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August 18, 2020
TECH SPACE
PredaSAR chooses SpaceX to launch its first synthetic aperture radar satellite



Boca Raton FL (SPX) Aug 12, 2020
PredaSAR Corporation, has announced that its first of 48 advanced commercial Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites will launch on SpaceX's Falcon 9 launch vehicle. Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, Inc. is the launch integration provider in addition to manufacturer of the spacecraft. As part of the agreement, PredaSAR, Tyvak, and SpaceX will be working together to optimize the deployment plan for the remainder of PredaSAR's groundbreaking constellation - the world's largest and most advanced comme ... read more

MICROSAT BLITZ
Momentus to Launch Dodona Nanosat for Lockheed USC La Jument Program
Santa Clara CA (SPX) Aug 07, 2020
Momentus and Lockheed Martin have announced a launch service agreement for a 3U satellite in Lockheed Martin and SERC (Space Engineering Research Center) University of Southern California's (USC) sm ... more
CARBON WORLDS
No limit yet for carbon nanotube fibers
Houston TX (SPX) Aug 18, 2020
Carbon nanotube fibers made at Rice University are now stronger than Kevlar and are inching up on the conductivity of copper. The Rice lab of chemical and biomolecular engineer Matteo Pasquali ... more
SOLAR DAILY
New fabrication method brings single-crystal perovskite devices closer to viability
San Diego CA (SPX) Aug 03, 2020
Nanoengineers at UC San Diego developed a new method to fabricate perovskites as single-crystal thin films, which are more efficient for use in solar cells and optical devices than the current state ... more
SPACEMART
Sateliot and Danish Gatehouse to offer global 5G via its LEO Nano-satellites
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Jul 28, 2020
Sateliot, the first satellite telecommunications operator to provide continuous global connectivity to the Internet of Things (IoT) universe under a 5G architecture, has sealed an agreement with the ... more
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TECH SPACE
Spaceflight Inc chooses Tethers Unlimited's Terminator Tape to deorbit of Orbit Transfer Vehicle
Bothell WA (SPX) Jul 27, 2020
Tethers Unlimited, Inc. (TUI) is pleased to announce that Spaceflight Inc. has selected TUI's NanoSat Terminator Tape Deorbit System for end-of life disposal of its new Sherpa-FX orbit transfer vehi ... more
NANO TECH
Scientists open new window into the nanoworld
Boulder CO (SPX) Jul 20, 2020
University of Colorado Boulder researchers have used ultra-fast extreme ultraviolet lasers to measure the properties of materials more than 100 times thinner than a human red blood cell. The t ... more
CHIP TECH
Magnetic memory states go exponential
Ramat Gan, Israel (SPX) Jul 13, 2020
Spintronics is a thriving branch of nano-electronics which utilizes the spin of the electron and its associated magnetic moment in addition to the electron charge used in traditional electronics. Th ... more
WATER WORLD
New technology combines wood, bacteria, sunlight to purify water
Washington DC (UPI) Jul 08, 2020
Engineers have developed a new wood-based steam generator that can purify water using bacteria-produced nanomaterials and the sun's energy. ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
In-Space sets sights on next phase of Faraday programme after devastating loss of Faraday-1 satellite
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 07, 2020
In-Space Missions has vowed to continue its Faraday satellite programme after the extreme disappointment of losing their maiden satellite Faraday-1. The nanosat was launched on a Rocket Lab Electron ... more
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TECH SPACE
Just add nano-materials for stronger, tougher diving fins
Paris (ESA) Jul 03, 2020
Adding microscopic nano-materials to carbon fibre composites has resulted in stronger, tougher fins for divers. A space material company teamed up with a market leader in the design and production o ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
Exolaunch and NanoAvionics sign two launch agreements for SpaceX's rideshare missions
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jul 01, 2020
Exolaunch, a rideshare launch and deployment solutions provider, signed launch agreements with NanoAvionics, a nano-satellite bus manufacturer and mission integrator, to launch two 6U nano-satellite ... more
INTERNET SPACE
Quantum entanglement demonstrated aboard orbiting CubeSat
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 26, 2020
In a critical step toward creating a global quantum communications network, researchers have generated and detected quantum entanglement onboard a CubeSat nanosatellite weighing less than 2.6 kilogr ... more
ENERGY TECH
New insights into the energy levels in quantum dots
Bochum, Germany (SPX) Jun 26, 2020
Researchers from Basel, Bochum and Copenhagen have gained new insights into the energy states of quantum dots. They are semiconductor nanostructures and promising building blocks for quantum communi ... more
TECH SPACE
ESA awards NanoAvionics contract to develop new satellite propulsion technologies
Vilnius, Lithuania (SPX) Jun 24, 2020
The European Space Agency (ESA) has granted 1 million euros to nanosatellite mission integrator NanoAvionics to develop key components for small satellite propulsion systems. The new propulsion tech ... more


