For the first time, the Russian Air Force has conducted a mass launch of 6 AN-124 (Nato reporting name Condor) cargo aircraft, practicing the combat capability of safely and swiftly launching a large number of heavy aircraft. Air Force officials said the total force launch effort was an opportunity for personnel to train together on a larger scale than normal. The purpose of the training flights […]
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Columbia University Students Are Preparing To Launch A Tuition Strike By Indigo Olivier, In These Times. December 10, 2020 Columbia University Students Are Preparing To Launch A Tuition Strike2020-12-102020-12-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/columbia.png200px200px Above photo: People are seen on the campus of Columbia University during the coronavirus pandemic on April 14, 2020, in New York City. Rob Kim. With an $11 billion endowment, Columbia University has been fleecing students during […]
Small satellite launch startup Aevum has unveiled the Ravn X unmanned aircraft system that designed to launch small payloads to orbit. In a press release presented by the Aevum, CEO Jay Skylus said that the newest Ravn X unmanned system can take off from a runway and deliver payloads to space using only jet fuel. The Ravn X is a symbiosis between big drone aircraft and […]
Members of the Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 conducted the mass launch of twenty-one F-35B Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) aircraft on Nov. 24 at Beaufort Base. “Pilots and students assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 conduct a max effort launch with 21 F-35B Lightning II aircraft aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort,” the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort’s release said. The […]
Police Launch Violent Crackdown On Paris Refugee Camp November 26, 2020 Police Launch Violent Crackdown On Paris Refugee Camp2020-11-262020-11-26https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/francepol-e1606438207904.jpg200px200px Above photo: Demonstrators march with a banner that reads “Vote for Macron they said”, during a rally on the Place de La Republique in Paris, Tuesday, Nov.24, 2020. France’s interior minister ordered an internal police investigation Tuesday after officers were filmed tossing migrants out of tents while […]
First Nation To Launch Lawsuits For Damages Against Fishers By Michael Tutton, National Observer. November 16, 2020 First Nation To Launch Lawsuits For Damages Against Fishers2020-11-162020-11-16https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/fishers-e1605540510237.jpg200px200px Above photo: Mike Sack presents the first lobster license and trap tags to Randy Sack on the wharf in Saulnierville, N.S., as they launch their own self-regulated fishery on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020. The Canadian Press/Andrew Vaughan. Canada – A […]
Northrop Grumman Corporation has selected Collins Aerospace Systems, a business unit of Raytheon Technologies Corp., as part of nationwide team to support Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) program. Collins Aerospace Systems will play a key role in modernizing our nation’s current intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) system under a contract awarded by prime contractor Northrop Grumman to support the U.S. Air Force Ground Based Strategic Deterrent program. […]
U.S. Military is taking the potential for use of space launch vehicles to transport supplies in an emergency, according to a recent service news release. In a release last week, the U.S. military command that oversees logistics operations said that it has signed an agreement with two private spaceflight companies to study the potential for cargo delivery via orbit. “Think about moving 80 short tons, the […]
The UK and European Union have been trying to forge a rudimentary post-Brexit free trade agreement before the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020, with the treaty-breaking Internal Markets Bill a point of contention that has soured relations between the sides. A group of senior UK Archbishops have waded into politics to launch an attack on the government’s Brexit plans, denouncing the Internal […]
Filecoin, a decentralized storage network launched by Protocol Labs, is off to a rocky start after a strike by miners just one day after its highly anticipated miannet launch on Oct. 15. Five of its largest miners turned off their machines to protest the project’s “unfair” economic model that requires a significant amount of FIL tokens to start mining operations, according to a report by 8btc.com. […]
SpaceX will continue the deployment of its Starlink constellation with the launch of another sixty satellites aboard a Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday. Liftoff from Florida’s Kennedy Space Centre is expected at 08:27 Eastern Time (12:27 UTC). Sunday’s launch is the thirteenth Falcon 9 mission to deploy operational Starlink satellites, designated Starlink v1.0 L13. This continues the first phase of Starlink deployment, which is aimed at […]
