SpaceX launched its 17th commercial resupply mission and joined five other spacecraft at the ISS in May. Base2 Solutions' Paul Kostek notes that the company will SpaceX will need to address is managing their network to prevent collisions in the coming year after the European Space Agency fired the thrusters on its Aeolus satellite in September to avoid a colliding with a Starlink satellite.
Destination space – Where will we be in 2020?
Aerospace engineers should be aware of a few potential obstacles to mission success, writes Paul Kostek, advisory systems engineer at Base2 Solutions.
Nov 14th, 2019
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VectorNav shows navigation devices in harsh conditions
Nov 12th, 2019
SpaceX launches 17th commercial resupply mission for the International Space Station earlier this year.
ALPA highlights safe integration of commercial air and space operations
Nov 11th, 2019
NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, attached to foot restraints inside the Kibo laboratory module from JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), participates in interviews with journalists from Bangor, Maine and Boston, Massachusetts. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, is expanding its partnership with the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa to collaborate on advanced and in-space manufacturing.
NASA, University of Alabama collaborate on in-space manufacturing
Nov 11th, 2019
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Scientists discover new high-temperature superconductor
Nov 8th, 2019
Boeing’s Human Lander System heads into orbit on the strength of a Space Launch System rocket in this artist concept. The mission architecture calls for sending the integrated lander into orbit where it will rendezvous with astronauts aboard Orion or the Gateway before taking the crew to the lunar surface.
Boeing proposes its integrated lunar lander
Nov 7th, 2019
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner’s airbags inflate in preparation for landing in the New Mexico desert in the company’s Pad Abort Test for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.
Boeing's Starliner completes pad abort test
Nov 4th, 2019
A crowd watches from a safe distance as Northrop Grumman launches its 12th cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station from Pad-0A of NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia Nov. 2, 2019.
ISS to get new cargo, experiments
Nov 4th, 2019
GPS III SV02 is the second GPS III satellite designed and built by Lockheed Martin to help the Air Force modernize today's Global Positioning System (GPS) constellation with new technology and capabilities.
Five things you probably didn’t know GPS could do
Nov 4th, 2019
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RF coaxial limiters introduced by Fairview Microwave
Oct 29th, 2019
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Myriad companies across the world have embraced Urban Air Mobility as a way to move people around swelling mega-cities in what some have called "flying taxis."
Nov 5th, 2019
A view of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope five-layer sunshield deployment at Northrop Grumman in Redondo Beach, California.
Webb telescope withstands launch stresses
A series of post-test check outs and deployments were conducted, including exercising the deployable tower assembly (DTA) and the five-layer sunshield, amongst others.
Oct 24th, 2019
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MUOS secure comm satellite ready for operational use
Comprised of five satellites and four dispersed relay ground stations, the MUOS network brings to mobile forces communications over a secure high-speed IP-based system.
Oct 22nd, 2019
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NASA surveys industry for atmospheric monitoring CubeSat
The integrated SAGE IV CubeSat spacecraft and atmospheric sensor should measure about 14.2 inches by 4.8 inches and weigh no more than 26.5 pounds, writes John Keller for Military & Aerospace Electronics.
Oct 22nd, 2019
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Metal connectors for SATCOM and other RF and microwave uses
Example applications for millimeter wave terminations are high frequency instrumentation, satellite communications (SATCOM) equipment, cable assemblies, and test and measurement equipment.
Oct 21st, 2019
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Airbus-built Solar Orbiter heads for the Sunshine State
Solar Orbiter will study the Sun in detail and its effects on the solar system.
Oct 18th, 2019
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DTA announces AI tech 'AstraLaunch'
AstraLaunch helps align research, patented or not, with the market early in development.
Oct 18th, 2019
Boeing is building the massive 212-foot Space Launch System (SLS) core stage for NASA’s Artemis I mission.
NASA taps Boeing to build Artemis rocket stages
Boeing is the prime contractor for the rocket’s core stage, avionics, and variations of the upper stage.
Oct 17th, 2019
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LeoLabs unveils Kiwi Space Radar
The radar system is designed to track objects in LEO smaller than 10 centimeters.
Oct 14th, 2019
Artist rendering of a Raytheon SM-3 interceptor launching from a warship.
Shareowners approve Raytheon and United Technologies merger of equals
The merger would create Raytheon Technologies Corporation to address rapidly growing segments within aerospace and defense.
Oct 14th, 2019
Science may be catching up to science fiction as NASA engineer David Burns has released a paper demonstrating how his helical engine design can drive spacecraft to nearly the speed of light.
NASA engineer's 'helical engine' may violate the laws of physics
One NASA engineer believes he could take us to the stars without any propellant at all, writes Jon Cartwright for NewScientist.com.
Oct 14th, 2019
Northrop Grumman’s L-1011 aircraft, Stargazer, prepares for takeoff at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Skid Strip in Florida on Oct. 10, 2019. Attached beneath the aircraft is the company’s Pegasus XL rocket, carrying NASA’s Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON).
NASA spacecraft launches on mission to explore frontier of space
The mission will study a region of space where changes can disrupt communications and satellite orbits.
Oct 11th, 2019
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EOS to create its own radar microsatellite constellation "EOS SAR"
EOS SAR satellites will operate in Stripmap and Spotlight modes - including interferometry - and will cover a wide range of applications.
Oct 9th, 2019
Virgin Galactic's first spaceflight on December 13, 2018.
Boeing invests in Virgin Galactic
The companies will work together to broaden commercial space access and travel technologies.
Oct 8th, 2019