FFI selects GomSpace to build military communication satellite

SPACEMART
NanoAvionics to build first 2 satellite buses for Omnispace Constellation
Midland TX (SPX) Jun 22, 2020
Mission integrator NanoAvionics was contracted by Thales Alenia Space to build the initial two satellite buses for Omnispace's satellite-based Internet of Things (IoT) infrastructure. NanoAvionics' ... more
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CARBON WORLDS
Two-dimensional carbon networks
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 19, 2020
Lithium-ion batteries usually contain graphitic carbons as anode materials. Scientists have investigated the carbonic nanoweb graphdiyne as a novel two-dimensional carbon network for its suitability ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Superlens squeezes light into nanospace
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Jun 17, 2020
Russian and Danish researchers have made a first-ever experimental observation of a plasmon nanojet. This physical phenomenon enables nanoscale focusing of light and, theoretically, allows engineers ... more
CLIMATE SCIENCE
Simba CubeSat to swivel from Earth to Sun to help track climate change
Paris (ESA) Jun 16, 2020
Due to launch aboard Friday's Vega rocket, ESA's Simba CubeSat is a tiny mission with a big ambition: to measure one of the fundamental drivers of climate change in a new way. The 30-cm long nanosat ... more
NANO TECH
The smallest motor in the world
Dubendorf, Switzerland (SPX) Jun 17, 2020
The smallest motor in the world - consisting of just 16 atoms: this was developed by a team of researchers from Empa and EPFL. "This brings us close to the ultimate size limit for molecular motors," ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Arianespace Vega mission to perform Small Spacecraft Mission Service Proof of Concept flight
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jun 12, 2020
With this mission, designated Flight VV16, Arianespace underscores its comprehensive range of innovative and competitive services to address the nano- and micro-satellite market sub-segment, serving ... more
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Lander exhaust could cloud studies of Lunar ices
Laurel, MD (SPX) Aug 16, 2020
A new study led by scientists at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, shows that exhaust from a midsized lunar lander can quickly spread around the Moon and potentially contaminate scientifically vital ices at the lunar poles. Computer simulations of water vapor emitted by a 2,650-pound (1,200-kilogram) lander - about a quarter of the dry mass of the Apol ... more
+ China's Chang'e-4 probe resumes work for 21st lunar day
+ India's Chandrayaan-2 images Sarabhai Crater
+ Russian Cosmonauts Could Be Going to the Moon Without a Super-Heavy Launch Vehicle
+ Study reveals composition of gel-like lunar substance
+ Aerojet Rocketdyne completes its propulsion for NASA's Artemis II mission
+ Russia's Trailblazing Lunar Lander Mission to be Launch-Tested With US Equipment
+ Solar power investigation to launch on lunar lander
China seeks payload ideas for mission to moon, asteroid
Beijing (XNA) Aug 07, 2020
China is soliciting ideas for payloads aboard its proposed missions to the moon, an asteroid and a comet, according to the China National Space Administration. It is asking for primary, middle school and university students across the country to provide ideas for payloads that would fly aboard the Chang'e 7 probe to the moon, and on another spacecraft to the asteroid 2016HO3 and the comet ... more
+ China marching to Mars for humanity's better shared future
+ From the Moon to Mars: China's long march in space
+ Tianwen 1 probe to soon blast off for Mars
+ China's newest carrier rocket fails in debut mission
+ China's tracking ship wraps up satellite launch monitoring
+ Final Beidou launch marks major milestone in China's space effort
+ Satellite launch center Wenchang eyes boosting homestay, catering sectors