French defense contractor Thales has announced launch of its latest airborne surveillance radar, called the AirMaster C. “We’re proud to present the latest addition to the Thales family of airborne surveillance radars, the AirMaster C, which meets the full range of current and future operational requirements. With this new product, Thales offers an optimised surveillance solution for a broader array of platform types and operators, ensuring they benefit […]
Anti-terrorism prosecutors in France are investigating the death of a teacher who was decapitated on a street in northern Paris on Friday afternoon, according to local media reports and authorities. The attack near a school in the Parisian suburb of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine occurred after the teacher apparently showed caricatures of the prophet Muhammad to his students, a police spokesperson told NBC. Citing a police source, Agence France-Presse […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/0c/1080748284_0:139:2047:1291_1200x675_80_0_0_fd6a46eab28828614fcff2ae2a1460ad.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Radhika Parashar. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/india/202010121080746313-test-launch-of-indias-subsonic-nirbhay-cruise-missile-aborted-in-eight-minutes-heres-why/ India has been fast-tracking development and deployment of modern weapons amid the ongoing border tensions with China along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh. A total of 20 Indian soldiers were killed in a brutal face-off with Chinese soldiers in mid-June. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) test fired the “Nirbhay” missile at 10:30 […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/0b/1080741837_0:52:1275:769_1200x675_80_0_0_4fa92f70906f7f376a8f5583490429ca.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Jason Dunn. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/uk/202010111080741617-video-hooded-youths-launch-fireworks-at-cars-and-residents-in-sheffield/ Bonfire Night in the United Kingdom is known for its extravagant fireworks displays and burning effigies. However, in the days running up to the event, when personal fireworks are sold prolifically, they are often used by gangs as weapons, leading to chaos in the streets in recent years. A group of hooded youths were captured on video […]
Russian Tu-95MS strategic bombers launched cruise missiles and conducted mid-air refueling during drills in Russia’s Far East, the press office of the Aerospace Force reported on Monday. During the drills, long-range aviation pilots practiced employing airborne weapons against ground targets at the training range and also performed mid-air refueling while accomplishing flight assignments, the statement says. “The strategic missile-carrying bomber Tu-95MS of the Aerospace Forces carried […]
A group of activists attacked a Starbucks in Seattle, shattering the coffee shop’s windows and then setting off fireworks inside the building. Police arrived at the scene and ordered the rioters to disperse. Black-clad protesters threw rocks and other projectiles at the business, while others used implements to destroy the windowed storefront. Video footage shows rioters lighting firecrackers and tossing them into the building. Several loud […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/04/1080658595_0:47:3106:1795_1200x675_80_0_0_eca76e73f8f60bd0e4287a75074276a4.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/science/202010041080658569-elon-musk-to-visit-two-spacex-launch-sites-in-florida-following-tech-scrubs/ After the second recent cancellation of a Falcon 9 rocket launch, Musk apparently wants to see for himself what is going wrong, as his goal is to increase the total number of launch missions to 48 in 2021. Elon Musk will visit two SpaceX launch sites soon – one at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and the other at Kennedy […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/0e/1080169593_0:295:2761:1849_1200x675_80_0_0_46bbf3582a9b84794b135e68fb22af14.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202010031080654530-erdogan-threatens-to-launch-new-operation-in-north-syria-if-kurdish-units-remain/ ANKARA (Sputnik) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that Ankara was ready to launch another military operation to clear northern Syria from Kurdish militia. “When we destroyed the terrorist corridor that was being built along our borders, we showed that our Syrian brothers were not alone. The terrorist zones that still exist in Syria must either […]
Friday’s Space X launch of a Falcon 9 rocket, which was supposed to deliver into orbit an advanced GPS satellite for the US military, was aborted just two seconds before lift-off. The launch was scheduled for 9:43 p.m. EDT (01:43 GMT on Saturday) from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The launch sequence was aborted by mission control two seconds before ignition. Space X […]
