The new S-550 anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) based on the S-500 Prometheus air defense system will provide anti-missile and anti-space defense of strategic objects of Russia together with its predecessor. This is reported by TASS with reference to a source close to the Russian military department.

A probe will be launched to one of them

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will launch on Wednesday the DART probe (Double Asteroid Redirection Test - "Experiment to change the orbit of a double asteroid"), which is designed to test the first of its kind protection of the Earth from potentially dangerous space objects.

This will avoid dumping waste into the sea and the formation of space debris

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is working to create self-destructing rockets and satellites that will not pollute the environment or the Earth's orbit. This was reported to journalists by the head of ISRO Kailasavadivu Sivan.

In the first half of next year, Rocket Lab will try to return the Electron carrier stage using a helicopter. Previously, the company successfully landed it in the ocean several times.

Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin noted that "complex and intense work is expected in December"

The next launch of the British OneWeb communications satellites from the Baikonur cosmodrome is expected at the end of the year. This was announced by the General Director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin during the construction of the combat crew.

The launch of the launch vehicle was postponed from December 6 due to the need to refine the upper stage

The launch of the Proton-M launch vehicle is scheduled for 15:09 Moscow time on December 12. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Wednesday.

The new Berth node module will allow up to five Russian ships to dock simultaneously to the International Space Station (ISS), thereby expanding the technical capabilities of the Russian segment. In addition, the Berth will provide fuel transfer from cargo ships to other modules of the station, the transmission of recharging and the transmission of information between docked objects.

The launch of the Progress M-UM spacecraft with the Berth node module on the Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket from the Baikonur cosmodrome is scheduled for 16:06 Moscow time on November 24. Docking to the multipurpose laboratory module "Nauka" is planned on November 26.

About the device of the module, its future location as part of the Russian segment of the ISS and new features - in the TASS infographic.

A launch vehicle with a node module "Berth" was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome. It should be docked to the multipurpose module "Science" on November 26.

The Progress M-UM cargo ship with the Berth node module for the International Space Station (ISS) was put into orbit. On Wednesday, November 24, reports "Roscosmos".

The Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched in California (USA) with the kamikaze space probe DRAT, which will crash into an asteroid to test the technology of protecting the Earth from collisions with space objects. NASA is broadcasting live on November 24.

The Indonesian state-owned company PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) handed over the sixth (out of nine ordered) Bell-412epi helicopter to the Army Aviation Command of the Indonesian Ground Forces.

The Australian Ministry of Defense announced the arrival at the Williamtown Air Base after a flight from the US Air Force Base Eglin (Florida) of the next batch of three F-35A Lightning-2 fighters.

The United States has begun testing a smart bomb on the fifth-generation fighter-bomber F-35 Lightning II. The aircraft will receive a guided precision bomb GBU-53/B StormBreaker. This is reported by Defense Blog with reference to Raytheon.

The commander of the Italian Air Force predicted the merger of the FCAS (Future Combat Air System) and Tempest programs aimed at developing sixth-generation fighters.

The United States is considering the possibility of transferring Afghan helicopters to Ukraine. The administration of President Joe Biden wanted to transfer the Mi-17 to the Ukrainian military. This is reported by Defense Blog with reference to CNN.

On November 23, the Russian Helicopters Holding Company of Rostec State Corporation handed over four Ansat helicopters to PSB Aviation in the interests of the National Air Ambulance Service. This is the first batch under the current contract for 37 cars of this model.

A source in the military-industrial complex said that Nikolai Kolesov will become the new head of the holding

Andrey Boginsky will leave the position of General Director of the Russian Helicopters holding company of the Rostec State Corporation, his place will be taken by Nikolai Kolesov, who now heads the Concern Radioelectronic Technologies JSC (part of Rostec). This was reported to TASS by several sources in the military-industrial complex.

Scientists of Perm National Research Polytechnic University have come up with a technology that allows to reduce the noise level produced by airplanes. The results of the study are published in the journal Akustika.

A new production site for the manufacture of polymer composite materials has been opened on the territory of the N.P.Fedorov Dubna Machine-Building Plant (DMZ), part of the Kronstadt Company.

Strike and fighter aircraft of the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) on Tuesday evening worked out air strikes against the enemy at the ranges "Wide Lan" and "Kiev-Alexandrovsky", the press service of the command of the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.