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September 29, 2020
SPACEMART
Machine-learning nanosats to inform global trade



Paris (ESA) Sep 29, 2020
The latest batch of tiny satellites to monitor trade on Earth from space have launched. The Glaswegian-built nanosatellites join a fleet of about 100 objects in low Earth orbit that help to predict the movement of the world's resources, so that businesses and governments can make informed decisions. The two machine-learning capable satellites were launched on a Russian Soyuz launcher, alongside two further satellites that will be used to forger inter-satellite links. These connections allow ... read more

TECH SPACE
Hyperbolic metamaterials exhibit 2T physics
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 22, 2020
Metamaterials - nanoengineered structures designed for precise control and manipulation of electromagnetic waves - have enabled such innovations as invisibility cloaks and super-resolution microscop ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
Nanocrystals can trigger explosive volcanic eruptions
Washington DC (UPI) Sep 24, 2020
The presence of tiny crystals in magma can cause volcanoes to violently explode, according to a new study published Thursday in the journal Science Advances. ... more
SOLAR SCIENCE
Nanojets shine light on heating of the Solar Corona
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 22, 2020
In a paper published in Nature Astronomy, researchers report the first ever clear images of nanojets - bright thin lights that travel perpendicular to the magnetic structures in the solar atmosphere ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
NanoAvionics enters India's space market through partnership with Ananth Technologies
Vilnius, Lithuania (SPX) Sep 18, 2020
NanoAvionics, a multinational nanosatellite mission integrator, has signed a partnership agreement with Ananth Technologies Ltd (ATL) which marks NanoAvionics' entry into India's growing NewSpace in ... more
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MICROSAT BLITZ
Exolaunch to Deliver the NetSat constellation into Orbit for Wurzburg Center for Telematics
Berlin, 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
TECH SPACE
Physicists make electrical nanolasers even smaller
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Sep 17, 2020
Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and King's College London cleared the obstacle that had prevented the creation of electrically driven nanolasers for integrated circui ... more
ENERGY TECH
Energy harvesting goes organic, gets more flexible
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 16, 2020
Nanogenerators capable of converting mechanical energy into electricity are typically made from metal oxides and lead-based perovskites. But these inorganic materials aren't biocompatible, so the ra ... more
TECH SPACE
GITAI and Nanoracks demonstrate GITAI robot inside the Nanoracks Bishop Airlock
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 10, 2020
In 2021, space robotics start-up GITAI, in collaboration with Nanoracks, will conduct a technical demonstration of a GITAI robot executing versatile tasks inside the Nanoracks' Bishop Airlock Module ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
HyperScout 2 is in space
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Sep 04, 2020
On 3 September 2020 at 03:51 CEST, a Vega launch vehicle carried two FSSCat nanosatellites into orbit, one of which houses the brand new HyperScout 2 instrument. This advanced remote sensing system ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION
Machine-learning nanosatellites to monitor global trade
Glasgow UK (SPX) Sep 08, 2020
Nanosatellites, built in Glasgow, will join a fleet of more than 100 objects in low Earth orbit that help to predict the movement of the world's resources, so that businesses and governments can mak ... more
NANO TECH
Nano particles for healthy tissue
Paris (ESA) Sep 07, 2020
"Eat your vitamins" might be replaced with "ingest your ceramic nano-particles" in the future as space research is giving more weight to the idea that nanoscopic particles could help protect cells f ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
ESA launches small Belgian satellite carrying VTT's remote sensing technology into space
Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Sep 07, 2020
The European Space Agency (ESA) has launched 42 tiny satellites aboard a Vega rocket. It took off from ESA's launch site in French Guiana on 2 September local time. One of the launched nanosatellite ... more
NANO TECH
Hybrid nanomaterials hold promise for improved ceramic composites
Wright-Patterson AFB OH (AFNS) Sep 04, 2020
Researchers at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base are seeking to patent a novel process for manufacturing a type of material called preceramic polymer-grafted nanoparticles, or "hairy nanoparticles" (H ... 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