Amid a salvo of orbital missions preparing to launch from the American east coast, a SpaceX Falcon 9 is set to launch the fourth GPS III satellite for the United States Space Force. Liftoff is scheduled for 9:43 PM EDT on Friday, October 2 (01:43 UTC on October 3), the opening of a 15 minute window. (Lead photo via Stephen Marr for NSF) The 45th Weather […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/01/1080635360_0:22:3072:1750_1200x675_80_0_0_5dc4fee2901f4c3f4aef8438ac418a1e.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/science/202010021080635320-watch-launch-of-cygnus-resupply-spacecraft-to-iss/ The spacecraft, which is carrying nearly 3,630 kilogrammes (almost 8,000 pounds) of cargo and science experiments to the ISS, is expected to arrive at the space station on Sunday. Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus resupply mission launches to the International Space Station from Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia, on Tuesday. It is the 14th flight of the resupply spacecraft to the […]
Northrop Grumman is preparing their next Cygnus vehicle, the S.S. Kalpana Chawla, and its Antares rocket for the NG-14 mission to the International Space Station. The flight will transport 3,551 kg (7,829 lbs) of cargo and science to the outpost, enabling a flurry of research when the four Crew-1 astronauts arrive at the Station in early November. Liftoff of NG-14 is scheduled from Pad 0A at […]
The Starlink v1.0 Launch 12 mission is preparing to take off at 9:17am EDT (13:17 UTC) on Thursday morning from LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. This will be the third attempt to get the mission off the ground. The weather forecast shows a 70% chance of favorable weather at T-0 with the primary concern being the Thick Cloud Rule. If a delay is needed, there is […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/1f/1080323715_0:88:3483:2047_1200x675_80_0_0_a01e72986336a256cb518dcde33be00e.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Morgan Artyukhina . Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/military/202009301080625580-long-way-off-us-space-force-will-launch-humans-into-orbit-at-some-point/ Despite its very futuristic-sounding name, service members of the US Space Force (USSF) perform their roles down here on planet Earth – at least for now, according to a senior officer at US Space Command. “At some point, yes, we will be putting humans into space,” Maj. Gen. John Shaw, head of the Combined Force Space […]
There’s something about wool that just immediately makes me feel warm and fuzzy. Maybe it’s the signal that colder weather is coming and I need to bundle up. Maybe it’s the idea of an adorable fluffy sheep. Whatever it is, wool makes me feel good. It’s at the heart of what Allbirds does with their shoes, creating styles that look and feel good made from merino […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/0b/1080429721_0:255:1201:930_1200x675_80_0_0_f093c46654ac37cb711b3bdedb4e09fe.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/science/202009291080607126-uae-to-launch-lunar-rover-in-2024-to-explore-moons-undiscovered-areas-prime-minister-says/ DUBAI (Sputnik) – Prime Minister and Vice President of the United Arab Emirates, Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, on Tuesday said that the country would create its own-made lunar rover to study undiscovered areas of the Moon, with the mission set for 2024. “With God’s help, we have launched a new Emirati project to explore the Moon. It will […]
Three years after its $257 million ICO, decentralized data storage provider Filecoin has said mainnet will go live in mid-October. Source link
United Launch Alliance (ULA) is once again preparing to launch the NROL-44 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office. After the first attempt ended with a scrub and the second resulted in a pad abort at T-3 seconds in August, ULA stood down for about a month to fix the issue before a swing arm retract issue moved the mission to 29 September at 00:02 EDT (04:02 […]
In a surprise launch, China orbited two environmental and disaster management satellites from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center on early Sunday. Huanjing-2A (HJ-2A) and Huanjing-2B (HJ-2B) were launched from the LC9 Launch Complex at 03:23UTC using the Long March-4B – Chang Zheng-4B – (Y42) rocket. Developed by the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST), the two new satellites will replace the Huanjing-1A and Huanjing-1B (launched in […]
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Seoul has called on its northern neighbor to investigate the circumstances surrounding the killing of a South Korean government official, adding that it will increase security measures in response to the incident. North Korean troops shot and killed a South Korean Oceans and Fisheries Ministry staffer after he floated into disputed waters while apparently trying to defect. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un issued a rare apology […]
