The Soyuz was launched from Baikonur on the third attempt
The Soyuz-2.1 b carrier rocket with 34 OneWeb communication satellites launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on the third attempt. This is reported on the website of the state corporation "Roscosmos".
Flight trajectories for OneWeb satellite launches from Baikonur will be finalized
Research is being conducted to launch 36 OneWeb spacecraft from the cosmodrome, not 34, Roscosmos noted
The flight trajectories from the Baikonur cosmodrome during the launches of the British OneWeb communication satellites will be finalized to increase the number of devices being launched at a time. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Sunday.
There are no plans to resume launches of Strela launch vehicles from Baikonur
General Director - General Designer of the enterprise Alexander Leonov said that the launchers for this type of missiles were transferred to JSC "CENKI"
Reutov NPO of Mechanical Engineering (part of the Tactical Missile Armament Corporation) It does not plan to resume launches of carrier rockets "Strela" from the Baikonur cosmodrome. This was announced by the general director-General designer of the enterprise Alexander Leonov in an interview with TASS at the International Military-Technical Forum "Army - 2021".
About 30 thousand large objects of space debris are in orbit-expert
The number of space debris objects with a diameter of more than 10 cm in near-Earth orbit is about 30 thousand, said Georgy Medovnikov, General Director of the Vympel IAC.
Video: the US-Ukrainian Firefly Alpha rocket has successfully passed fire tests
The company Firefly Aerospace conducted a static burn of the first stage of the promising Alpha launch vehicle. Its start may take place soon.
The launch of the Russian automatic station to the Moon was postponed to May 2022
The postponement of the launch is associated with the need for additional confirmation of the declared characteristics of its devices, aggregates and propulsion system
The launch of the Russian automatic station "Luna-25" on a natural satellite of the Earth has been postponed to May 2022. This was reported to TASS in the press service of Roscosmos on Friday.
NASA has suspended the execution of the contract for the landing of a man on the Moon with SpaceX
The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has suspended until November 2021 the execution of a contract for the development of a human landing system on the lunar surface, the main contractor of which is the American private aerospace company SpaceX, the specialized website SpaceNews reports.
The rotating detonation engine was tested in space
The Japanese Space Agency announced the first successful activation of a new design engine using ring detonation waves in space.
The Chinese are mastering their ISS
Chinese taikonauts went into outer space from the Tianhe module at the Chinese Tiangong space station under construction to perform work, the broadcast is conducted by the Chinese Global Television Network.
The US saw the "Russian threat" in space
The US Congressional Research Service presented a report on the militarization of space, in which the authors saw a threat in Russian and Chinese research. This is reported by RT.
Rostec showed a portable anti-drone system at the Army Forum
Rostec presented a mobile anti-drone system at the Army-2021 forum, the press service of the state corporation reported.
Manturov did not rule out the supply of S-400 air defense systems to Belarus
The S-400 Triumph systems can be delivered to Belarus to strengthen the air defense system of the union state, Denis Manturov, the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, said in an interview with Interfax.
It remains to shoot down the aggressors ' plane
The Russian-made Syrian air defense systems Buk-M2E and Pantsir-S destroyed twenty-two of the 24 guided missiles fired by Israeli Air Force fighters at the provinces of Damascus and Homs earlier this week.
The Syrian air defense destroyed 22 of the 24 missiles launched by the Israeli Air Force on August 19
As a result of the attack, there are no victims and destruction, said the deputy head of the Russian Center for reconciliation of the warring parties in Syria, Rear Admiral Vadim Kulit
The Russian-made Syrian air defense systems Buk-M2E and Pantsir-S destroyed 22 of the 24 guided missiles fired by Israeli Air Force fighters at the Rif Damascus and Homs provinces on August 19. This was reported to journalists by the deputy head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the warring parties in Syria, Rear Admiral Vadim Kulit.
ELTA Systems is developing a radar for detecting hypersonic missiles and swarms of UAVs
Israeli ELTA Systems (a subsidiary of Israel Aerospace Industries) is developing new versions of ground-based AFAR radars with electronic scanning, designed to combat changing threats, including swarms of UAVs and hypersonic missiles.
In the United States, they threatened their opponents with the destruction of new missiles
Robert Strider, Deputy Director of the US Office of Military Hypersonic Projects, revealed plans for the development of the Dark Eagle hypersonic missile during a speech at a conference on space and missile defense in Alabama. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the publication of The National Interest.
At the Army-2021 forum, they talked about high-precision high-speed missiles
Russian anti-ship missiles X-31AD and X-35UE can hit enemy warships and vessels in any weather conditions and when the sea is rough from five to six points. High-precision weapons were demonstrated at the Army-2021 forum.
GNPP "Region" is upgrading the latest Russian guided aerial bombs
Specialists will improve K08BE and UPAB-1500BE
JSC "State Scientific and Production Enterprise "Region" (part of the Corporation "Tactical Missile Weapons", KTRV) has started the modernization of the latest guided aerial bombs K08BE, UPAB-1500BE and KAB-250LG-E. This was reported to TASS in the press service of the State Enterprise " Region "during the international military-technical forum"Army-2021".
The newest missile "Product 305E" for combat helicopters is presented for the first time at the "Army-2021"
Its flight range is up to 14.5 thousand meters
The newest guided missile of the air-to-surface class "Product 305E", designed for modernized Russian combat helicopters, was presented for the first time at the international military-technical forum "Army-2021", a TASS correspondent reports.
The new tablet for artillery control will be able to direct high-precision projectiles
"Tablet-M-IR "will be able to quickly exchange information with such complexes as "Yastreb-AV", "Smile-M", said Vladimir Pimenov, General Director of the Signal Research Institute
The Russian mobile artillery fire control system "Tablet-M-IR" will be able to direct guided artillery shells "Krasnopol-M2" and "Kitolov-2M".
