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America seeks faster ways to launch military satellites

If one gets destroyed, a replacement needs to be on its way soon, writes The Economist.

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CIMON-2 is on its way to the ISS to assist astronauts

2019 M&AE Technology Innovators Awards announced

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Nomad GCS launches mobile operations venture with NASA

DARPA asks BAE to create autonomy software for multi-domain mission planning

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Sigma-Netics now offers harsh environment pressure transducers

Northrop Grumman Selected For Hypersonic Tracking

Northrop selected for hypersonic tracking program

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Airbus-assembled ExoMars rover will be thermal vacuum tested for two weeks

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Preparing the next generation of GPS

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Teledyne's converter approved for space

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First voyage for spaceship Orion

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S.S. White technologies highlights custom flexible shafts for aerospace

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Boeing Starliner placed atop ULA rocket for first flight

The spacecraft being prepared for uncrewed flight test to International Space Station.

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Airbus presents new technology for EUTELSAT QUANTUM

The electronically steerable reception antenna, works in Ku-band with eight independent reconfigurable beams.

Airbus-built telescope for ESA’s Euclid mission takes shape

Euclid will collect high resolution images of the sky by pointing the spacecraft to a new field in deep space once every 80 minutes.

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TE Connectivity’s new shielded connectors expand harsh environment capabilities

EMI shielded product extension of current 369 connector family now available

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. In addition, the Starlink satellites are causing headaches for astronomers due to multiple flyovers from the SpaceX venture.

Astronomers' Starlink worries come to fruition

For the modern astronomer, satellites are just a part of life. But then there's Starlink, writes Jacinta Bowler for ScienceAlert.com.

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Raytheon develops automation system for DARPA constellation

Pit Boss aims to use an advanced architecture, processors and encryption to autonomously collect and process data from the entire Blackjack constellation.

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COTS in Space - ACCEDE 2019 workshop

Dan Friedlander recounts the Assessment of Commercial Components Enabling Disruptive space Electronics conference held earlier this month in Seville, Spain.

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.

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VectorNav shows navigation devices in harsh conditions

Testing also demonstrates conformance to electrical interface and electromagnetic interference (EMI) standards for defense and aerospace applications.

SpaceX launches 17th commercial resupply mission for the International Space Station earlier this year.

ALPA highlights safe integration of commercial air and space operations

Publication takes a deeper look into the operational integration of commercial space into the national airspace system and beyond.

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

NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center is committed to collaborations that strengthen the nation's STEM education and workforce pipeline by engaging students and teachers in NASA's missions.

H.265 video compression soon will be available for Group 2 UAVs like the Boeing Insitu ScanEagle shown above.

Broadcast-quality video streaming coming soon to small UAVs

Military surveillance UAVs must fly far enough from their ground controller stations to maintain stealth and security, while keeping up video quality.

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Scientists discover new high-temperature superconductor

The results of their study, supported by a Russian Science Foundation grant, were published in the journal Materials Today, reports Phys.org.

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

The design includes innovations in its engines, composites, and automated landing and rendezvous systems.