California Schools Launch Anti-Racism Plan By MacKenzie Maya, Portside. September 25, 2020 California Schools Launch Anti-Racism Plan2020-09-252020-09-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/california-e1601049114104.jpeg200px200px Above photo: An empty classroom is seen at Hollywood High School in Hollywood, Calif. , Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images. The California Department of Education is developing the nation’s first statewide ethnic studies curriculum model. Sacramento, CA – The California Department of Education announced new anti-racism lessons and teacher training for school districts […]
A new cryptocurrency trading platform is gearing up to offer zero-fee trades to users in six countries in the Gulf Region. Announced on Thursday, the platform Fasset Exchange (FEX) has started sign-ups for its private beta and is planning a public rollout later this year. Source link
The new ETF product will track an index currently being designed by Nasdaq that will provide broad exposure to the digital asset market. Source link
The next launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set to take place Thursday September 17 at 2:19pm EDT (18:19 UTC) from LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. The weather forecast shows a 70% chance of favorable weather conditions with the primary concerns being the Cumulus Cloud Rule and Anvil Cloud Rule, with moderate risk conditions in the recovery zone. If the mission cannot launch on […]
Uniswap’s new UNI tokens can be deposited on Coinbase Pro immediately, with trading to follow when there’s sufficient liquidity. Source link
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107663/90/1076639093_0:193:2954:1855_1200x675_80_0_0_fa24bc4542c8e8e4e47d3bf1391ee4a0.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202009161080470382-us-to-stop-using-russian-rocket-engine-rd-180-in-mid-2020s—united-launch-alliance/ MOSCOW, September 16 (Sputnik) – US company United Launch Alliance (ULA) plans to end operation of the Atlas-5 launch vehicle with the Russian RD-180 engine in the mid-2020s, Julie Arnold, an ULA spokeswoman, told Sputnik. The RD-180 engine is manufactured at the Energomash rocket engine manufacturer (an enterprise of Russian state space corporation Roscosmos) and is used in the […]
The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed a design, manufacturing, and testing contract with OHB of Germany for their Hera planetary defense mission, marking a major advancement toward the agency’s commitment to NASA for their joint Asteroid Impact and Deflection Assessment project. NASA’s portion is scheduled to launch in July 2021 and slam into the smaller of the target binary asteroid in October 2022. Hera will […]
Three days after losing a high-resolution remote sensing satellite due to an apparent problem with its upper stage, China launched nine new satellites for the Jilin-1 remote sensing constellation from a barge out at sea. Launch of the nine Jilin-1 Gaofen-03 satellites took place at 01:23 UTC on Tuesday using the Long March-11H (Y2) rocket. Launched from the De Bo 3 launch platform, all mission preparations […]
China launched a new high-resolution remote sensing satellite for the Jilin-1 satellite constellation on Saturday morning from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. However, the solid fuelled Kuaizhou-1A launch was declared a failure after several hours of waiting for information from Chinese state media. No specifics were noted other than the rocket failed to deliver the satellite into the designated orbit. Also known as Neimenggu-1 – Inner Mongolia […]
Crypto.com’s new Defi Swap product will provide yet another platform on which users can token swap and yield farm. Source link
Following the cancellation of Northrop Grumman’s OmegA rocket, work to demolish the vehicle’s launch tower on a repurposed former Shuttle program Mobile Launch Platform (MLP) will mark the erasure of the program from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). It was hoped OmegA would allow the “clean pad” at 39B to fall under the assigned mandate of a ‘Multi-User Spaceport’. Instead, 39B will now only see a […]
New Kids on the Block helps you navigate all the new and exciting launches from our favorite brands, all in one place. Parachute Waffle Knit Loungewear Set: Waffle Knit and Parachute, sign me up. This new launch comes just in time for fall and will surely be my work from home uniform for the time being. The set comes in three colors and is lightweight, breathable, […]
China’s first reusable spacecraft was blasted into space on Friday morning from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert. According to a government aerospace agency, the mission will prepare the Chinese space program for a new generation of manned space missions. The reusable spacecraft blasted off early Friday morning atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket, China’s Xinhua News Agency reported. The outlet noted, “After […]
The exchange giant is hoping to capitalize further on the DeFi boom with a new centralized trading platform that makes it a rival of the likes of Uniswap. Source link
