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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.

2600 children from 63 countries of the world took part in the international drawing contest

Eight-year-old Yarina Zakalyuzhnaya from the city of Zhytomyr won the drawing contest of the European Space Agency, now a copy of her work will be applied to the body of the Ariane 5 rocket, which will go into space in 2023. This was reported on Tuesday by the Ukrainian publication "Public".

Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin said earlier that the launch of the Proton-M carrier rocket with the Express-AMU3 and Express-AMU7 telecommunications satellites was postponed to December 12

Specialists of the M. V. Khrunichev Center eliminated the remark identified earlier on the Briz-M upper stage, which will be used to launch the Express-AMU3 and Express-AMU7 spacecraft into target orbits. This was reported on Tuesday in the press service of Roscosmos.

The agreement will allow the countries to develop mutually beneficial cooperation in manned space exploration, the creation of space technology, planetary research, remote sensing of the Earth, satellite navigation, telecommunications and communications.

Scientists believe that it was formed from 1.7 to 2 billion years ago

TASS, November 23. Thanks to seismic data collected by the InSight Martian lander, scientists have discovered traces of an ancient crater under a layer of frozen lava. The description of the work was published by the scientific journal Nature Communications.

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.

Spacecraft will also be used to monitor possible natural disasters, the newspaper notes

The Japanese government plans to launch three small satellites in the middle of this decade that will be able to track the enemy's hypersonic gliding warheads. This was reported by the Yomiuri newspaper on Monday, citing sources.

The ESA member countries have signed a manifesto calling for the development of the European manned program and the acceleration of sending a probe to the Saturn system.

The S-550 mobile missile defense system being developed in Russia will be able to shoot down American X-37 orbital UAVs capable of carrying nuclear charges, RIA Novosti reports, citing sources in the defense industry.

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.

Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Igor Krasnov held a meeting at the Vostochny cosmodrome in the Amur Region and, following its results, demanded that Roscosmos and other responsible structures monitor compliance with legislation during the construction of facilities on a daily basis.

L The volunteers will then have to go through four exams

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced on Friday in a message on its website that from December 20 it will begin a new set of astronauts who, in particular, will be able to take part in lunar exploration programs. Applications will be accepted until March 4, volunteers will then have to go through four exams, the winners of the competition will be announced approximately in March 2023, after which they will begin training.

A backup crew, which includes cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov and Xiong Ogiso, also flew to the cosmodrome

The crew of the Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft consisting of cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, who will become the first special correspondent of TASS in orbit, Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa and his business assistant Yozo Hirano flew to Baikonur to complete preparations for the flight to the ISS. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Friday.

Including resource equipment and consumables will be sent

The Berth node module, which is scheduled to launch on November 24, will deliver cargo and food to the International Space Station (ISS). This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Friday.

The toilet broke down again on the American segment of the International Space Station (ISS). This was announced on Friday, November 19, by German astronaut of the European Space Agency (ESA) Matthias Maurer.

For the first time in 12 years, space tourists arrived at Baikonur. The crew included Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin and two Japanese residents. Now the team will have to undergo briefings on working on the Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft, the Izvestia TV channel reports. Preparation at the cosmodrome will take about three weeks. The launch of the Soyuz MS-20 is scheduled for December 8. A total of seven tourists visited the ISS. According to various sources, the flight cost them $ 20-40 million.

The S-550 mobile missile defense system being developed in Russia will be able to shoot down American X-37 unmanned spacecraft capable of carrying nuclear charges, two sources in the military-industrial complex told RIA Novosti.

The main goal of the S-550 mobile missile defense system, which is currently being developed in Russia, will be American X-37 unmanned spacecraft capable of carrying nuclear charges. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to two sources in the military-industrial complex.

The statement by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on the creation of the newest S-550 anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) has had an incredible effect in the West. This was reported in The National Interest on Friday, November 19.

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