China blasts US 'digital gunboat diplomacy' over TikTok
Beijing (AFP) Aug 17, 2020
China on Monday slammed Washington for using "digital gunboat diplomacy" after US President Donald Trump ordered TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance to sell its interest in the Musical.ly app it bought and merged with TikTok. As tensions soar between the world's two biggest economies, Trump has claimed TikTok could be used by China to track the locations of federal employees, build dossiers on ... more
+ Huawei's Meng seeks classified docs in extradition fight
+ Facebook, Google step up election protection efforts
+ Trump targets TikTok again with new executive order
+ Israel says foiled cyber attack on its defence firms
+ Defying China, Hong Kongers rush to buy pro-democracy newspaper
+ TikTok, WeChat bans not crucial to US security: experts
+ AFRL invites hackers to re-imagine how space systems are secured
Lander exhaust could cloud studies of Lunar ices
Laurel, MD (SPX) Aug 16, 2020
A new study led by scientists at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, shows that exhaust from a midsized lunar lander can quickly spread around the Moon and potentially contaminate scientifically vital ices at the lunar poles. Computer simulations of water vapor emitted by a 2,650-pound (1,200-kilogram) lander - about a quarter of the dry mass of the Apol ... more
+ China's Chang'e-4 probe resumes work for 21st lunar day
+ India's Chandrayaan-2 images Sarabhai Crater
+ Russian Cosmonauts Could Be Going to the Moon Without a Super-Heavy Launch Vehicle
+ Study reveals composition of gel-like lunar substance
+ Aerojet Rocketdyne completes its propulsion for NASA's Artemis II mission
+ Russia's Trailblazing Lunar Lander Mission to be Launch-Tested With US Equipment
+ Solar power investigation to launch on lunar lander
Scientists open new window into the nanoworld
Boulder CO (SPX) Jul 20, 2020
University of Colorado Boulder researchers have used ultra-fast extreme ultraviolet lasers to measure the properties of materials more than 100 times thinner than a human red blood cell. The team, led by scientists at JILA, reported its new feat of wafer-thinness this week in the journal Physical Review Materials. The group's target, a film just 5 nanometers thick, is the thinnest material ... more
+ The smallest motor in the world
+ Crystalline 'nanobrush' clears way to advanced energy and information tech
+ Transporting energy through a single molecular nanowire
+ To make an atom-sized machine, you need a quantum mechanic
+ Magnetic nanoparticles help researchers remotely release adrenal hormones
+ New DNA origami motor breaks speed record for nano machines
Meteorological satellites keep eye on clouds
Beijing (XNA) Aug 16, 2020
As many regions in China are experiencing or expecting heavy rainfall, residents in those places have often been checking weather forecasts and looking up at the sky to avoid being caught in a downpour. High above their heads, several Chinese meteorological satellites are also staring at moving cloud clusters and transmitting data and images back to an inconspicuous building in northwester ... more
+ Clemson doctoral candidate uses rockets to surf the Alaskan sky
+ Sentinel-1C radar antenna has spread its wings for the first time
+ NASA researchers track slowly splitting 'dent' in Earth's magnetic field
+ Cluster's 20 years of studying Earth's magnetosphere
+ China launches new optical remote-sensing satellite
+ Researchers take the ultimate Earth selfie
+ Rocket sees curling waves above Alaskan sky