As SpaceX continued to roll through its 2020 launch campaign, the company was slated to launch another batch of Starlink internet satellites to help complement the current constellation in low Earth orbit. The mission was set to launch on a flight-proven Falcon 9 rocket from historic LC-39A on Thursday morning. Starlink V1.0 L11 was also set to be the 100th mission launched by SpaceX, thereby marking […]
Fed up with decades of two-party rule, hundreds of thousands of Americans tuned in for the People’s Convention, where they voted to form a new political alternative unbeholden to corporate power or the military-industrial complex. The event drew more than 400,000 viewers to its livestream on Sunday, organizers said. It continued to trend on Twitter through more than 5 hours of speeches that culminated in a […]
Huobi Futures will offer bitcoin options starting Tuesday, aiming to meet demand from traders for ways to hedge against risks in crypto markets. Source link
SpaceX is targeting Sunday evening for the first polar launch from Florida since 1969. On board the Falcon 9 rocket is the Argentinean SAOCOM-1B satellite and two American secondary payloads. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) is targeted for 7:18 PM EDT (23:18 UTC) on Sunday, August 30, during a launch window that lasts ten minutes. The 45th Weather Squadron predicts a 40% chance of […]
As SpaceX continues to roll through its 2020 launch campaign, the company is slated to launch another batch of Starlink internet satellites to help complement the current constellation in low Earth orbit. The mission is currently set to launch on a flight-proven Falcon 9 rocket from historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday morning at 10:12 am Eastern time (14:12 […]
Better To Launch Balloons Than Die In Silence By Ahmed Abu Artema, Electronic Intifada. August 28, 2020 Better To Launch Balloons Than Die In Silence2020-08-282020-08-28https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/balloons-e1598635501856.jpg200px200px Above photo: Incendiary balloons bear no resemblance to the deadly weapons in Israel’s arsenal. Ashraf Amra, APA images. In recent weeks, the tension between Palestinians in Gaza and Israel’s forces of occupation has increased. Israel has used the launching of incendiary […]
Tehran has poked fun at Mike Pompeo after the top US diplomat set a deadline to ‘snap back’ sanctions on Iran under JCPOA, which he branded a “foolish” deal, and despite the UN Security Council refusal to back the US initiative. “The clock is ticking just in Pompeo’s parallel alternate universe!” exclaimed Saeed Khatibzadeh, spokesman for Iran’s foreign ministry. “This happens when an ex-spymaster leads US diplomacy,” he […]
Even if you don’t live in NYC, The Metropolitan Museum of Art is an iconic landmark. The museum is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year and to commemorate this huge birthday, they’ve partnered with some of the top brands out there on limited edition pieces. Allbirds, Baggu, The Sill, and Catbird are just a few, but there are over 80 pieces in the collection to choose […]
United Launch Alliance’s Delta IV Heavy rocket will make its first launch in over 19 months Thursday, carrying out a clandestine mission to deploy a surveillance satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office. Liftoff is expected between 02:12 and 06:16 Eastern Daylight Time (06:12-10:12 UTC), from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Thursday’s mission, designated NRO Launch 44 (NROL-44), marks the first Delta IV mission […]
The fintech company and affiliate of the Alibaba Group plans to shore up billions in stocks in a bid to boost the Hong Kong stock exchange amid political turmoil on the finance hub’s national security law. The Ant Group is set to launch a massive dual-listing on the Shanghai Science and Technology Innovation (STAR) Board and Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd (HKEX) indexes, potentially becoming […]
Major Japanese crypto exchange Coincheck aims to launch its first Initial Exchange Offering project for Hash Palette, a content distribution platform for Japanese comic and graphic novels, anime and music by next March. Source link
The James Webb Space Telescope — a collaboration between NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) — has successfully completed a critical pre-flight milestone and test that paves the way for continued final testing of the most complex telescope ever built. At present, James Webb remains on track for a launch from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana, on […]
