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The Indian Space Research Organisation will launch the Amazonia-1 satellite for Brazil tonight (Feb. 27) and you can watch it live here, courtesy of ISRO.

India, Brazil launch Amazônia-1 on PSLV rocket February 27, 2021 The Indian Space Research Organization has launched their first mission of 2021 with a flight of their Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) to deliver Brazil’s Amazônia-1 satellite, along with 18 co-passengers, into Sun-synchronous orbit. Liftoff from First Launch Pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota, India, occurred Sunday, 28 February at 10:24 IST at the launch site — which is 04:54 UTC, or Saturday, 27 Fe...

Philly Shipyard to join study for new US Navy cable ship February 10, 2021, by Bojan Lepic Philly Shipyard has been awarded a contract to participate in an industry study for the development and design of the US Navy cable ship T-ARC(X) Program. Philly Shipyard said on Tuesday that the new cable ship would be a replacement for the Navy’s only undersea cable installation and repair ship – the USNS ZEUS (T-ARC 7). The vessel’s primary mission will be...

The Seawolf submarine was built entirely out of higher-strength HY-100 steel so that it could endure dives as deep as 490 meters. Heres What You Need to Remember: Demand for the Seawolf’s high-end capabilities may rise, however, due to the return of an undersea arms race involving the United States, Russia and China. China’s submarine fleet will likely soon exceed America in numbers, though the majority of it consists of shorter-range diesel-electric submarines, and even its nuclear subm...

Bollinger Shipyards to build four additional FRCs for Coast Guard The President of the United States signed into law the omnibus spending bill for Fiscal Year 2021, which included funding for four more Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutters (FRC), allowing Bollinger to build and deliver four more FRCs to the United States Coast Guard. This increases the total number of funded boats to 64, Bollinger Shipyards said in a press release. “It’s a great honor to have the confidence of the U.S. Congr...

Americas Greatest Naval Weapon: The Seawolf Submarine Designed to succeed the Los Angeles–class attack submarines and maintain America’s edge in the underwater domain, the Seawolf submarine was envisioned as the best submarines ever built. The Seawolf-class submarines were envisioned as the best submarines ever built. Designed to succeed the Los Angeles–class attack submarines and maintain America’s edge in the underwater domain, the class suffered from cost overruns and the collapse ...