Electronics and optics news
The operation of the Belarusian spacecraft was extended until 2025
The Earth remote sensing system created on the basis of the BKA works steadily and fully fulfills its tasks, Chairman of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Vladimir Gusakov assured.
Roscosmos is exploring the possibility of creating tracking stations for space objects in other countries
Roscosmos considers Cuba, Svalbard and Bellingshausen station in Antarctica as locations for tracking stations of the warning system about dangerous situations in orbit, follows from the data of the public procurement portal.
In Poland, they told about the helplessness of Russian "Brawlers" at sea
Defence24: the Russian ships "Buyan-M" to be helpless in the open sea
Small missile ships of project 21631 "Buyan-M", equipped with cruise missiles "Caliber", you do not have a powerful system of antiaircraft defense (air defense), so be defenseless in the open sea to strike a potential enemy, says the portal Defence24 Polish military commentator Maximilian Stupid.
China has launched an Earth remote sensing satellite into orbit
The Changzheng-4C launch vehicle launched the L-SAR 01 remote sensing satellite into a sun-synchronous orbit, the Chinese Television Network (CCTV) reported on Wednesday.
Central Research Institute of EISU declared bankrupt
One of the Moscow courts declared bankrupt JSC "Central Research Institute of Economics, Informatics and Management Systems" (CNII EISU). This company is an IT contractor of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and is part of the Rostec association.
The supplier of software for the Ministry of Defense went bankrupt
JSC "Central Research Institute of Economics, Informatics and Control Systems" (CNII EISU), which is a supplier of software for the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, was declared bankrupt, Kommersant reports.
The Stork satellite can be launched during the first launch of the Soyuz-5 launch vehicle
The head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin clarified that the next launch of the Soyuz-5 will be in 2024 with an upper stage
The first payload of the Soyuz-5 launch vehicle will be the Stork satellite. This was announced by the General Director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin on Tuesday.
The launch of the radar satellite "Obzor-R" was postponed to 2023
According to the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin, now there are more than one and a half hundred Russian satellites in orbit together with the spacecraft of the Ministry of Defense, but "radar is needed"
The launch of the radar spacecraft "Obzor-R", previously scheduled for 2022, has been postponed to 2023. This was announced by the General Director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin on Tuesday.
An extreme neutron star was studied from the ISS
Astronomers have made detailed observations of the magnetar SGR 1830-0645 from the ISS
An international group of astronomers made observations of the magnetar SGR 1830-0645 using the NICER instrument (Neutron Star Interior Composition ExploreR) on board the ISS. Preliminary results of the study are published in the arXiv preprint repository.
Two Yarilo nanosatellites will be launched to explore the Sun in 2022
In addition to scientific and applied tasks, the project pursues an educational goal
The Yarilo No. 3 and Yarilo No. 4 nanosatellites of the Bauman Moscow State Technical University will be launched as part of the Universat program in 2022. This is stated in the theses to the report of the university representatives to the XLVI Academic Readings on Cosmonautics in memory of S. P. Korolev (Royal Readings), which are scheduled for January 25-28.
Shvabe Holding signed a cooperation agreement with a large Chinese company at the exhibition in the UAE
Shvabe-Moscow and Tianjin ZhengTian Medical Instrument, a major manufacturer of orthopedic products in China, have signed a cooperation agreement at the Arab Health 2022 International Exhibition on Medicine and Pharmaceuticals in the UAE, the press service of Shvabe Holding reports.
The Western Military District deployed an electronic warfare battalion in the Belgorod region
The Western Military District (ZVO) has deployed a new electronic warfare battalion in the Belgorod region (bordering Ukraine in the south), which "will shorten the time to obtain the necessary information," the ZVO told reporters on Tuesday.
The radio engineering regiment will be created in the Central Military District by the end of 2022
A radio engineering regiment with a location in the Altai Territory will appear in the Central Military District by the end of this year, said the commander of the district's troops, Colonel-General Alexander Lapin.
A batch of modern tropospheric stations has been received by the VVO communications troops
Mobile multichannel tropospheric radio relay stations were delivered to military units of the Eastern Military District in 2021.
In Russia, they told about the management of RB-341B "Leer-3" traffic in Kazakhstan
MIC: Russian RB-341B "Leer-3" complexes could be used in Kazakhstan
The Russian electronic warfare (EW) complex RB-341B "Leer-3" by creating a "fake base station" can intercept traffic control and user connections. This is told by the "Military-Industrial Courier" (MIC), referring to the CEO of the analytical company Telecom Daily Denis Kuskov.
Flights of light aircraft in the Arctic will become safer thanks to GLONASS services
The Aerohimflot Alliance and GLONASS JSC, in order to improve flight safety in the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation, have agreed to work together on the development and use of Russian geoinformation systems in the field of aviation operations, the press service of the operator of GLONASS JSC reports.
In 2022, the Central Military District will be reinforced with electronic warfare battalions and a radio engineering regiment
Electronic warfare (EW) battalions and a radio engineering regiment will be created in the Central Military District (CVO), the commander of the CVO troops Alexander Lapin told reporters.
RSC Energia tested a prototype of equipment for studying the composition of meteors from the ISS
At the moment, most of the meteors are being studied from Earth
Specialists of the Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia proposed to study the chemical composition of meteors using a spectrometer that can be installed on board the International Space Station. This is stated in the theses to the report to the XLVI Academic Readings on Cosmonautics in memory of S. P. Korolev (Royal Readings).
The telescope launched into space has moved 1.5 million kilometers from Earth
The James Webb Telescope completed the course correction and reached the second Lagrange point
The most expensive James Webb Telescope successfully completed the final course correction a month after launching into space. This is reported by NASA.
The ZVO aviation regiment in the Smolensk region will receive two Mi-8AMTSh-VN helicopters of the latest modification
The helicopter regiment of the Army of the Air Force and Air Defense of the Western Military District (ZVO), based in the Smolensk region, will receive two new multi-purpose Mi-8AMTSh-VN helicopters in 2022.
