SpaceX is going to launch a new group of Starlink Internet satellites into orbit in mid-October
The American company SpaceX plans to launch another batch of 51 Starlink Internet satellites into orbit in mid-October, according to data from the specialized website Spaceflight Now.
NASA postponed the flight of the crewed Starliner to 2023
At the end of 2022, American astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada will fly to the International Space Station (ISS) not on the Boeing Starliner spacecraft, but on SpaceX Crew Dragon, Spaceflight Now reports.
The age of the Chang'e 5 lunar soil has been determined
Researchers from Australia, the UK, China and the USA have determined that the age of the lunar soil delivered to Earth by the Chang'e 5 mission is 1.96 billion years old - which indicates relatively recent volcanic activity. The scientists' article was published in the journal Science.
Traces of catastrophic floods found on Mars
The analysis of images from the Perseverance rover carried out by researchers from the USA and France revealed the remains of the delta of an ancient river that flowed into the lake, the bottom of which is now the Jezero crater. In addition, scientists have found evidence of catastrophic floods at a late stage of the lake's existence. The scientists' article was published in the journal Science.
Russia has begun to modernize the space guidance system
The design of highly elliptical and small navigation satellites of the GLONASS system is beginning in Russia, Nikolay Testoyedov, CEO of Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems, said in an interview with RIA Novosti.
ROSCOSMOS called the absolutely natural increase in the cost of GLONASS twice
The creation of new GLONASS-K2 satellites costs ROSCOSMOS twice as much as the GLONASS-K spacecraft of the previous generation, Nikolay Testoyedov, CEO of Information Satellite Systems (ISS), told RIA Novosti, calling it an absolutely natural process.
Ukraine will launch a satellite to monitor the Donbass and the Black Sea
The Ukrainian satellite sIch-2-30, which is scheduled to launch in December, can be used to monitor the movements of military equipment in the Donbass and ships on the Black Sea, the head of the country's State Space Agency (SCAU), Vladimir Taftai, said in an interview with RKB-Ukraine.
Ukraine has declared claims to the Moon
Ukraine has high technologies that allow, through the American Artemis program, to have claims to access to lunar resources, the statement of the head of the country's State Space Agency (SCAU), Vladimir Taftai, reports RKB-Ukraine.
Ukraine "100 percent" planned to launch missiles from a platform from the ocean
Ukraine plans to create a light space rocket designed to be launched from a floating platform located in the Atlantic or Indian Ocean, the statement of the head of the country's State Space Agency (SCAU) Vladimir Taftai reports to RKB-Ukraine.
Experts: Western sanctions have complicated the replacement of components in the Russian segment of the ISS
The rocket and space corporation Energia called one of the main problems the termination of the release of the element base, which existed during the development of the first modules of the Russian segment of the station.
Two threats to the Russian segment of the ISS due to sanctions have been named
Problems with the supply of components due to sanctions and the closure of industrial enterprises in Ukraine may become a threat to the Russian segment (RS) of the International Space Station (ISS), experts of the rocket and space corporation Energia believe. They presented their arguments in an article published in the scientific journal "Space Engineering and Technology".
The first launch of the Irkut ultralight rocket is scheduled for 2024
According to the journal "Space Engineering and Technologies", a one-time and reusable version of the IRKUT is expected
The Irkut ultralight class launch vehicle (SLK launch vehicle), which is being developed at the head scientific institute of Roscosmos, will make its first flight in 2024. This is stated in the material of the magazine "Space Technology and Technologies" (the publication of the Rocket and Space Corporation "Energia").
The expert called the advantages of the new Russian carrier rocket "Irkut"
The advantage of the new Russian ultralight carrier rocket "Irkut" for space purposes is that it is easier and more economical to use for launching light-class satellites into orbit. Such an explanation on Saturday, October 9, was given in an interview with Izvestia by a military expert, director of the Center for Analysis of the World Arms Trade (CAMTO) Igor Korotchenko.
The Ministry of Defense has published the appearance of the Irkut ultralight missile
The Ministry of Defense of Russia has published the appearance and technical characteristics of the new Russian ultralight carrier rocket "Irkut" for space purposes. This became known on Saturday, October 9.
The expert spoke about the savings from the use of ultralight launch vehicles
Ultralight launch vehicles will allow the ROSCOSMOS State Corporation to save significant funds when launching light satellites. Retired colonel, military observer Viktor Litovkin told Izvestia about this on October 9.
Two launches of light and heavy "ANGARA" from the Plesetsk cosmodrome will be held in 2022
As a TASS source in the rocket and space industry reported, the assembly of the Angara-A5 began on September 16
Two launches of the ANGARA-A5 heavy launch vehicle and two launches of its light version are planned to be carried out from the Plesetsk cosmodrome next year, the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces, Sergei Surovikin, reported to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.
The Commander-in-chief of the VKS revealed the number of launches of ANGARA from Plesetsk in 2022
Two launches of the Angara-A5 heavy rocket and two launches of a light rocket of this class are planned to be carried out next year, Commander-in-Chief of the Aerospace Forces Sergey Surovikin said.
The Uzbek authorities sent 1,466 migrant workers to the construction of the cosmodrome in the Russian Federation
The Agency for External Labor Migration of the country clarified that, according to the applications of Russian departments and companies, a total of 5 thousand workers are planned to be sent to the construction sites of Vostochny
Agency for External Labor Migration (AUTM) Uzbekistan, with the participation of specialized Russian companies, has already sent 1,466 Uzbek citizens to the Russian Federation, who will take part in the construction of infrastructure facilities at the Vostochny cosmodrome. This was reported to the TASS correspondent on Saturday by the press secretary of the AUTM Ortikhuzha Norov.
Rocket engine tests will be stopped to transfer oxygen to hospitals
Tests of rocket engines of the Voronezh Design Bureau (KB) "Himavtomatiki" will be suspended until the end of October 2021. This was announced by the head of ROSCOSMOS Dmitry Rogozin on Twitter.
kRasmash modernizes cryogenic production amid Covid-19 pandemic
A cryogenic production site will be upgraded at the site of the Test and Refueling Complex of the Krasnoyarsk Machine-Building Plant (kRasmash) in the village of Podgorny, according to ROSCOSMOS, which includes the enterprise.