China outlines space plans to 2025
Wednesday, 30 June 2021 09:49
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HELSINKI — China’s space administration has outlined its priorities in space science, technology, applications and exploration for the coming years.
Gilmour Space raises $46 million for small launch vehicle
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WASHINGTON — Australian small launch vehicle company Gilmour Space has raised nearly $46 million, funding the company through its first orbital launch in 2022.
Gilmour Space, based near Brisbane, Australia, said June 30 it raised a $61 million Australian ($45.8 million) Series C round from a group of investors led by Fine Structure Ventures, a U.S.
Momentus valuation slashed in revised SPAC deal
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WASHINGTON — A special purpose acquisition corporation (SPAC) has revised its agreement to merge with in-space transportation company Momentus, cutting the value of the deal in half.
Stable Road Acquisition Corporation filed an amended registration statement with the U.S.
Pin your way to VIP Webb launch party with ESA’s new Pinterest channel
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ESA is diversifying its online presence with the launch of a Pinterest channel and is reaching out to this highly creative audience to plan a space-themed Halloween party around the launch of the international Webb mission later this year.
How to enter the ESA Webb Party Contest
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Create a space-themed Halloween party concept on Pinterest to celebrate the launch of the international Webb mission, and be in with a chance of attending ESA's own VIP launch event!
Gilmour Space rockets ahead with new funding round
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Australia's leading launch services company, Gilmour Space Technologies, has secured $61 million (approximately $47 million USD) from global investors in what is the largest private equity investment raised by a space company in Australia.
The Series C round, which includes US-based Fine Structure Ventures, Australian venture capital firms Blackbird and Main Sequence, and Australian supera Evidence on UFOs 'largely inconclusive': US intelligence report
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A highly awaited US intelligence report on dozens of mysterious unidentified flying object sightings said most could not be explained, but did not rule out that some could be alien spacecraft.
The unclassified report said researchers could explain only one of 144 UFO sightings by US government personnel and sources between 2004 and 2021, sightings that often were made during military trainin Northrop Grumman building 'Justified Confidence' for Integrated Artificial Intelligence Systems
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"Justified confidence" in artificial intelligence is more than just new buzzwords. It's about developing AI systems that are robust, reliable and accountable, and ensuring these attributes can be verified and validated.
The National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence's (NSCAI) Final Report highlights emerging consensus on the principles for using AI ethically and responsibly fo SpaceX postpones launch of 88 satellites in rideshare mission to Wednesday
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SpaceX postponed a launch Tuesday to send 88 small satellites into orbit from Florida in what is known as a rideshare launch due to interference from a possible plane in the region, a SpaceX announcer said.
"It looks like the [launch] range was a no go. There might have been an airplane in the area. We do have a backup opportunity tomorrow, but for today, that's going to do it for us," Airbus to provide satellite-based maritime surveillance services for the UK Royal Navy
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The UK Royal Navy has awarded a 12 month contract extension to Airbus covering the continued provision of satellite-based maritime surveillance services for the Joint Maritime Security Centre (JMSC).
The contract follows the successful completion of a proof of concept phase, and will ensure the continued monitoring of areas of interest in UK waters and ultimately protect UK sovereign borde Weapons System installation begins at Aegis Ashore Poland
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Installation of the Aegis Ashore Poland's Aegis Weapon System has begun. The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) recently achieved critical installation milestones of the Aegis Weapon System at its Redzikowo, Poland, facility whose design and construction efforts are being accomplished in close partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE).
In March, the Aegis Weapon System completed Iran says UAV can travel 7,000 km; Drones hit near Iraq's Arbil
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Iran has drones capable of flying 7,000 kilometres (more than 4,000 miles), the commander of its Revolutionary Guard force said Sunday.
"We have drones which can fly 7,000 kilometres, without a pilot, and land back at the same spot or anywhere else," General Hossein Salami said in a speech broadcast by state television.
He gave no other details but the new drone would give it a range of Shoemaker Crater, Australia
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For Asteroid Day, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over the Shoemaker Impact Structure (formerly known as Teague Ring) in Western Australia. Eye of ESA’s asteroid mission
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Eye of ESA’s asteroid mission CubeSat will sift asteroid secrets from reflected sunshine
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As ESA’s Hera mission for planetary defence probes the Didymos twin asteroid system, it will be joined by a pioneering pair of breadbox-sized ‘CubeSats’. Juventas will perform radar soundings while Milani will image the bodies in a wider range of colours than the human eye can see, prospecting the mineral makeup of individual asteroid boulders.