Lots of our favorite brands are creating face masks these days. From Purple to Everlane, finding a face mask from a brand you already love is pretty dang easy. Now, Uniqlo is jumping onto the bandwagon with the release of new face masks which are made from the brand’s popular, lightweight AIRism material. As someone who owns multiple pieces from the AIRism collection, this move is […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107662/66/1076626663_0:160:3072:1888_1200x675_80_0_0_6f838e7ae3171a00565d325521864ba6.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/russia/202008231080250762-russias-earliest-upcoming-satellite-launch-set-for-september-space-source-says/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – A preliminary date for the launch of Russian satellites from the Gonets series has been set, it will be Russia’s earliest upcoming carrier rocket launch and will occur on 24 September, a space industry source said. “The launch of three Gonets-M satellites planned for 24 September will allow to replace spacecraft that are nearing the end […]
The 180 megawatt facility that will be able to host 50,000 bitcoin mining rigs is set to launch sometime in early September. Source link
INX Ltd. said it will launch its long-awaited landmark initial public offering (IPO) as soon as Monday, capping a nearly two-year journey for the startup cryptocurrency and security token exchange. The net proceeds would be used to: The instruments on offer are a hybrid of utility and security tokens. INX’s sale would mark a milestone for the blockchain industry. It’s been a long road for the […]
The newest habitable module for the International Space Station (ISS), Nauka, has arrived at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for final preparations before launch. The module’s launch – which has been delayed for more than 13 years – will mark the resumption of Station expansion. Nauka is currently scheduled to launch on a Proton-M rocket in April 2021 and will be attached to the ISS at […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik), Andrei Savenkov – A joint Argentinian-Russian plant designed to produce oil and gas pipes in Siberia is expected to launch production in 2021 and reach full capacity three years later, Argentine Ambassador to Russia Ricardo Lagorio said in an interview. “Tenaris and Severstal will build a welded pipe plant to produce Oil Country Tubular Goods pipe products in Siberia’s Surgut area … The plant […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday launched construction of a grand temple dedicated to revered Hindu God Ram at the venue the Hindus believe was the birthplace of the idol. The temple at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh will be complete in three years. Several Indian-American organisations put together celebrations and protests over the groundbreaking ceremony for the iconic Ram Temple in Ayodhya […]
South Korea’s Agency for Defense Development has reportedly conducted a new test of the latest ballistic missile, known as the Hyunmoo-4. Some sources reported that the Agency for Defense Development conducted test-firing of Hyunmoo-series missile systems with 800km range drawing by the recent airspace restriction notice. The new Hyunmoo-4 ballistic missile is an 800 km-range missile with a 2,000 kg payload that would be used for destroying hard […]
The Pacific Spaceport Complex, located in Kodiak, Alaska, is preparing to support the launch of Astra’s first orbital test flight, featuring the company’s Rocket 3.1 launcher. Teams are currently conducting final preparations ahead of the opening of the two hour launch window, which is currently set to open at 7:00 pm Pacific time on August 2 (10:00 pm Eastern; 02:00 UTC on August 3). This launch […]
An Ariane 5 rocket, operated by European Launch Service provider ArianeSpace, is undergoing final preparations ahead of its 109th scheduled flight, designated VA253. The heavy lift rocket is scheduled to launch from pad Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 3 (ELA-3) at Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, at 21:30 UTC (17:30 EDT) on 31 July 2020, with the launch window lasting under an hour and closing at […]
After another successful launch of consumables and experiments to the International Space Station just days prior, Roscosmos – the Russian Space Agency – is set to launch a Proton-M rocket with two Russian Ekspress communications satellites from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in southern Kazakhstan. The launch, which will take place from Site No. 200/39, is currently scheduled to occur at 00:25:19 Moscow time on Friday, 31 July […]
Dynamo Kiev ultras have let off flares, marched outside a match and promised to make new boss Mircea Lucescu’s working life a misery, reacting with fury to the appointment of the former manager of fierce rivals Shakhtar Donetsk. New manager Mircea Lucescu resigned just days into his reign as Dynamo boss and was then re-appointed by club president Igor Surkis after flare-wielding ultras marched outside an […]
The Russian Federation’s state-owned space corporation, Roscosmos, is preparing to launch their next resupply mission to the International Space Station. The supply craft, Progress MS-15, is scheduled to launch at 14:26:22 UTC, or 10:26:22 EDT on Thursday, 23 July from Site No. 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. The Progress MS-15 spacecraft will resupply the Expedition 63 crew with supplies and consumables as well as deliver […]