PredaSAR chooses SpaceX to launch its first synthetic aperture radar satellite

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
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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
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
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NASA reveals new details of $28B Artemis lunar landing program
Washington DC (UPI) Sep 23, 2020
NASA has released new details of its Artemis project to send astronauts to the surface of the moon by 2024, including the cost of its first phase - $28 billion. In an update provided by the space agency Monday, the administrators said $16.2 billion of the total would be to produce the initial Human Landing System - the new-generation moon landers which would carry astronauts to the lunar s ... more
+ Experience, charisma will steer NASA's choice for first woman on moon
+ NASA and HeroX Seek Innovative Energy Solutions to Power Lunar Activities
+ NASA publishes Artemis plan to return Americans to Moon in 2024
+ NASA plans for return to Moon to cost $28 billion
+ China determined to land astronauts on lunar surface
+ China to launch Chang'e-5 lunar probe this year
+ Astrobotic completes Peregrine Lunar Lander Structural Model testing
NASA chief warns Congress about Chinese space station
Washington (AFP) Sept 23, 2020
NASA chief Jim Bridenstine told lawmakers Wednesday it was crucial for the US to maintain a presence in Earth's orbit after the International Space Station is decommissioned so that China does not gain a strategic advantage. The first parts of the ISS were launched in 1998 and it has been continuously lived in since 2000. The station, which serves as a space science lab and is a partners ... more
+ China's new carrier rocket available for public view
+ China sends nine satellites into orbit by sea launch
+ Chinese spacecraft launched mystery object into space before returning to Earth
+ China's reusable spacecraft returns to Earth after 2 days
+ Mars-bound Tianwen 1 hits milestone
+ China's Mars probe over 8m km away from Earth
+ China seeks payload ideas for mission to moon, asteroid


Space ISAC releases statement on cybersecurity for space systems
Colorado Springs CO (SPX) Sep 21, 2020
the Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ISAC) issued a statement in response to Space Policy Directive (SPD-5), released on Friday, September 4, 2020, by the Trump Administration, establishing a framework for cybersecurity best practices for space systems and "key cybersecurity principles to guide and serve as the foundation for America's approach to the cyber protection of space syst ... more
+ Huawei exec to accuse US of misleading Canada in extradition case
+ Cyberattack could trigger Article 5 response, NATO deputy secretary warns
+ Navy's fifth annual cybersecurity event goes online
+ Pompeo accuses China of fomenting US racial unrest
+ Facebook says fake accounts from China aimed at US politics
+ New York police officer charged with spying for China
+ China's rich seek bodyguards schooled in digital dark arts
NASA reveals new details of $28B Artemis lunar landing program
Washington DC (UPI) Sep 23, 2020
NASA has released new details of its Artemis project to send astronauts to the surface of the moon by 2024, including the cost of its first phase - $28 billion. In an update provided by the space agency Monday, the administrators said $16.2 billion of the total would be to produce the initial Human Landing System - the new-generation moon landers which would carry astronauts to the lunar s ... more
+ Experience, charisma will steer NASA's choice for first woman on moon
+ NASA and HeroX Seek Innovative Energy Solutions to Power Lunar Activities
+ NASA publishes Artemis plan to return Americans to Moon in 2024
+ NASA plans for return to Moon to cost $28 billion
+ China determined to land astronauts on lunar surface
+ China to launch Chang'e-5 lunar probe this year
+ Astrobotic completes Peregrine Lunar Lander Structural Model testing
Nano particles for healthy tissue
Paris (ESA) Sep 07, 2020
"Eat your vitamins" might be replaced with "ingest your ceramic nano-particles" in the future as space research is giving more weight to the idea that nanoscopic particles could help protect cells from common causes of damage. Oxidative stress occurs in our bodies when cells lose the natural balance of electrons in the molecules that we are made of. This is a common and constant occurrence ... more
+ Hybrid nanomaterials hold promise for improved ceramic composites
+ Scientists open new window into the nanoworld
+ 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
MethaneSAT completes critical design review, moves into production phase
San Francisco CA (SPX) Sep 21, 2020
MethaneSAT has reached an important new milestone with completion of the Critical Design Review (CDR) phase for both the mission's remote sensing instrument and the spacecraft platform "bus" that will provide power and maneuvering, and transmit the vast stream of data from the high resolution sensors to ground stations. Completion of the CDR means that MethaneSAT is now entering the production s ... more
+ Air pollution in a post-COVID-19 world
+ China sends two environmental monitoring satellites into space
+ First AI image from space with HyperScout
+ USSF and NOAA begin joint operations of infrared weather satellite
+ Kleos Scouting Mission launch update
+ CO2 emission reductions are not yet detectable in atmosphere from Covid shutdowns
+ Ball Aerospace selected by NASA to study sustainable land imaging technologies


