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In the interests of the Russian military department, the spacecraft was launched into the calculated orbit by the Fregat upper stage, the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported.

Launched on Saturday from the Plesetsk cosmodrome by the Soyuz-2 launch vehicle.1a" the spacecraft is included in the Main Catalog of Space Objects of the Russian Space Control System (SCCP) VKS of the Russian Federation, the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation told reporters.

The Soyuz-5 launch vehicle is being developed for the Russian-Kazakh Baiterek project

N. A. Semikhatov NPO of Automation plans in 2022 to test models of the control system, which is designed for the promising Soyuz-5 rocket. This was announced by the general director of the company Andrey Misyura.

For the first time, the Military Training Center at the Ural Federal University (UrFU) received a cool simulator of the anti-aircraft missile and cannon complex "Pantsir-S".

A total of seven OneWeb satellite launches are planned for 2022

The launch of the Russian Soyuz-ST-B carrier rocket with 34 OneWeb satellites from the Kourou cosmodrome in French Guiana will take place on the evening of February 10. The corresponding information was published on Thursday by the space launch operator Arianespace.

Draft Government Decree "On the introduction of mobile automated workplaces in State bodies, State and Municipal Institutions, functioning on the basis of the domestic mobile operating system "Aurora" published for public comment on Wednesday.

The troops of the Eastern Military District (VVO) received a large batch of new communications equipment over the past year. Command and staff vehicles (KSHM) allow you to establish communication via closed Internet channels and carry out topographic mapping through various satellite systems.

The mechanism for blocking websites with the data of persons under state protection is presented in the draft government decree. The document was developed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia and published on the Federal Portal of Draft regulatory Legal Acts.

A large-scale training on the destruction of radio communication lines in various ranges and the application of electronic strikes on the control points of a conditional enemy was carried out at the training grounds of the Western Military District (ZVO), said the commander of the district's troops, Colonel-General Alexander Zhuravlev.

The American company Northrop Grumman has signed a contract with the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Agency (DARPA) to develop a prototype virtual assistant for Black Hawk helicopter pilots. It will be integrated into their augmented reality helmets.

Dembinski expert: in Germany they know that the US power is waning

In Germany, they know that the power of the United States is waning, and China is the main threat to them, said Defence24 senior researcher and project manager of the Institute for Peace Research in Frankfurt Matthias Dembinsky.

a Memorandum of cooperation with the "Glavkosmos" and Bangladesh Satellite Company Ltd. will be valid until the end of 2026

"Glavkosmos" (part of Roscosmos) and Bangladesh Satellite Company Ltd. signed a Memorandum of cooperation, which involves the creation of satellite remote sensing (RS) "Bangabandhu-2" in the interests of the Republic. This is stated in the company's message, distributed on Wednesday.

MIC: the Russian AWACS A-100 "Premier" aircraft will be brought to mind

The Russian A-100 Premier long-range radar detection and control aircraft is qualitatively superior to its Western counterparts, but it is inferior to them quantitatively. The problems with the aircraft being created on the basis of the IL-76MD-90A are described by the Military-Industrial Courier (MIC).

Russian engineers will use an algorithm that will allow archiving information transmitted by spacecraft in orbit, significantly reducing the file size

The new data compression algorithm created by the Russian Space Systems Holding (RKS, part of the Roscosmos State Corporation) will allow 10 times to increase data transmission from satellites. This was reported on Wednesday in Roscosmos.

Defense News: F-35 Lightning II fighters started using ODIN instead of ALIS

The operators of the fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighter jets have started using the equipment of the Integrated Operational Data Network (ODIN), supplied to replace the autonomous logistics information system Autonomous Logistics Information System (ALIS). This is reported by Defense News.

At the Roshchinsky training ground in the Samara region, the peacekeeping brigade of the Central Military District showed its combat capabilities during large-scale exercises. The training footage was captured on video.

Europe's first quantum supercomputer with more than 5,000 qubits has been launched at the Julich Research Center in Germany. Representatives of the center said that this is an important milestone in the development of quantum computers in Europe.

The US military has replaced all the unclassified servers of the first-generation ALIS system, which collects and processes data on every flying F-35 fighter in the world, with basic sets of the ODIN integrated operational data network. According to Breaking Defense, they are 75 percent smaller and process information 50 percent faster.

On Tuesday, at a conference call in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation under the leadership of the head of the department Sergei Shoigu, they discussed the delivery of the Bars-M mapping and remote sensing satellites to the troops.

Last Thursday, tests began on the first of three samples of the modernized Italian-made C1 Ariete AMV tank. It is reported that the combat vehicle received an updated IVECO V12 MTCA powerplant with a 1500 hp Common Rail fuel injection system.