Stocks, ETFs and crypto investment platform Robinhood told prospective UK customers the launch in the country has been indefinitely postponed. Source link
Thailand’s Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a Digital Assets Exchange License to ERX, a trading platform launched by asset digitization firm Elevated Returns (ER), the company announced Tuesday. Disclosure The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial policies. CoinDesk is an independent operating subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, […]
SpaceX is targeting Monday, July 20 for the launch of a South Korean military communications satellite, ANASIS-II. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket is scheduled within a window from 5:00 PM to 8:55 PM EDT (21:00 to 00:55 UTC). The launch will take place from SLC-40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. (Lead image via Mike Deep for NSF) The United […]
Japan’s largest banking firm, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), is set to issue a digital currency in the second half of this year. Disclosure The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial policies. CoinDesk is an independent operating subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, which invests in cryptocurrencies and blockchain […]
Furious that the National Organization for Women has yet to remove President Toni Van Pelt over allegations of racism, a group of state chapter leaders have started a social media campaign to push her out of office. Over the month of July, the California NOW chapter is hosting Facebook live streams with 20 other state chapter leaders who will demand Van Pelt’s resignation and discuss their […]
Portland Antifa and Black Lives Matter launched explosives at the Federal Courthouse and Justice Center while attempting to barricade agents inside on the 50th night of riots in the ultra liberal city. There was also severe violence against random citizens that they disagree with politically during Friday night’s chaos. Portland pic.twitter.com/V1CDjPLYDg — maria viti (@selfdeclaredref) July 18, 2020 TRENDING: Noose Hoaxer Bubba Wallace Booed at NASCAR […]
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Northrop Grumman stands ready to launch the classified NROL-129 mission, consisting of four payloads designed and built by the National Reconnaissance Office. Liftoff is targeted for Wednesday, 15 July in a launch window that opens at 09:00 EDT (13:00 UTC). This will be the first launch of the Minotaur IV from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, which is located on the […]
Launch of the Perseverance rover to Mars is nearly at hand, with United Launch Alliance entering into the final phase of pre-launch preparations for the payload and rocket. But by far the most fascinating pre-launch element of this mission isn’t its processing flow but rather the ability for United Launch Alliance to “add” at least 10 days to the end of the overall launch period. Processing […]
After six years of preparation, the United Arab Emirates is set to launch its first spacecraft to Mars, and what it describes as the red planet’s first weather satellite. The spacecraft, named Hope, is now officially complete and ready to blast off to Mars on July 14, the Emirati engineers announced. The UAE is determined to pull off its Emirates Mars Mission by 2021, in time […]
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The European Space Agency (ESA) has delayed the maiden launch of their upcoming heavy-medium rocket: the Ariane 6. Arianespace – the prime contractor for Ariane 6 – and ESA now expect it to launch NET (no earlier than) the second half of 2021, with at least six months of delay. Ariane 6 is a medium-heavy launch vehicle developed and manufactured by Arianespace, working under European Space […]
China’s new solid rocket motor Kuaizhou-11 launch vehicle has failed on its first mission. China conducted the inaugural launch of the long-delayed Kuaizhou-11 (KZ-11) rocket at 04:17 UTC from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Friday, carrying two satellites, before confirming the failure of the mission in the latter stages of flight, although specifics are not yet forthcoming. This was the third launch failure for China […]
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For the first time in its 10-year flight history, the Minotaur IV rocket is preparing to make its inaugural launch from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, MARS, on Wallops Island, Virginia. The classified mission from the National Reconnaissance Office, known as NROL-129, will launch sometime within a launch window that opens at 09:00 EDT (13:00 UTC) on Wednesday, 15 July 2020. The rocket Overall, the Minotaur IV […]