Nano particles for healthy tissue
Paris (ESA) Sep 07, 2020
"Eat your vitamins" might be replaced with "ingest your ceramic nano-particles" in the future as space research is giving more weight to the idea that nanoscopic particles could help protect cells from common causes of damage. Oxidative stress occurs in our bodies when cells lose the natural balance of electrons in the molecules that we are made of. This is a common and constant occurrence ... more
+ Hybrid nanomaterials hold promise for improved ceramic composites
+ Scientists open new window into the nanoworld
+ 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
Teams demonstrate swarm tactics in fourth major OFFSET Field Experiment
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 21, 2020
Two Swarm Systems Integrators - Northrop Grumman Mission Systems and Raytheon BBN Technologies - are creating swarm systems architectures, advanced interfaces, and virtual and physical swarm testbeds for OFFSET. The Swarm Systems Integrators tested their autonomous platforms - comprising ground vehicles, multirotor and fixed-wing aircraft - in a multi-stage, interactive scenario to locate ... more
+ Technology developed for Lunar landings makes self-driving cars safer on Earth
+ Helping robots avoid collisions
+ Light processing improves robotic sensing, study finds
+ U.S. Navy selects Lockheed Martin to deliver large unmanned surface vessel study
+ DoD to start live fighter trials with AI pilots by 2024, Esper says
+ Miniature antenna enables robotic teaming in complex environments
+ Pentagon picks Google Cloud for AI-assisted cancer diagnoses


New MS-177 and upgraded AN/ASQ-230 sensors will enhance intelligence collection
San Diego CA (SPX) Sep 29, 2020
Northrop Grumman has delivered a pair of sensors to enhance the capability of its Global Hawk high-altitude long-endurance autonomous aircraft system. Enhancements include the deployment of the MS-177 multi-spectral camera system to provide additional high resolution imaging capability for operational users. The second new capability is the first fielding of the increment 1 upgraded AN/ASQ-230 s ... more
+ Robopilot unmanned air platform returns to flight
+ Army funding research to allow drones to run on multiple fuel sources
+ General Atomics nets $7.4B MQ-9 Reaper contract with U.S. Air Force
+ France sees joint European drone project launched this year
+ US Military set to deploy advanced Israeli drone system for US Special Forces
+ Adding chameleon-like capabilities to defence drones
+ Unmanned aerial vehicles help wheat breeders
China chip giant SMIC shares sink on US export controls
Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 28, 2020
Shares in China's biggest chipmaker tumbled Monday on reports that the United States had imposed export controls on the company, the latest salvo in the countries' battle for technological dominance. In a new blow for China's advanced tech ambitions, the US Commerce Department reportedly ordered companies to seek permission before selling equipment to Semiconductor Manufacturing Internationa ... more
+ Scientists pave way for carbon-based computers
+ U.S., Britain partner on research into sensor information processing
+ SoftBank Group selling Arm to NVIDIA for up to $40 billion
+ New technology lets quantum bits hold information for 10,000 times longer than previous record
+ Pentagon: It's time to bring microelectronics manufacturing to the U.S.
+ Artificial materials for more efficient electronics
+ Spin, spin, spin: researchers enhance electron spin longevity


