost their minds and gone mad" in their dealings with Beijing, China's foreign ministry said Friday, in the latest verbal salvo between the two superpowers. ... more  
Subaru Telescope and New Horizons explore the outer Solar SystemTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 16, 2020 Collaborative observations with NASA's New Horizons mission have been ongoing at the Subaru Telescope since May 2020. Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC), the wide field camera mounted on the prime focus of the ... more  
Aerojet Rocketdyne completes its propulsion for NASA's Artemis II missionEl Segundo CA (SPX) Jul 21, 2020 Aerojet Rocketdyne recently completed all of its propulsion hardware for the first crewed flight of NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft. The engines and motors, which Aeroje ... more 
Researchers confirm age of universe at 13.8 billion yearsWashington DC (UPI) Jul 15, 2020 Studying the oldest available light in the sky, astronomers at a Chilean observatory on Wednesday said they confirmed the universe is about 13.8 billion years old. ... more 
Scientists find 'ring of fire' on surface of VenusWashington DC (UPI) Jul 21, 2020 Scientists have discovered a "ring of fire" on the surface of Venus - a belt of active mantle plumes. ... more |
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 Boulder CO (The Conversation) Jul 16, 2020 
Current industrialized food systems were optimized for a single goal - growing the maximum amount of food for the least amount of money. But when room and supplies are limited - like during space travel - you need to optimize for a different set of goals to meet the needs of the people you are trying to feed.
NASA and the Translational Research Institute for Space Health asked my lab to fi ... more |
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 Huntsville AL (SPX) Jul 20, 2020 
Teams at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, moved the Artemis I launch vehicle stage adapter for NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket onto the agency's Pegasus barge July 17.
The adapter is the cone shaped piece that connects the rocket's core stage and interim cryogenic propulsion stage (ICPS). Pegasus will transport the flight hardware to NASA's Kennedy Space ... more |
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 Berkeley CA (SPX) Jul 21, 2020 
At 2:58 p.m. PDT [21:58 UTC] on Sunday, July 19, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) successfully launched an interplanetary probe - the first by any country in the Arab world - thanks, in part, to science collaboration, training and instrument components provided by the University of California, Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory (SSL).
The Emirates Mars Mission's Hope probe is scheduled to ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jul 16, 2020 
Tianwen 1, a Chinese Mars probe, has been transported to Hainan province, where it is set to be launched atop a Long March 5 carrier rocket in the coming days, according to the China Academy of Space Technology.
The academy said in a statement on Tuesday that the spacecraft is now undergoing prelaunch preparations at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Wenchang before setting out on China' ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Jul 20, 2020 
Britain's Ministry of Defense finalized a contract for a new Skynet military satellite in a $628.5 million deal with Airbus Defense and Space.
The contract, signed on Sunday, calls for launch and ground support of the latest Skynet 6A telecommunications satellite, which is regarded as an improvement of military communications capability - and is an update to the current Skynet 5 system ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jul 21, 2020 
Eyeing a launch in 2023, DARPA's Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) program will focus the remainder of this year on completing the elements of the robotic payload. The objective of RSGS is to create an operational dexterous robotic capability to repair satellites in geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO), extending satellite life spans, enhancing resilience, and improving reliabili ... more |
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 Marseille, France (SPX) Jul 21, 2020 
Many exoplanets known today are 'super-Earths,' with a radius 1.3 times that of Earth, and 'mini-Neptunes,' with 2.4 Earth radii. Mini-Neptunes, which are less dense, were long thought to be gas planets, made up of hydrogen and helium.
Now, scientists at the Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (CNRS/Aix-Marseille Universite/CNES)[1] have examined a new possibility, namely that the low ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 16, 2020 
Collaborative observations with NASA's New Horizons mission have been ongoing at the Subaru Telescope since May 2020. Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC), the wide field camera mounted on the prime focus of the Subaru Telescope, is used for the observations to search for target candidates for New Horizons' next observations.
Astronomers from Japan are participating in the observation team together wit ... more |
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 Sapporo, Japan (SPX) Jul 20, 2020 
Scientists have found the interstellar organic matter could produce an abundant supply of water by heating, suggesting that organic matter could be the source of terrestrial water.
There remains a number of mysteries on our planet including the elusive origin of water on the earth. Active studies suggested that terrestrial water had been delivered by icy comets or meteorites containing hyd ... more |
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 Phoenix AZ (SPX) Jul 17, 2020 
Honeywell is introducing the HGuide n380, a new inertial navigation system that communicates position, orientation and velocity of an object - such as an autonomous vehicle or unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) - even when global navigation satellite signals are unavailable. Smaller, lighter and lower-priced than previous Honeywell inertial navigation systems, the HGuide n380 is built using Honeywell ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 20, 2020 
The involvement of foreign countries in the ambitious Russian lunar mission is not limited to testing equipment. A lunar mass spectrometer manufactured jointly with Switzerland will be installed on board the Luna-25 to study probes of lunar soil.
The launch readiness of equipment installed on Luna-25, the first lunar lander mission from the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) in the c ... more |
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 Sao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) Jul 17, 2020 
A study conducted by scientists at Sao Paulo State University's Institute of Geosciences and Exact Sciences (IGCE-UNESP) in Rio Claro, Brazil, has identified 19 asteroids of interstellar origin classified as Centaurs, outer Solar System objects that revolve around the Sun in the region between the orbits of Jupiter and Neptune.
An article on the study titled "An interstellar origin for hig ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jul 16, 2020 
China's domestically-developed marine observation satellites will be used to study the distribution of coral reefs in the South China Sea, and facilitate protection and restoration of coral reefs.
State broadcaster CCTV reported that the National Satellite Ocean Application Service will cooperate with a coral reef research center in Guangxi University to monitor coral reefs in the South Ch ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Jul 16, 2020  The European Space Agency and NASA's joint Solar Orbitor mission on Thursday unveiled the closest ever pictures of the sun - and they revealed something unexpected, researchers said.
The pictures, taken during ESA/NASA's Solar Orbitor mission to study earth's closest star, the Sun, are now publicly available, NASA said in a statement Thursday.
The images are the first returned f ... more |
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 Santa Cruz CA (SPX) Jul 17, 2020 
Astronomers studying galaxy evolution have long struggled to understand what causes star formation to shut down in massive galaxies. Although many theories have been proposed to explain this process, known as "quenching," there is still no consensus on a satisfactory model.
Now, an international team led by Sandra Faber, professor emerita of astronomy and astrophysics at UC Santa Cruz, has ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jul 21, 2020 
Filling in the most-significant gaps in our understanding of the universe's history, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) released Sunday a comprehensive analysis of the largest three-dimensional map of the cosmos ever created.
The survey, of which Carnegie is an integral member, has been one of the most successful and influential in the history of astronomy. It operates out of both Apache ... more |
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