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  Viitna, Estonia (AFP) May 23, 2023 US troops stage an airborne assault. British marines conduct a nighttime beach landing. French paratroopers drop from the skies after flying across Europe. In Estonia, on NATO's eastern flank, the allies train in the shadow of Russia's war on Ukraine. The message is clear. "It says that at short notice we can deploy very fast," said Lieutenant Colonel Edouard Bros, commander of the French troops in Estonia and taking part in the Spring Storm exercise. Fifteen months into Russia's war on ... read more |
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Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant reconnected to Ukraine gridMoscow (AFP) May 22, 2023 The occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant has been reconnected to Ukraine's electricity grid again after being offline for several hours, officials in Kyiv said on Monday. ... more  
Value of Chinese satellite navigation system increases as service expandsBeijing (XNA) May 19, 2023 By the end of 2022, the overall value of satellite-enabled navigation and positioning services in China was about 501 billion yuan ($71 billion), a 6.8 percent increase year-on-year, according to an ... more  
TransAstra receives Space Force contract to explore in-orbit propulsion systemsLos Angeles CA (SPX) May 19, 2023 U.S. orbital logistics and space mining company TransAstra Corporation announced Friday that the U.S. Space Force has awarded it a Phase One Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract to exp ... more  
Terran Orbital building satellite manufacturing facilityIrvine CA (SPX) May 19, 2023 Terran Orbital (NYSE: LLAP) and W. P. Carey have broken ground this morning on a 94,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art satellite manufacturing facility located at 4 Goodyear in Irvine, Calif. In part ... more |
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Beidou launches fifty-sixth Beidou navigation satelliteBeijing, China (SPX) May 19, 2023 The fifty-sixth Beidou navigation satellite, developed by the Fifth Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, recently took to the skies. The satellite is part of the geostation ... more  
Air strikes, combat as one-week Sudan truce officially startsKhartoum (AFP) May 23, 2023 Witnesses in the Sudanese capital reported clashes and air strikes minutes after a one-week ceasefire was to have come into force to let through life-saving humanitarian assistance. ... more  
Russian PM arrives in China for talks with Xi, business forumShanghai (AFP) May 23, 2023 Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has arrived in China, Moscow's foreign ministry said, for a visit in which he will meet with President Xi Jinping and ink a series of deals on infrastructure and trade. ... more 
US FCC signs off on Viasat acquisition of InmarsatCarlsbad CA (SPX) May 19, 2023 Viasat Inc., (NASDAQ: VSAT), a global communications company, and Inmarsat, a leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services, are pleased that Viasat's proposed acquisition of I ... more |
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Inmarsat selects SWISSto12's HummingSat for I-8 satellites to power L-Band networkLausanne, Switzerland (SPX) May 19, 2023 Inmarsat, a world leader in global, mobile satellite communications, has announced that SWISSto12, one of Europe's fastest growing aerospace providers, will develop its new eighth-generation of spac ... more  
TikTok sues to stop ban in US state of MontanaSan Francisco (AFP) May 22, 2023 TikTok on Monday filed suit in US federal court to stop the state of Montana from implementing an overall ban on the video-sharing app. ... more 
Fake image of a Pentagon explosion briefly goes viralWashington (AFP) May 22, 2023 A fake image of an explosion at the Pentagon briefly went viral and caused a ten-minute long dip on the markets on Monday, stoking further talk that generative AI could cause problems to society. ... more  
Solar-powered balloons detect mysterious sounds in the stratosphereChicago IL (SPX) May 15, 2023 Imagine if sending your science experiment 70,000 ft in the air just took painter's plastic, tape, a dash of charcoal dust, and plenty of sunlight. Daniel Bowman of Sandia National Laboratorie ... more |
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Advanced Space completes 6-month CAPSTONE primary mission at the Moon for NASALos Angeles CA (SPX) May 19, 2023 Advanced Space's pioneering commercial satellite has completed its primary 6-month mission operating in the Near Rectilinear Halo Orbit (NRHO) that will be utilized by the Gateway lunar space statio ... more 
Momentus deploys Qosmosys satellite and on-orbit support of Caltech hosted payloadSan Jose CA (SPX) May 19, 2023 Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS) has deployed the Qosmosys Zeus-1 payload from its Vigoride-5 Orbital Service Vehicle and is now providing comprehensive hosted payload support services for Caltech's Spa ... more  
Accenture invests in SpiderOak to elevate satellite communications security in spaceNew York NY (SPX) May 19, 2023 Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures, in SpiderOak, a leader in zero-trust cybersecurity and resiliency solutions for next generation space systems. Base ... more
Pentagon leaks suspect to remain jailed pending trialWorcester, United States (AFP) May 19, 2023 The US airman accused of leaking top-secret documents will remain in jail pending trial, a federal judge ruled Friday, after prosecutors argued that he posed an ongoing risk to American national security. ... more |
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US probes possible civilian casualty from Syria strikeWashington (AFP) May 19, 2023 The United States is investigating whether an airstrike it said targeted a senior Al-Qaeda leader in Syria instead resulted in the death of a civilian, the military's Central Command said Friday. ... more 
Poland asks China to condemn Russian 'aggression' in UkraineWarsaw (AFP) May 19, 2023 Poland on Friday asked Beijing to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine and criticised Moscow's nuclear "blackmail" during a meeting in Warsaw with China's special Ukraine envoy Li Hui. ... more 
Biden blames China relations on 'silly balloon' shootdownWashington DC (UPI) May 21, 2021 President Joe Biden on Sunday blamed the recent poor relations between the United States and China on the "silly balloon" carrying surveillance equipment that was shot down earlier this year. ... more  
Brawl in Iraq's Kurdish parliament over electoral bodyArbil, Iraq (AFP) May 22, 2023 Lawmakers came to blows Monday in Iraqi Kurdistan's parliament in a dispute between the two biggest parties over the mechanics of upcoming elections in the autonomous northern region. ... more |
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