Scientists open new window into the nanoworld
Boulder CO (SPX) Jul 20, 2020
University of Colorado Boulder researchers have used ultra-fast extreme ultraviolet lasers to measure the properties of materials more than 100 times thinner than a human red blood cell. The team, led by scientists at JILA, reported its new feat of wafer-thinness this week in the journal Physical Review Materials. The group's target, a film just 5 nanometers thick, is the thinnest material ... more
+ The smallest motor in the world
+ Crystalline 'nanobrush' clears way to advanced energy and information tech
+ Transporting energy through a single molecular nanowire
+ To make an atom-sized machine, you need a quantum mechanic
+ Magnetic nanoparticles help researchers remotely release adrenal hormones
+ New DNA origami motor breaks speed record for nano machines
Human Rights Watch eyes treaty banning 'killer robots'
Geneva (AFP) Aug 10, 2020
Human Rights Watch said Monday it was seeking a new international treaty to halt the race towards fully autonomous weapons, claiming a growing number of countries wanted an outright ban. The non-governmental organisation (NGO) said 30 countries are now explicitly seeking a ban, after compiling an overview of 97 nations with a stated position on the use and development of what it termed "kill ... more
+ Subterranean Challenge pivots to all-virtual competition for cave circuit
+ Russia to create several space robots
+ NUS researchers gives robots intelligent sensing abilities to carry out complex tasks
+ Robot hotel gets its occupants
+ "Alexa, go to the kitchen and fetch me a snack"
+ AI robots for power network put into service in North China
+ Amid reckoning on police racism, algorithm bias in focus


SqwaQ demonstrates BVLOS UAS flight capabilities for controlled airspace
Dallas TX (SPX) Aug 14, 2020
SqwaQ, a leader in communications technology for robotics, autonomy and aviation, revealed today that it has successfully demonstrated its patented airborne LTE drone communications technology for multiple partners. The technology enables drones, helicopters, air taxis and other connected aircraft to share the same airspace rather than being segregated. This eliminates the need for UTM (Un ... more
+ Israel strikes Hamas targets in Gaza over balloon attacks
+ Turkish drone kills 2 Iraqi officers in Kurdish region: army
+ Air Force holds electronic warfare exercise with classified stealth drone
+ Swiss Army Chooses Lockheed Martin's Indago 3 UAS For Tactical Reconnaissance And Surveillance
+ Image processing algorithm allows indoor drones to fly autonomously
+ VTOL demonstration at JEB Little Creek showcases REALL Technology
+ VSR700 prototype performs first autonomous free flight
US court overturns Qualcomm defeat in antitrust case
San Francisco (AFP) Aug 11, 2020
An appeals court on Tuesday overturned a judge's ruling that Qualcomm "strangled competition," undoing a major victory scored last year by US antitrust enforcers. Shares in the California-based mobile chip giant jumped more than four percent on word that an appellate court was not convinced that Qualcomm's tactics in the market unfairly stifled competition, hurting consumers and device maker ... more
+ DARPA Selects Teams to Increase Security of Semiconductor Supply Chain
+ Spin, spin, spin: researchers enhance electron spin longevity
+ 'Drawn-on-skin' electronics offer breakthrough in wearable monitors
+ Scientists discover new class of semiconducting entropy-stabilized materials
+ "Giant atoms" enable quantum processing and communication in one
+ Share surge propels Taiwan chip giant TSMC into top ten
+ A new path for electron optics in solid-state systems


Return of the LIDAR
Paris (ESA) Aug 07, 2020
In a peninsula far, far away, a laser shoots into the sky to study the Antarctic atmosphere at Concordia research station. The Light Detection and Ranging instrument, or LIDAR, is a remote sensing technique that uses light to study an object. A pulsed laser beam is aimed at the target and properties of the resulting scattered light are recorded by sensors. Using these measurements, r ... more
+ Altius Space Machines to support on-orbit servicing for the Dynetics Human Landing System
+ NASA selects SwRI to participate in $6B Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition IV Contract
+ PredaSAR chooses SpaceX to launch its first synthetic aperture radar satellite
+ 'Fortnite' maker sues Apple over app restrictions
+ Digital content to total half Earth's mass by 2245
+ French firm thrusts Microsoft Flight Simulator to new take-off
+ Apple and Google pull 'Fortnite' from mobile app shops
China partygoers cram into Wuhan water park
Beijing (AFP) Aug 17, 2020
Thousands of partygoers packed out a water park over the weekend in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus first emerged late last year, keen to party as the city edges back to normal life. The popular Wuhan Maya Beach Water Park was filled with people frolicking in swimsuits and goggles for an electronic music festival, many perched on rubber dinghies or wading up to their ... more
+ Sexual abuse, assault: Grim prospects for China's blind women
+ Amid fraying China ties, US targets Confucius Institutes
+ Agnes Chow: the former Hong Kong teen activist China wants to silence
+ Cartier's 'father-son' Valentine draws derision in China
+ Hong Kong leader returns Cambridge fellowship over rights row
+ Hong Kong police raid pro-democracy newspaper, arrest owner
+ Jimmy Lai: the Hong Kong media tycoon that China loathes


