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May 14, 2021 May 15th at 6:54 pm: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the 28th batch of internet-beaming Starlink satellites into orbit from Kennedy Space Center Launchpad 39A. May 17th at 1:35 pm: A ULA Atlas V will launch a SBIRS GEO Flight 5 for the U.S. Space Force Space from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Space Launch Complex 41.  

Who else will be there: Testifying alongside Miller on Wednesday will be former acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen and D.C. Police Chief Robert Contee. In his testimony, Rosen will similarly defend preparations ahead of the attack, according to a copy of remarks obtained by The Hill. Rosen’s defense: “I believe that DOJ [Department of Justice] reasonably prepared for contingencies ahead of January 6, understanding that there was considerable uncertainty as to how many people would arriv...

Jack Reed vows to get defense budget done despite delays from the White House Jamie McIntyre BUDGET CRUNCH, ‘HARD CHOICES’: Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jack Reed, a Rhode Island Democrat, says he and the committee’s top Republican, Sen. Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, are hoping to finish work on the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act before the next fiscal year starts, despite a late start forced by the late budget submission by the White House. “Both Sen. I...

Ransomware shutdown of East Coast pipeline echos ‘failure of imagination’ before 9/11 attacks, warns cyberspace commission Jamie McIntyre © Provided by Washington Examiner DOD header 2020 ‘DISAPPOINTED, THOUGH UNSURPRISED’: Members of a congressionally chartered commission, charged with developing a bipartisan strategy to defend the nation against “cyberattacks of significant consequences,” say the ransomware attack that forced the shutdown of a vital U.S. pipelin...

Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley asks, ‘Where are the black generals?’ Jamie McIntyre © Provided by Washington Examiner DOD header 2020 ‘WE MUST GET BETTER’: Before the nation’s top military officer swore in 21 new second lieutenants to the Army at a commissioning ceremony at Howard University, one of the nation’s premier Historically Black Colleges and Universities in Washington, D.C., he paused to reflect on the U.S. military’s egalitarian ethos, as well...

ATLAS Utqiagvik, Alaska 3.7m antenna at 71°N – North America’s highest latitude ground station. (Photo: Business Wire) Atlas Space Operations has added four new ground stations in New Zealand, Australia, Scotland, Alaska, and a fifth upcoming station that will be commissioned in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to its global ground network. The expansion aims to boost Atlas Space’s global antenna coverage and establish new communications opportunities in the satellite market. The Australian ...

Amazon has signed a launch deal with ULA for nine Atlas V launches for its Project Kuiper satellite constellation. The Atlas V missions will launch from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The April 19 announcement did not disclose financial terms of the deal, or a timeline for the missions.  “We’re determined to make affordable broadband a reality for customers and communities around the world,” said Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder and CEO. “ULA is a ...

Share this article Share this article MCLEAN, Va., April 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:IRDM) ("Iridium") today reported financial results for the first quarter of 2021 and reiterated its full-year 2021 outlook. Net loss was $5.2 million, or $0.04 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2021, as compared to net loss of $31.7 million, or $0.24 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2020. This decrease in net loss was primarily the result of the absence of ...

Article content It takes a hamlet to raise a brigadier-general. In the case of Brig.-Gen. Kevin Whale, that hamlet is Duthil, a tiny farm community near the Sydenham River in Lambton County’s St. Clair Township. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Lambton County native serving with U.S. Space Force command Back to video Whale grew up on a 100-acre farm at the corner of Duthil Road and Smith Line that has been in the family for generations, swimming...

Female scientists who changed the world – from discovering radioactivity to making Covid-19 vaccines Charlotte Edwards, Digital Technology and Science Reporter 14 Mar 2021, 7:30 IN honour of Womens History Month weve rounded up some of the most amazing female scientists you should know about. From discovering radioactivity to HIV and Covid-19 breakthroughs, these women have changed the world. Marie Curie Marie Curie was the first female winner of a Nobel PrizeCredit: Alamy Born in Poland in 1...