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The Michibiki spacecraft should replace the very first satellite from a similar series, launched into orbit back in 2010

The Japanese company Mitsubishi Heavy Industries on Tuesday launched the H-2A launch vehicle with a new satellite for the global positioning system. A live broadcast of the launch from the Tanegashima cosmodrome in southwestern Kagoshima Prefecture was conducted on the corporation's website.

One of the enterprises of the Goskomvoenprom system of the Republic of Belarus continues to develop a radar of the Rodnik family designed to detect low-altitude aerial targets.

Russia plans to launch a Space Monitoring System (SCCP) into space, the development of an appropriate satellite constellation is underway, the general designer of the SCCP (IAC Vimpel Corporation, Almaz-Antey Concern of East Kazakhstan Region) said in an interview with Interfax Vitaly Goryuchkin.

The Russian heavy drone S-70 "Hunter" successfully withstood combat tests at the Ashuluk training ground - in particular, the device carried out bombing with 500-kilogram ammunition. It is also known that the drone can hit moving targets, act under the guidance of a fifth-generation Su-57 fighter or independently. And the technologies used in it belong to the sixth generation of combat aviation. All this together makes the S-70 one of the most advanced drones in the world, according to 19FortyFive.

The representative of the Cosmonaut Training Center explained that the kit was created in preparation for the experiment on putting an anthropomorphic robot into orbit

The Cosmonaut Training Center (CPC) for the first time abroad presented at the Roscosmos stand at the 72nd International Astronautical Congress in Dubai a means for preparing astronauts to control an anthropomorphic robot.

Visitors can use virtual glasses and special manipulators to imagine themselves as an astronaut who went into outer space

The Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia (part of Roscosmos) presented at the Roscosmos stand at the 72nd International Astronautical Congress in Dubai the Odyssey virtual reality system, with which visitors have the opportunity to feel like an astronaut working in outer space on the ISS.

According to the head of Roscosmos, the "Sphere" will include communication groups "Yamal", "Express-RV", "Express", "Skif" and "IoT Marathon"

The Sphere program will include five satellite groupings providing telecom services, and five more - surveillance. This was announced on Monday by the General Director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.

The new warning system will inform the pilot when, in particular, he goes beyond the limits prescribed by the flight protocol

A warning system on helicopters of left rotation, which often leads to accidents, will be developed in Russia. This was reported on Monday in the press service of JSC Navigator.

The manufacturer of memory chips Micron Technology has announced an investment of $ 150 billion in the construction of new factories and the expansion of existing factories for the production of chips. Due to these investments, calculated for the next 10 years, the American company intends to meet the growing demand for semiconductor products and eliminate its deficit.

The first mass-produced Taiwanese advanced flight training jet T-5 took to the skies for the first time at Chin Chuan Kang Air Base. According to the island's Central News Agency, he was accompanied by a prototype during the flight. By 2026, Taiwan's military is going to receive 66 such aircraft.

The Ariane-5 heavy launch vehicle of the European Space Agency (ESA) successfully launched two communications satellites into orbit on Sunday, the French operator Arianespace reported.

Novosibirsk Instrument-Making Plant (refinery) supplied the Italian company Aurora International with sights for hunting, sports shooting and airsoft, the press service of the Shvabe holding, which includes the company, reports.

The UK can use against Russia, China and Iran a special unit of the Ministry of Defense from former employees of the City of London and specialists in the field of finance. This became known on Friday, October 22.

The Russian heavy attack drone "Hunter", which is the wingman of the fifth-generation Su-57 fighter, poses a "big problem" for NATO and, in particular, the United States. This is told by the American publication 19FortyFive.

A huge set of neural networks was developed and trained for technical vision systems, which were subsequently optimized to build a dynamic semantic model of the scene in real time.

The Joe Biden administration will be able to save "tens of millions of American lives" from enemy attacks only if it takes steps to strengthen national defense, writes former combat and staff officer of the US Army Devin Pine in the magazine The National Interest.

Military aviation will not remain aloof from the unprecedented pace of technology development. According to experts, in the current century, armed struggle will be radically different from the ways and methods of warfare of the past. Artificial intelligence technologies will be introduced into manned and unmanned aerial vehicles.

According to the CEO of Roscosmos, first you need to find out what burned down, only after that to judge the work of the state corporation

Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin suggested finding out which device burned down in the sky over the United States, only after that to judge the work of the state corporation.

The Scientific Research Institute (Research Institute) of the Shvabe Holding and the Shenzhen Kaifa Technology company signed a memorandum of cooperation, which defines the procedure for localization of the Chinese company's production in Russia.

"The co-pilot" and the spherical radar station leave the American competitor far behind, said military expert Alexey Leonkov

The newest domestic fifth-generation fighter Su-57 is ahead of its competitors from the United States in weapons systems, robotics, radar surveillance systems and electronic warfare (electronic warfare).