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  Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 21, 2020 Reports have said that the Russian state space corporation Roscosmos has commissioned an economic assessment of whether operations can be resumed on the floating spaceport Sea Launch, owned by the S7 AirSpace Corporation, with a return to launches planned for 2024. The Technology and Research Company that is part of S7 AirSpace Corporation, which owns the Sea Launch floating spaceport, has begun work to develop a light launch vehicle with a reversible first stage. "We have started developing ... read more |
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Rocket Lab completes final dress rehearsal for first Electron mission from US soilWallops Island VA (SPX) Sep 21, 2020 Rocket Lab, a leading satellite manufacturer and launch provider, has successfully completed a wet dress rehearsal of the Electron vehicle at Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) at the Mid-Atlantic R ... more 
Hardware testing heats up at Marshall test labHuntsville AL (NASA) Sep 21, 2020 Every piece of hardware flown in space is first tested rigorously on the ground to ensure that it can perform in extreme environments. Engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, ... more 
Complex to build 20 solid-propellant Long March 11 carrier craft every yearBeijing (XNA) Sep 21, 2020 The State-owned space conglomerate China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp is working with local authorities in Shandong province to set up a manufacturing complex for solid-propellant carrier r ... more 
General Atomics delivers nuclear thermal propulsion concept to NASASan Diego CA (SPX) Sep 21, 2020 General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has delivered a design concept of a Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) reactor to power future astronaut missions to Mars for a NASA-funded study. The ... more |
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SSTL demonstrates new GNSS-R capabilitiesGuildford UK (SPX) Sep 21, 2020 Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has successfully demonstrated GNSS-Reflectometry (GNSS-R) from its 18kg DoT-1 satellite. SSTL has pioneered the new field of GNSS-R with successful payloads on ... more  
UK's OneWeb resumes satellite production after bankruptcyMoscow (Sputnik) Sep 21, 2020 OneWeb planned to launch up to 672 satellites into low Earth orbit with the vision to provide broadband internet access to the entire world's surface. The United Kingdom's communications compa ... more 
ESA brings space industry together onlineParis (ESA) Sep 21, 2020 Europe's space community came together through two days of virtual presentations and business-to-business meetings during ESA's online Industry Space Days on 16-17 September. A record 1900 par ... more  
China plans to launch Taiji-2 satellite before 2024: chief scientistBeijing (XNA) Sep 21, 2020 China plans to launch Taiji-2, a satellite to conduct in-orbit experiments on key technologies related to space-based gravitational wave detection, before 2024, Wu Yueliang, chief scientist of the T ... more  
Spacecraft to fly past Venus weeks after signs of life detected in planet's atmosphereMoscow (Sputnik) Sep 18, 2020 A spacecraft with the intended destination of Mercury is expected to make a close flyby of Venus in mid-October, providing scientists with the chance to gather additional information to back up rece ... more |
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 SpaceX postpones Starlink launch from Florida 
Venus' ancient layered, folded rocks point to volcanic originRaleigh NC (SPX) Sep 18, 2020 An international team of researchers has found that some of the oldest terrain on Venus, known as tesserae, have layering that seems consistent with volcanic activity. The finding could provide insi ... more  |
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New calculation refines comparison of matter with antimatterUpton NY (SPX) Sep 18, 2020 An international collaboration of theoretical physicists - including scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) and the RIKEN-BNL Research Center (RBR ... more 
NASA technology enables precision landing without a pilotWashington DC (SPX) Sep 18, 2020 Some of the most interesting places to study in our solar system are found in the most inhospitable environments - but landing on any planetary body is already a risky proposition. With NASA plannin ... more  
Astronomers capture stellar winds in unprecedented detailLeuven, Belgium (SPX) Sep 18, 2020 Astronomers present an explanation for the mesmerising shapes of planetary nebulae. The discovery is based on an extraordinary set of observations of stellar winds around ageing stars. Contrary to c ... more  
SwRI scientist searches for stellar phosphorus to find potentially habitable exoplanetsSan Antonio TX (SPX) Sep 17, 2020 A Southwest Research Institute scientist has identified stellar phosphorus as a probable marker in narrowing the search for life in the cosmos. She has developed techniques to identify stars likely ... more 
Exolaunch to Deliver the NetSat constellation into Orbit for Wurzburg Center for TelematicsBerlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 18, 2020 The Wurzburg Center for Telematics, an independent research center in Germany, and Exolaunch, a rideshare launch and deployment solutions provider, announce a launch agreement for a NetSat nanosatel ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 16, 2020 
NASA has long used art to represent everything from abstract astrophysical concepts to presentations of satellites in orbit that cannot be directly photographed in great detail.
Since 2013, Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore has partnered with NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, through the college's astro-animation course and internship opportunit ... more |
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 San Diego CA (SPX) Sep 21, 2020 
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has delivered a design concept of a Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) reactor to power future astronaut missions to Mars for a NASA-funded study. The study, managed by Analytical Mechanics Associates (AMA), explored a design space defined by key performance parameters as well as figures of merit.