First ever observation of 'time crystals' interacting
Lancaster UK (SPX) Aug 18, 2020
For the first time ever, scientists have witnessed the interaction of a new phase of matter known as "time crystals". The discovery, published in Nature Materials, may lead to applications in quantum information processing because time crystals automatically remain intact - coherent - in varying conditions. Protecting coherence is the main difficulty hindering the development of powerful q ... more
+ Breakthrough extends quantum state stability by 10,000 times
+ Physicists cast doubt on neutrino theory
+ Simulating quantum 'time travel' disproves butterfly effect in quantum realm
+ Universe Is More Homogeneous Than Expected
+ Cosmic tango between the very small and the very large
+ New approach refines the Hubble's constant and age of universe
+ Atomtronic device could probe boundary between quantum, everyday worlds
'Quantum negativity' can power ultra-precise measurements
Cambridge UK (SPX) Aug 03, 2020
Scientists have found that a physical property called 'quantum negativity' can be used to take more precise measurements of everything from molecular distances to gravitational waves. The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, Harvard and MIT, have shown that quantum particles can carry an unlimited amount of information about things they have interacted with. The results, reported ... more
+ QinetiQ wins contract with the European Space Agency
+ Tabletop quantum experiment could detect gravitational waves
+ Gravitational wave scientists grapple with the cosmic mystery of GW190814
+ LIGO-Virgo finds mystery object in 'mass gap'
+ Thailand team wins UN access to ESA's hypergravity centrifuge
+ New gravitational-wave model can bring neutron stars into even sharper focus
+ Seeing the universe through new lenses


Perovskite solar module enabled IoT asset tracking for wildlife conservation
Warsaw, Poland (SPX) Aug 16, 2020
An animal-tracking system developed by Saule Technologies will support the monitoring of European bison in Ukraine. Local partner World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Ukraine, WWF Poland and Saule Technologies will cooperate on the "Perovskite Solar Module Enabled IoT Asset Tracking for Wildlife Conservation" initiative under the Challenge Fund: Polish Solutions for SDGs Fund, with the financial sup ... more
+ New solar facility is expected to offset 100 percent of Northrop Grumman's electricity use in Virginia
+ Perovskite and organic solar cells rocketed into space
+ Converting solar energy to hydrogen fuel, with help from photosynthesis
+ Transparent solar panels for windows hit record 8% efficiency
+ Molecular additives enhance mechanical properties of organic solar cell material
+ New fabrication method brings single-crystal perovskite devices closer to viability
+ ETRI develops eco-friendly color thin-film solar cells
SIA urges FCC to ensure spectrum continues to provide satellite broadband connectivity
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 12, 2020
On Aug 6th, SIA announced it had filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to FCC's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) regarding the matter of Modernizing and Expanding Access to the 70 GHz, 80 GHz and 90 GHz spectrum bands. The SIA filing addresses the potential impact of changes in the rules on future users of these bands and focuses on ensuring that a ... more
+ SES selects ULA to launch two C-Band satellites to accelerate C-Band clearing
+ Kleos to launch second satellite cluster on SpaceX Falcon 9
+ Exolaunch awarded contracts to deliver Swarm Satellites into orbit on Falcon 9
+ SES selects SpaceX for launch of new C-Band satellites
+ Hisdesat And XTAR Complete Transaction For XTAR-EUR Satellite
+ Amazon to invest $10 bn in space-based internet system
+ Latvia becomes ESA Associate Member State
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