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JERUSALEM — Israel launched its Ofek 16 reconnaissance satellite in the morning of July 6 as part of an ongoing program that envisions launching new satellites every few years. The satellite was made with technology from Israel’s three largest defense companies, with Elbit Systems supplying its Jupiter Space camera; Israel Aerospace Industries building the launcher through its Systems, Missiles and Space Group; and Rafael Advanced Defense […]
The Israeli government and Israel Aerospace Industries conducted a previously-unannounced launch of a reconnaissance satellite Monday, using a Shavit-2 rocket to deploy the Ofek 16 satellite into low Earth orbit. Ofek 16 is a small electro-optical imaging satellite, which will capture high-resolution images of the Earth for Israel’s Ministry of Defence. The name Ofek, from the Hebrew word אופק, meaning Horizon, has been applied to all […]
Nearly three weeks after the last flight of Rocket Lab’s workhorse Electron rocket, the California-based company is aiming to perform the most rapid turnaround between launches to date with the launch of Electron Flight 13, which features seven small satellites as the payload. The mission is currently scheduled to launch from Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 Pad A at Mahia in New Zealand no earlier than […]
New Kids on the Block helps you navigate all the new and exciting launches from our favorite brands, all in one place. Made In makes some of our favorite cookware and they launched an excellent paella pan just in time for summer cookouts. It’s made out of carbon steel and is designed for both open flame and stove top cooking. It has a wide surface, shallow walls, […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202007031079788996-french-prosecution-says-it-will-launch-inquiry-into-ex-pms-handling-of-covid-19-crisis/ Earlier in the day, French President Emmanuel Macron appointed Jean Castex, deputy chief of staff to the French president, as the new prime minister, hours after Edouard Philippe announced that he was stepping down. The French prosecution stated on Friday that it intends to launch an inquiry into former Prime Minister Edouard Philippe’s handling of the coronavirus crisis in […]
SpaceX is readying their Falcon 9 rocket to launch the third Block III Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite, named SV03. Block III is the next generation of GPS satellites, replacing the aging Block II series. This will be SpaceX’s second GPS launch, out of the five they have been awarded so far. SV03 is scheduled to launch from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at […]
Iran’s first and largest mobile operator, the Mobile Telecommunication Company (MCI), is expected to initially provide the service in parts of the capital. Mohammad-Javad Azari Jahromi, Iran’s telecoms minister, has announced that he asked the national mobile operator MCI to roll out a 5G broadband connection in the country’s capital, Tehran. He said that the next generation of mobile broadband Internet will become available in at […]
After a lengthy grounding following a failed launch in July 2019, the closure of the Guiana Space Centre due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, and a further postponement because of high-altitude winds, Arianespace’s small-lift Vega rocket was set to launch its Return To Flight (RTF) mission. However, a scrub was called deep into the countdown, delaying the launch once again. The mission will see 53 satellites […]
SpaceX is set for another launch of Starlink satellites on Friday (16:18 EDT/20:18 UTC) after performing a successful static fire test of the launch vehicle at the Kennedy Space Center’s 39A. Riding along with the SpaceX payload will be two satellites for the BlackSky Earth observation constellation. (Lead photo via Julia Bergeron for NSF) The weather forecast issued Friday morning by the 45th Space Wing shows an […]
Iridium Communications has selected Relativity Space to provide launch services for up to six Iridium NEXT satellites. The launches will occur from a new launch site to be constructed at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (Lead image via Relativity Space) The operational Iridium NEXT constellation, the second generation of Iridium communications satellites, was completed in January 2019. Eight batches of satellites were launched on eight […]
Late on June 22, Russian air defense units repelled a massive drone attack on Russia’s Hmeimim air base in Syria. According to local sources, Russian Pantsir and Tor systems launched almost two dozen missiles at unmanned aerial vehicles launched by militants from the southern part of the Idlib de-escalation zone. Syria’s state-run news agency SANA reported that Syrian air defenses were also activated in the Jableh […]
NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) program is stepping into the launch processing flow for the Artemis 1 mission after taking delivery of Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) hardware for the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket that will start the uncrewed lunar orbit mission next year. SLS Booster prime contractor Northrop Grumman turned over almost all of the SRB hardware to EGS in the last week, and all […]