The GA-EMS design exceeded the key performance ... more |
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 Ithica NY (SPX) Sep 16, 2020 
In a little more than a decade, samples of rover-scooped Martian soil will rocket to Earth. While scientists are eager to study the red planet's soils for signs of life, researchers must ponder a considerable new challenge: Acidic fluids - which once flowed on the Martian surface - may have destroyed biological evidence hidden within Mars' iron-rich clays, according to researchers at Cornell Uni ... more |
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 Shanghai (XNA) Sep 18, 2020 
Spacecraft enthusiasts can catch a glimpse of a newly developed commercial Chinese rocket at the ongoing China International Industry Fair in Shanghai.
The medium-sized carrier rocket was developed by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology affiliated to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. It is 59 meters long, with a take-off thrust of about 500 tonnes and a tak ... more |
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 Chennai (IANS) Sep 18, 2020 
The proposed launch vehicle or rocket policy should be startup friendly, not be restrictive in terms of minimum capital for the company, rocket size and other things and the criteria be clear and upfront, said top officials of two rocket companies. They also said the private rocket makers are start-ups which the proposed policy should take into account and the damage liability is one of our majo ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Sep 18, 2020 
This prototype 2.6-m diameter metal-mesh antenna reflector represents a big step forward for the European space sector: versions can be manufactured to reproduce any surface pattern that antenna designers wish, something that was previously possible only with traditional solid antennas.
"This is really a first for Europe," says ESA antenna engineer Jean-Christophe Angevain. "China and the ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Sep 17, 2020 
For the first time, an intact, giant exoplanet has been discovered orbiting close to a white dwarf star. This discovery shows that it is possible for Jupiter-sized planets to survive their star's demise and settle into close orbits around the remaining stellar ember, near the habitable zone. This foretells one possible future for our own Solar System when the Sun ages into a white dwarf.
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 Washington DC (UPI) Sep 14, 2020 
Using new image processing techniques, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy were able to characterize the physical properties of Uranus' five moons, according to a study published Monday in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics.
Previously, astronomers have had to rely on long-distant space missions, space probes like Voyager 1 and 2, Cassini-Huygens and New Horizons, ... more |
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 Canberra, Australia (SPX) Sep 18, 2020 
Satellites in space and a network of ground-based sensors could be used to monitor the quality of Australia's inland waterways, reservoirs and coastal environments.
A 12-month scoping study for the new technology is part of a mission under development called AquaWatch Australia.
The AquaWatch Australia mission, being developed by CSIRO, Australia's national science agency and the Sma ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Aug 18, 2020 
Global acceptance and application of China's Beidou Navigation Satellite System will gather momentum on the back of further integration with telecom technologies like 5G and the internet of things, company executives and experts said.
Their comments came after Beidou started offering full-scale global services on July 31. More importantly, navigation technologies are increasingly intertwin ... more |
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 Fuzhou (XNA) Sep 21, 2020 
China is determined to land its astronauts on the moon and set up a scientific station there, according to a project leader.
Zhou Yanfei, deputy chief designer of China's manned space program, said on Friday that China wishes to use the manned lunar missions to carry out scientific surveys and technology demonstrations, explore ways to develop lunar resources and strengthen the nation's sp ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 17, 2020 
Around 4 billion years ago, the solar system was far less hospitable than we find it now. Many of the large bodies we know and love were present, but probably looked considerably different, especially the Earth.
We know from a range of sources, including ancient meteorites and planetary geology, that around this time there were vastly more collisions between, and impacts from, asteroids or ... more |
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 Luxembourg (SPX) Sep 18, 2020 
Kleos Space, a space-powered Radio Frequency Reconnaissance data-as-a-service (DaaS) company is pleased to provide an update on the Kleos Scouting Mission launching on the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) PSLV-C49 Mission from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), Sriharikota Range in India (SHAR).
The Company has been informed (by NSIL via Spaceflight Inc.) that the launch of the ... more |
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 Reading UK (SPX) Sep 21, 2020 
Solar storm analysis carried out by an army of citizen scientists has helped researchers devise a new and more accurate way of forecasting when Earth will be hit by harmful space weather. Scientists at the University of Reading added analysis carried out by members of the public to computer models designed to predict when coronal mass ejections (CMEs) - huge solar eruptions that are harmful to s ... more |
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 Leuven, Belgium (SPX) Sep 18, 2020 
Astronomers present an explanation for the mesmerising shapes of planetary nebulae. The discovery is based on an extraordinary set of observations of stellar winds around ageing stars. Contrary to common consensus, the team found that stellar winds are not spherical but have a shape similar to that of planetary nebulae. The team concludes that interaction with an accompanying star or exoplanet s ... more |
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 Upton NY (SPX) Sep 18, 2020 
An international collaboration of theoretical physicists - including scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) and the RIKEN-BNL Research Center (RBRC) - has published a new calculation relevant to the search for an explanation of the predominance of matter over antimatter in our universe. The collaboration, known as RBC-UKQCD, also includes scien ... more |
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