The Berth orbital module has been sent to Baikonur-Rogozin
The Berth node module has been sent to Baikonur, the launch of which to the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled for November, the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin said.
Rogozin announced the date of the flight to the ISS of the next Russian module
The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, said that the launch of the next Russian module to the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled for November 24. On Thursday, July 29, he wrote about this on his Twitter account.
At Baikonur, they began preparing for the launch of the Soyuz spacecraft, on which Yulia Peresild will fly
Together with her, cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov and director Klim Shipenko will go to the ISS on board the Soyuz MS-19
Preparations for the launch of the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft, on which cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, actress Yulia Peresild and director Klim Shipenko are to go to the ISS, began at Baikonur. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Friday.
Roscosmos has reduced the preparation time for conducting experiments on the ISS
The state Corporation Roscosmos has reduced the preparation time for conducting experiments on the International Space Station (ISS) to one and a half years. This was announced on July 30 by the head of the corporation Dmitry Rogozin.
Rogozin said that Roscosmos is sending another heavy "Angara" to Plesetsk
The third carrier rocket "Angara A-5" will undergo flight tests
Roscosmos is sending the third Angara A-5 carrier rocket from the Khrunichev Center for flight tests. This was announced by the Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin on the radio "Komsomolskaya Pravda".
The Marathon-IoT satellite constellation will be fully formed in 2027
It will include 264 vehicles placed in 12 orbital planes
The formation of the Marathon-IoT satellite communications constellation will be fully completed in 2027. This was announced by the Deputy General Designer of JSC " Information Satellite Systems named after academician M. F. Reshetnev" Alexander Kuzovnikov.
The UK announced the danger of Russian and Chinese satellites
The Chief of Staff of the British Air Force, Michael Wigston, in an interview with the Daily Telegraph on Thursday, July 29, called the flights of satellites of Russia and China "questionable" activities.
The next batch of OneWeb satellites has arrived in Baikonur
The upcoming launch, scheduled for August, will be the ninth under the OneWeb program and the third performed from the Baikonur cosmodrome
A batch of spacecraft of the OneWeb global satellite Internet system has arrived at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in preparation for their launch. This was reported on the website of Roscosmos on Friday.
The launch of the Soyuz rocket with OneWeb satellites from Baikonur will take place on August 20 - Rogozin
The launch of the Soyuz rocket with communication satellites of the British company OneWeb from the Baikonur cosmodrome is scheduled for mid-August, the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin said.
The British Air Force called the actions of Russia and China in outer space dangerous
The Chief of Staff of the United Kingdom's Air Force, Michael Wigston, claims that Moscow and Beijing are carrying out "dubious operations" in space, including flying their own satellites in "close proximity" to others.
Reuters: the US authorities did not agree with the statement of Jeff Bezos about NASA and SpaceX
The Main Control Department rejected the protest that NASA acted incorrectly when it chose only SpaceX to build the lunar module
The Main Control Department of the United States (GAO, the control and audit body of Congress) did not find a mistake in the actions of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), when it chose only one company, SpaceX, for the construction of the lunar module, not agreeing with the open letter of the founder of Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos. This was reported by the Reuters news agency on Friday.
The Ariane 5 rocket launched the world's first reprogrammable commercial communications satellite into orbit
The Ariane 5 heavy launch vehicle has successfully placed the European Eutelsat Quantum satellite and the Brazilian Star One D2 satellite into a geostationary transition orbit, the French operator Arianespace reported.
The Japanese company successfully launched a rocket of its own design twice in a month
The rocket reached a maximum altitude of 92 km, after which it fell into the Pacific Ocean
The private Japanese company Interstellar Technologies on Saturday successfully launched a rocket of its own development MOMO. She announced this on Twitter.
A contract has been signed for the supply of the first batch of S-500 air defense systems to the Russian Ministry of Defense
As the TASS news agency reported on July 29, 2021, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation signed a contract with Almaz-Antey Concern for the supply of the first batch of S-500 Prometheus anti-aircraft missile systems (SAMS). This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.
JSC "KB Radar" has developed a new product in the line of means of combating drones
JSC "KB Radar" has completed the development, manufacture and acceptance tests of the device for blocking the radio channels of control and navigation of multicopters "Groza-R4".
An underwater modification of the BrahMos cruise missile is offered for export
The Russian-Indian company BrahMos Aerospace is ready to start supplying an underwater modification of the BrahMos cruise missile to the navies of foreign countries.
Specialists of the RCB protection hid the BUK-M3 from enemy satellites
During the exercises in Siberia, the military personnel of the radiation, chemical and biological Protection (RCB) protection unit of the Central Military District (CVO), stationed in the Altai Territory, concealed the movement of BUK-M3 anti-aircraft missile systems (SAM).
In Mulino, the "Tick" minelayer and the latest PTKM-1R anti-roof mines were tested
Russian engineering units in Mulino (Nizhny Novgorod region) have worked out the skills of installing mixed minefields with promising means of constructing mine-explosive barriers. According to the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense, the universal minelayer UMZ-K "Tick"was used for the first time.
T-72 with a new "reactive armor" was tested at exercises in Uzbekistan
T-72B with enhanced protection were seen during a combat readiness check in Uzbekistan. According to the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of this Central Asian state, the defense measures carried out determined the readiness of personnel and military equipment for high-quality performance of combat training tasks.
The characteristics of the" biathlon " tank of the PRC Type 96B are still classified
The Chinese Type 96B has been taking part in tank biathlons on the territory of Russia for several years. Last year, one of these machines was even presented at the Army-2020 forum. But, interestingly, the Chinese comrades are still in no hurry to fully disclose all the data.























