Roscosmos: a full-fledged mock-up of the Angara-A5M heavy rocket will be tested at Vostochny

In 2023, it is planned to test a full-fledged electric refueling ground model of the Angara-A5M heavy rocket at the Russian Vostochny cosmodrome, Roscosmos reports.

Tests of the electric refueling model of the Angara-A5M launch vehicle, which was named Angara-NJ, will be conducted at the Vostochny cosmodrome in 2023.

However, the program may be changed depending on the state of health during post-flight examinations, the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center clarified

There are no plans to increase the rehabilitation time of Roscosmos cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov, who will return to Earth at the end of March after almost a year of flight. This was reported to TASS by the press service of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (CPC).

Survival training in the winter forest usually falls on the harshest month of the year - February.

"The temperature at night reached minus 25 degrees, but it was dry. We had the opportunity to sit by the campfire in the open air and not be afraid that it would rain," Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev shared his impressions a year ago.

NASA assumes that the International Space Station will be de-orbited in 2031. By that time, the Americans and their partners can put into operation the Lunar Lunar Gateway.

On Tuesday, at a conference call in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation under the leadership of the head of the department Sergei Shoigu, they discussed the delivery of the Bars-M mapping and remote sensing satellites to the troops.

Chinese Tianwen-1 took a selfie against the background of the North Pole of Mars

The Chinese spacecraft Tianwen-1, located in near-Martian orbit, shot a video showing itself against the background of the Red Planet. The corresponding video can be viewed on Twitter.

The American Falcon 9 heavy rocket on Tuesday, Moscow time, launched into orbit with the Italian COSMO-SkyMed radar surveillance satellite (CSG-2), the carrier developer SpaceX announced.

The first reusable stage of the American Falcon 9 rocket, launched on Tuesday Moscow time with the Italian COSMO-SkyMed radar surveillance satellite (CSG-2), made a successful vertical landing at a site in Florida, the SpaceX carrier development company said.

Next year, the airborne and amphibious assault divisions of the Russian Army will begin to receive mobile air defense systems "Birdman". This is reported in the material by I. Borovkov "Air defense for "winged infantry", published in the February issue of the magazine of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation "Army Collection".

Europe is actively stocking up on infantry anti-tank weapons. January 31, portal israeldefense.co.il He reported that the Belgian Defense Ministry had ordered RGW90 systems from the German company Dynamit Nobel Defense (DND).

The Military-Industrial Corporation NPO Mashinostroeniya will soon conclude a contract with the Russian-Indian joint venture BrahMos Aerospace for the execution of the first export order for the supply of the Brahmos KR to the Philippines.

Yuri Baluyevsky clarified that the prototype was tested at the landfill in Plesetsk

The former chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Army General Yuri Baluyevsky, said on Monday that a prototype of hypersonic weapons was tested in Russia back in 2004.

Units of the Western Military District received new self-propelled artillery installations. According to the press service of the ZVO, 12 modernized self-propelled howitzers "Msta-SM2" were handed over to the military. 

Howitzers "Msta-SM2" were handed over to the units of the Western Military District

Units of the Western Military District (ZVO) received new self-propelled artillery units (ACS). 12 modernized self-propelled howitzers "Msta-SM2" were handed over to the military. This was reported in the press service of the ZVO.

In 1996, Russian border guards guarded the border with Afghanistan in Tajikistan. Every night attempts were made to break through, there were shootouts. Therefore, each outpost was turned into a small fortress.

A group of officers who had previously graduated from a military college were admitted to the armored school of the Iraqi army. 107 people from January to October of this year will study military equipment in the troops, in particular T-90S tanks and infantry fighting vehicles BMP-3M.

Last Thursday, tests began on the first of three samples of the modernized Italian-made C1 Ariete AMV tank. It is reported that the combat vehicle received an updated IVECO V12 MTCA powerplant with a 1500 hp Common Rail fuel injection system.

The Americans will control the coastal waters with the help of surface robots. On January 31, the press service of the US Navy Central Command (NAVCENT) announced the beginning of successful operation of the Saildrone Explorer autonomous vehicle.

The Bangladesh Ground Forces will purchase a batch of Russian AK-15 7.62 mm caliber submachine guns for a 7.62 x 39 mm caliber cartridge manufactured by the Kalashnikov Group of companies.