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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 marines of the Baltic Fleet have received new AK-12 Kalashnikov assault rifles, the press service of the Baltic Fleet reported on Wednesday.

The holding company "Roselectronics" (part of Rostec) presented at the international telecommunications summit in Moscow a new version of a secure laptop that allows you to safely store secret information, the company said.

On November 19, 2021, it became known that the state-owned company was on the verge of default. So, a message about a meeting with creditors and large bondholders appeared on the company's website.

China has successfully put an Earth sensing satellite into orbit. The Gaofen-3 device is designed to monitor the sea and land, the Izvestia TV channel reports. The radar scans the Earth's surface in 12 modes. From orbit, images with a resolution of 1 m can be obtained. With this technology, the clarity of the shooting is not affected by weather conditions and illumination. The satellite became the second device from the Gaofen-3 series, the first was launched in 2016.

The launch of the James Webb space telescope is postponed from December 18 to December 22 due to an incident in the vertical assembly workshop during the preparation of the device for launch, NASA reported.

They do not require active cooling systems in data centers and can operate at 40 degrees Celsius, the company noted

Yandex has released the first batch of servers manufactured in Russia. This was reported to TASS by the company's press service on Friday.

The Norwegian autonomous electric cargo ship "Yara Birkelan" made its first voyage - from the municipality of Horten to Oslo. According to New Atlas, while there was a crew on board. For the next two years, the vessel is waiting for tests, the final of which should be certification as an autonomous electric container ship.

The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, predicted the timing of the emergence of the Internet from space in Russia. He noted that the Sphere program will allow receiving it in 2024, TASS reports.

Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and neural network algorithms were discussed by participants of the joint scientific and technical conference of Shvabe Holding and Dux Company.

Engineers of the State Scientific Center of Russia in the field of photoelectronics of the Shvabe holding are preparing projects for the creation of products for IR technology, including on crystals with the prefix "nano", the press service of the holding reports.

The Russian Federation has handed over to Lebanon satellite images taken on the day of the explosion in the port of Beirut. This was stated on November 22 by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during a press conference with his Lebanese counterpart Abdullah Bu Habib.

A mobile workshop for the repair of radio engineering stations and communications equipment (MRTS) has been received by the joint command of the combined arms army of the VVO, stationed in Transbaikalia, as part of the re-equipment to modern and latest models of the VVST.

Modern training facilities are widely used in the training of rocket scientists of both mobile and stationary groups of the Strategic Missile Forces.

The Mikhailovsky Military Artillery Academy and the training centers of the armed forces successfully work out training tasks on a modern training base.

The Russian Su-35 fighter is equipped with not one, but three radars with an active phased array. The antennas of two additional centimeter-range radars are located in the leading edges of the wings and are designed to search for inconspicuous targets.

Roscosmos received more than 12 billion rubles from the reserve fund for the lunar program and the creation of new satellites

Roscosmos received the first funds for the creation of the Sphere satellite system, the head of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin said.

The funds will be allocated for the development of an orbital constellation of weather satellites, Earth remote sensing satellites, as well as for the implementation of the Sphere program

Roscosmos has already received additional financial resources allocated by the government for the development of space programs. This was announced by the General Director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin on Saturday on the air of the YouTube channel "Solovyov Live".

China has successfully launched a Gaofeng-11 series remote sensing satellite into orbit, the China Space Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) said on Saturday.

The United Instrument-Making Corporation, the managing organization of the Rostec State Corporation's Roselectronics Holding, has been designated by the Government of the Russian Federation as the sole provider of telecommunications solutions for the Russian Emergencies Ministry for the period 2022-2023.