The Serbian army plans to receive anti-tank systems "Kornet"
The Russian-made Kornet anti-tank missile systems were purchased for the Serbian armed forces. This information was announced by President Aleksandar Vucic last Wednesday during an inspection of weapons and military equipment at an exhibition launched to commemorate the Day of Serbian Unity, Freedom and the National Flag. This is reported by the portal Tango Six.
A Soviet cannon was crossed with an American howitzer in Vietnam
Developed in the 40s, the Soviet S-60 anti-aircraft artillery system is still in service with almost three dozen countries around the world. These systems are also actively used in the air defense units of the Vietnamese People's Army.
Ukrainian Buk anti-aircraft systems are being modernized
The 80K6KS1 "Phoenix-1" radar detection station will become part of the Ukrainian Buk-M1 anti-aircraft missile systems (SAMs). The new station has been adopted by the Ukrainian armed forces, Defense Express reports.
Yuri Borisov did not rule out that India will become the first buyer of the S-500 air defense system
Which of the foreign customers can be among the first to be supplied with our unique latest S-500 anti-aircraft missile systems (SAMs), Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Government Yuri Borisov told reporters at the Tyumen Oil and Gas Forum.[
Borisov: we will talk about the export of S-500 only after the Russian army is saturated with them
India may become the first buyer of the latest Russian S-500 anti-aircraft missile system, but we will talk about deliveries only after the Russian army is saturated with these complexes, Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov told reporters on Thursday.
It will save you from an attack from outer space. Prometheus deliveries have begun to the Russian army
India is named the first potential buyer of the S-500 from Russia
The Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) have begun to receive the first samples of the latest S-500 anti-aircraft missile system, called Prometheus. This is a modern complex capable of repelling attacks even from space. The government does not exclude that in the future, India will become the first country where the Russian Federation will sell Prometheus.
The CSTO is against the militarization of outer space
The declaration adopted following the results of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) held in Dushanbe states that the organization's member countries "will continue joint efforts to prevent an arms race in outer space and preserve it for peaceful purposes."
The record for the number of people in low-Earth orbit has been broken
A new record for the number of people who are simultaneously in low-Earth orbit was set on Thursday, September 16. Currently, there are 14 people in orbit.
NASA postponed the launch of the remote sensing satellite Landsat 9
The launch of the Atlas V launch vehicle with a satellite was postponed to September 27
The launch of the next - already the ninth - Earth remote sensing satellite from the Landsat series has been postponed from September 23 to 27. This was announced on Wednesday on its website by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
The Russian-European rover is preparing to drill the Red Planet
A mock-up of the Rosalind Franklin rover of the Russian-European ExoMars-2022 mission extracted soil from a depth of 1.7 meters during tests, Roscosmos reported, citing materials from the European Space Agency (ESA).
Japan's Synspective has signed a contract to launch a second satellite from the Vostochny cosmodrome
In mid-2022, the company intends to launch its StriX-1 radar satellite from the Russian cosmodrome to create a grouping of devices in orbit to monitor natural disaster zones.
JSC "GLONASS" will take part in an experiment on the movement of highly automated vehicles on the Central Ring Road
GLONASS JSC will participate in the launch of innovative services for vehicles connected to the road infrastructure on the A-113 Central Ring Road (CCAD), the company's press service reports.
The Russian government has allocated 4 billion rubles for the creation of a launch vehicle and a manned Soyuz spacecraft
Glavkosmos is an operator in the field of space tourism
The Russian government will allocate more than 4 billion rubles to Roscosmos to create a Soyuz-2 launch vehicle by 2024.1a" and the Soyuz MS ship in the interests of Glavkosmos.
The Progress MS-17 space truck will be re-connected to the Nauka module in October
The undocking of the Progress MS-17 transport cargo ship from the Poisk module is scheduled for October 23, after two days of autonomous flight, the truck will be re-connected to the Nauka module, Roscosmos reported.
The Soyuz MS-19 crew seats will be moved to another ship the next day after docking
To send astronauts to the station, individual lodgments are cast, as well as special loads are used that ensure the correct alignment of the ship
The lodgements (chairs for high loads, which are made individually) of the film crew of the film " Challenge "on the next day after docking with the ISS will be moved from the Soyuz MS-19 to the ship in which the film crew will return to Earth. This was announced by cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov during an online conference in TASS.
Glavkosmos assessed the future of tourist flights into space
In the next 15-20 years, orbital flights of tourists are unlikely to become mass due to the high cost. This was announced on September 16 by the general director of Glavkosmos, Dmitry Loskutov.
Russia and Kazakhstan signed an agreement on the creation of a complex for Soyuz-5 launches
The parties are starting to reconstruct the launch and technical complexes of the Zenit rocket for their modernization within the framework of the Baiterek project, Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin said
The Center for the Operation of Ground-based Space Infrastructure Facilities (part of Roscosmos) and Basis construction LLP (Kazakhstan) signed an agreement to create a complex for launching the Soyuz-5 launch vehicle at Baikonur. This was announced by the general director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.
The assembly of the Angara rocket began at Plesetsk to prepare for flight tests
A TASS source in the rocket and space industry previously reported that a train with an Angara-A5 carrier rocket arrived in Plesetsk before continuing flight tests
The assembly of the heavy launch vehicle "Angara-A5" was launched at the Plesetsk cosmodrome. This was reported to TASS by a source in the rocket and space industry.
The accident with the US B-2 bomber was filmed from space
The company Planet Labs took a satellite image from the emergency landing site of a heavy strategic bomber B-2 Spirit of the US Air Force. The photo, which shows the Whiteman base in Missouri, was published on September 15 by The Drive.
The C-130J transporter will become a seaplane
The US Air Force Special Operations Command plans to design, build and test a kit for converting the C-130J transport vehicle into a seaplane in 17 months. The military believes that this will make it independent of the runways and allow it to participate in a larger range of operations.