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The satellites will be launched on a sOyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with a Fregat upper stage

The launch of the gOnets-M satellites No. 33, No. 34, No. 35 on the sOyuz-2.1b carrier rocket from the Vostochny cosmodrome is scheduled for the IV quarter of next year, according to the state procurement website.

The press service of the tEchnodinamika holding said that this ensured a reduction in costs and terms of creating products

Specialists of the V. V. Bakhirev Nuclear Research Institute (part of the tEchnodinamika holding of ROSTEC State Corporation) introduced supercomputer technologies and digital twins into the process of developing new ammunition, which ensured a reduction in costs and product creation time. This was reported to TASS on Thursday in the press service of the tEchnodinamika holding.

The Novosibirsk Instrument-Making Plant (refinery) of the sHvabe holding has supplied optical sights of various modifications to the Krasnoyarsk Territory, as well as to the Altai Republic, and products for Italian partners are being prepared for shipment.

The onboard search and rescue radio complex (BRCS) of the new generation for the mid-orbital Russian segment of the international space system COSPAS-SARSAT was developed by specialists of the holding "Russian Space Systems" (RCS).

The American company Raytheon has tested a program that allows a manned combat aircraft to coordinate several unmanned wingmen. According to FlightGlobal, during the tests, the operator simultaneously controlled three drones in the air.

The American company Lynk said that it was the first in the world to establish two-way communication between a conventional mobile phone and a satellite. In the future, the company wants to deploy a global network of satellites that provides communication in remote locations without ground-based communication towers without the need for a satellite phone.

IN 2020, newly created space ground stations were put into operation

The ROSCOSMOS State Corporation provided the launch of 140 domestic and foreign spacecraft in 2020. This is stated in the annual report of the state corporation.

The volume of financing of the state program in 2020 amounted to more than 261 billion rubles

Roscosmos fulfilled 63.9% of the state program last year. This is stated in the annual report of the state corporation, published on Thursday.

Russia and India will host stations of ground navigation systems on a mutual basis. This was announced on Thursday, September 30, according to the ROSCOSMOS report.

Some of the launches under the GLONASS subprogram were not carried out due to the lack of operational necessity "due to the reliability of the devices that continue to function beyond the established period of active existence," the state corporation noted.

The general director of the enterprise said that the nArwhal is planned to be installed on light boats, which are currently being developed to protect the coast of Russia

The newest shipboard remotely controlled combat module NARVAL developed by NPO eLektromashina (part of the Uralvagonzavod concern of the ROSTEC State Corporation) has successfully passed tests. This was reported to TASS by the general director of the company Igor Afanasyev.

According to the chairman of the expert council of the center, the spacecraft will make it possible to survey the Earth's surface to monitor the ice situation, natural and man-made disasters, and determine the movement of ships on the territory of the NSR.

The number of cyberattacks on the information resources of the Far East, including enterprises of the military-industrial complex and healthcare, has doubled in a year, said the Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev.

According to publications by foreign specialized media, the German company Flensburger Fahrzeugbau Gesellschaft mbH (FFG) and its partner Israel Aerospace Industries / ELTA Systems Ltd. (IAI / ELTA) jointly participated in the third stage of practical tests of uninhabited ground vehicles (UGV) conducted by the Bundeswehr. At the center of the tests performed was the combat robot "REX" (REX) developed by the companies.

The sOyuz rocket will send the Euclid telescope to search for dark matter at the end of 2022. This was announced on September 29 by the European Space Agency (ESA).

The introduction of new US duties on imports from Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand of products for photovoltaic systems will lead to increased costs, job losses and a decrease in the number of solar installations.

The remotely controlled nArwhal combat module has been tested. The installation with a large-caliber machine gun will become the new armament of the ships that will guard the coast of Russia. The module was developed by specialists of NPO eLektromashina (part of the Uralvagonzavod concern of the ROSTEC State Corporation). This is reported by TASS with reference to the general director of the company Igor Afanasyev.

The ninth satellite is intended to replace Landsat 7, which was launched in April 1999

The Earth remote sensing satellite from the Landsat series has been successfully put into orbit. This was reported on Monday on Twitter by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

Russian specialists have developed the first Prometheus perimeter security system, which includes remote-controlled combat modules with a large-caliber machine gun. This was announced by Igor Afanasyev, CEO of the developer company NPO eLektromashina (part of the Uralvagonzavod concern of the ROSTEC State Corporation).

The Russian military has worked out counteraction to high-precision weapons. During the ZAPAD-2021 exercises, electronic warfare (EW) complexes suppressed the communication channels of high-precision systems. Such tactics will create zones that are invulnerable to smart weapons. This is reported by Izvestia.