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At Baikonur, the number of launch complexes was reduced from 18 to 3
During his speech at the Space Integration forum, Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin recalled a sixfold reduction in the number of launch complexes at the Baikonur cosmodrome located in Kazakhstan and leased by Russia. The statement of the head of the state corporation is quoted by RIA Novosti.
Russia is developing a carrier rocket "Krylo-SV" with a returnable first stage
Roscosmos specialists will begin testing the reusable stage of the Krylo-SV launch vehicle next year, RIA Novosti reports, citing a source in the rocket and space industry.
NASA astronauts returned to the ISS after a spacewalk to replace the antenna
The astronauts met the allotted six and a half hours to complete the task
American astronauts Tom Marshburn and Kayla Barron returned to the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday after a spacewalk to replace a faulty antenna. The broadcast was conducted on the website of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Roscosmos expects that the head of NASA will visit Russia in early 2022
In turn, Bill Nelson stated that he was looking forward to meeting with Rogozin
Roscosmos hopes that the head of NASA, Bill Nelson, will visit Russia in 2022. This was announced by the Deputy Director General of Roscosmos for International Cooperation Sergey Savelyev.
Rogozin confirmed that the launch of OneWeb satellites is scheduled for December 27
The Director General of Roscosmos said that the launch of the Soyuz-2.1b rocket is planned together with the satellites
The launch of the British OneWeb communications satellites is scheduled for December 27. This was announced by Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin on Friday at the EAEU business forum "Space Integration".
Rogozin called 2028 a critical year for the further work of the ISS
According to the head of Roscosmos, work on the deployment of the Russian orbital service Station has already begun
Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin believes that 2028 will be critical for the continuation of work on the International Space Station (ISS).
Kazakhstan hopes to sign an intergovernmental agreement on the Gagarin Launch in early 2022
Pad No. 1 is the oldest launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome
Chairman of the Aerospace Committee of the Ministry of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry of Kazakhstan Baubek Oralmagambetov said that he hopes to sign an intergovernmental agreement with the Russian Federation and the UAE to modernize the Gagarin Launch at Baikonur next year.
Roscosmos will announce the recruitment of cosmonauts among the girls of Belarus
The first flight of the Belarusian cosmonaut will take place in 2023-2024, a girl may become one, the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin said.
"I asked the Belarusian side to pick up the girls," Rogozin told reporters.
According to him, Roscosmos expects that the flight will take place in 2023-2024.
Rogozin appreciated Russia's military satellites
The head of the state corporation "Roscosmos" Dmitry Rogozin appreciated the military satellites of Russia. The orbiters of the Russian Armed Forces are distinguished by high characteristics. This is reported by TASS.
Rogozin: Russian military satellite grouping has the highest characteristics
The CEO of Roscosmos stressed that, in general, the corporation fulfills the state defense order
The Russian military satellite group provides the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation with everything necessary. This was announced by Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin on Friday at the EAEU business forum "Space Integration".
The ISS orbit was adjusted to evade the wreckage of the US Pegasus rocket
The orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) has been adjusted to perform an evasion maneuver from the wreckage of the American Pegasus rocket. This was announced on December 3 at the EAEU forum "Space Integration" by the General Director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.
Roscosmos will develop methods for detecting computer attacks on GLONASS
The contract amount is about 2.58 billion rubles
Roscosmos has signed a contract with JSC "Russian Space Systems" to conduct research in the field of information security and noise immunity of the information and telecommunications infrastructure of the GLONASS system, according to the public procurement portal.
NASA will not have time to work out technologies for a flight to the Moon and Mars until 2030
NASA will not have time to complete all the necessary research to organize long-term missions to the Moon and Mars on the International Space Station (ISS) until 2030, when the operation of the station will be completed. This became known on Thursday, December 2.
The reusable first stage of the Falcon 9 made a successful landing on a platform in the Atlantic
The reusable first stage of the American Falcon 9 launch vehicle, launched on Friday Moscow time with 48 Internet satellites of the Starlink project, made a successful controlled landing on a floating platform in the Atlantic Ocean, the developer company SpaceX reported.
SpaceX has launched a batch of 50 satellites into orbit
Two BlackSky spacecraft were launched into orbit, followed by Starlink satellites
SpaceX on Thursday successfully delivered 48 mini-satellites to orbit for its Starlink network, as well as two microsatellites from BlackSky. The broadcast was conducted on the SpaceX website.
The Urals will create the only stand in Russia for testing satellites up to five tons
The developers assure that it will be an analogue of the NASA stand
Russian engineers will develop the country's first stand for testing satellites weighing up to five tons, the work is planned to be completed in the first half of 2022. This was reported to journalists by the president of Cheltek Holding, which includes Ural Engineering Center LLC (industrial partner), Valery Bodrov.
The Zeus nuclear tug will be able to deliver tens of tons of payload to the Jupiter satellites
According to the executive director of Roscosmos Alexander Bloshenko, while it is possible to deliver a smaller mass there
The Zeus nuclear tug, which is currently being developed in Russia, will be able to deliver tens of tons of payload to the satellites of Jupiter. This was announced by the Executive Director of Roscosmos for Advanced Programs and Science Alexander Bloshenko.
China to launch educational broadcast from Tiangong Space Station
The Taikunauts will introduce viewers to the work of the space station in the video broadcast mode
China will launch the broadcast of educational videos from the Tiangong space station (translated from Chinese as "Heavenly Palace"). This was reported on Thursday by the Xinhua news Agency with reference to the Administration of the Manned Space Flight Program of the People's Republic of China.
The place of take-off and landing of the Russian reusable rocket has been determined
The launch and landing site of the Amur-LNG reusable rocket being created in Russia has been determined at the Vostochny cosmodrome, Alexander Bloshenko, Executive Director of Roscosmos for Advanced Programs and Science, said at the All-Russian Cosmonautics and Aviation Forum CosmoStart 2021. This is reported by RIA Novosti.
The Russian Defense Ministry offered to protect satellites with sticky shells
At the Military Academy of Strategic Missile Forces named after Peter the Great, the Russian Ministry of Defense proposed to protect artificial Earth satellites from space debris with the help of Velcro shells. The corresponding patent of the Russian military is reported by TASS.