How intense and dangerous is cosmic radiation on the Moon
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 29, 2020
The Chang'e-4 lunar lander touched down on the far side of the Moon on 3 January 2019, with a German instrument for measuring space radiation on board. Since then, the Lunar Lander Neutron and Dosimetry (LND) instrument has been measuring temporally resolved cosmic radiation for the first time. Earlier devices could only record the entire 'mission dose'. In its current issue, the scientifi ... more
+ Satcom to foster resilient digital systems
+ Squeezed light makes Virgo's mirrors jitter
+ Radiation levels on Moon 2.6 times greater than ISS: study
+ Hyperbolic metamaterials exhibit 2T physics
+ 18 SPCS now predicts debris-on-debris collisions in space, enhancing Space Domain Awareness for all
+ Arianespace to resume OneWeb constellation deployment
+ Marine sponges inspire the next generation of skyscrapers and bridges
The big fish caught in Xi Jinping's anti-graft net
Beijing (AFP) Sept 22, 2020
The former head of Interpol, an ex-spy chief and a Xinjiang governor accused of "trading power for sex" are just some of the high-profile officials to suffer spectacular falls from grace in President Xi Jinping's purge of the Chinese Communist Party's upper echelons. Ostensibly a crackdown on corruption, critics say the wide-ranging campaign has also served as a way to remove those voicing c ... more
+ Families fear for Hong Kong fugitives in China custody
+ Chinese tycoon and Xi critic jailed for 18 years for corruption
+ Young Australian an unlikely target for China's fury
+ Two dozen Hong Kong activists in court over banned Tiananmen vigil
+ Culture war: Inner Mongolia seethes as China presses Mandarin at school
+ Families fear for Hong Kong 'speedboat fugitives' in China custody
+ Australia rejects Chinese claim reporters evaded the law


Radio astronomers join moon mission to explore early universe
Charlottesville VA (SPX) Sep 23, 2020
The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) has joined a new NASA space mission to the far side of the Moon to investigate when the first stars began to form in the early universe. The universe was dark and foggy during its "dark ages," just 380,000 years after the Big Bang. There were no light-producing structures yet like stars and galaxies, only large clouds of hydrogen gas. As the ... more
+ Remembrance of waves past: memory imprints motion on scattered waves
+ New approach to exotic quantum matter
+ Why there is no speed limit in the superfluid universe
+ Ecologists confirm Alan Turing's theory for Australian fairy circles
+ New calculation refines comparison of matter with antimatter
+ Cosmic X-rays reveal an indubitable signature of black holes
+ Large Hadron Collider upgrade to be led by Manchester scientists
LSU develops method to improve gravitational wave detector sensitivity
Baton Rouge LA (SPX) Sep 29, 2020
Gravitational wave detectors have opened a new window to the universe by measuring the ripples in spacetime produced by colliding black holes and neutron stars, but they are ultimately limited by quantum fluctuations induced by light reflecting off of mirrors. LSU Ph.D. physics alumnus Jonathan Cripe and his team of LSU researchers have conducted a new experiment with scientists from Caltech and ... more
+ China plans to launch Taiji-2 satellite before 2024: chief scientist
+ Into microgravity with face masks
+ LIGO: "Bang" in Detectors Signals Most Massive Gravitational-Wave Source Yet
+ Gravity wave insights from internet-beaming balloons
+ New collaboration between gravitational-wave astronomy and particle physics
+ Tianqin-2 to test key technologies for next-gen gravity satellites
+ Are we still listening for gravity waves


Mirror-like photovoltaics get more electricity out of heat
Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Sep 22, 2020
New heat-harnessing "solar" cells that reflect 99% of the energy they can't convert to electricity could help bring down the price of storing renewable energy as heat, as well as harvesting waste heat from exhaust pipes and chimneys. The energy storage application, known informally as a "sun in a box," stores extra wind and solar power generation in a heat ... more
+ Highly efficient perovskite solar cells with enhanced stability and minimised lead leakage
+ CU Denver researcher analyzes the use of solar energy at US airports
+ Theoretically, two layers are better than one for solar-cell efficiency
+ Tandem devices feel the heat
+ Sunpro Solar first to install new NeON LG solar panel in US
+ Development of photovoltaics that can be applied like paint for real-life application
+ Researchers develop molecule to store solar energy
Redcliffe Partners' Ukrainian Space Regulation Review
Kyiv, Ukraine (SPX) Sep 24, 2020
Over the past decade, the aerospace industry has evolved from a race by countries for kudos into an accelerator of economic and scientific development, where technology travels freely between different industries and generates capital. Space technologies are now widely used in security, navigation systems, information and communication technologies, environmental protection, agriculture ... more
+ Machine-learning nanosats to inform global trade
+ SpaceX postpones Starlink launch as thick clouds persist
+ ESA brings space industry together online
+ UK's OneWeb resumes satellite production after bankruptcy
+ Rocket policy must not be limited by capital, liability: Startups
+ SpaceX postpones Starlink launch from Florida
+ Intelsat entrusts Arianespace for the launch of three C-band satellites on Ariane 5 and Ariane 6
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