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The Glonass-K satellite was withdrawn from the orbital grouping
Now the GLONASS orbital grouping includes 25 spacecraft
The Russian navigation satellite of the new generation Glonass-K No. 701 has been withdrawn from the orbital grouping. This is stated in a message distributed on Friday by the GLONASS Consumer application Center.
Spain unveils reusable launch vehicle
The private company PLD Space has introduced a reusable suborbital rocket Miura 1. It was the first carrier developed in Spain.
A tourist who had been in a suborbital flight crashed on a plane
Glen DeVries, vice president of the French company Dassault Systemes, was killed in the crash of a small Cessna-172 aircraft in New Jersey, USA. This was announced on Friday, November 12, by Blue Origin, which sent the New Shepard rocket on a suborbital flight in October, including with DeVries on board.
NASA astronauts will go into outer space on November 30 to replace the antenna
NASA astronauts Thomas Marshburn and Kayla Barron will go into outer space from the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday, November 30 to replace a non-working antenna on one of the truss structures of the station, according to the NASA website.
Russia has created a unified satellite communication system for drones
Over-the-horizon radio communication makes it possible to significantly increase the effective controlled range of an unmanned aerial vehicle, said Sergey Bogatikov, CEO of Kronstadt JSC.
Roscosmos revealed a malfunction of the Luna-25 automatic station device
Experts discovered a malfunction during tests of the Doppler speed and range meter (DISD-LR), designed to ensure a soft landing of the Luna-25 spacecraft. This was reported to TASS on November 13 in the press service of Roscosmos.
Russia predicted leadership in the "moon race"
Maxim Litvak, head of the laboratory of the ICI RAS, said that the launch of the Luna-25 interplanetary station in 2022 will help Russia to get ahead in the "lunar race", RIA Novosti reports.
SpaceX launched a new group of Starlink Internet satellites into orbit, brought the grouping to 1842 spacecraft
The Falcon 9 heavy launch vehicle on Saturday successfully launched into orbit a batch of 53 mini-satellites designed to continue the deployment of the global network of Internet coverage of the Starlink system, the developer company SpaceX reported.
Two communication satellites will be launched from Baikonur on December 6
The Proton-M rocket will launch two Express-AMU3 and Express-AMU7 communication satellites into orbit from the Baikonur cosmodrome on December 6, Roscosmos reported.
SpaceX has launched 53 more satellites into orbit for the Starlink network
Since May 2019, the company has put more than 1.8 thousand satellites into orbit
The American company SpaceX on Saturday successfully delivered 53 more mini-satellites to orbit for its Starlink network.
China will be able to land taikonauts on the moon before 2030 - Academy of Space Technologies of the country
China is able to land taikonauts on the surface of the Moon in the period earlier than 2030, the technical adviser of the Chinese Academy of Space Technologies (CAST) said on the air of the Chinese Television Network Ye Peijian.
The Roscosmos enterprise has developed a reusable ship for suborbital tourism
The development will also help to significantly increase the height of the parachute jump - up to almost 100 km
The Rocket and Space Corporation Energia (part of Roscosmos) has patented a suborbital spacecraft for flights of space tourists and high-altitude parachute jumps. This is stated in the patent for the invention distributed by the Federal Institute of Industrial Property (available to TASS).
China has announced plans to send taikonauts to the moon by 2030
China plans to land Taikonauts on the surface of the moon earlier than 2030. This was told on the air of the Chinese Global Television Network by the technical adviser of the Chinese Academy of Space Technologies Ye Peijian.
In Japan, a second space group of Self-Defense Forces may appear in 2022
According to the Kyodo agency, the relevant measures of the government of the country are associated with increased activity of Russia and China in the field of space
The Japanese authorities intend to create a second space task force of the Air Self-Defense Forces in the country in fiscal year 2022 (starting April 1, 2022). This was reported on Sunday by the Kyodo news agency.
"Ingenuity" made the fifteenth flight on Mars
The Mars helicopter "Ingenuity" made its fifteenth flight in the atmosphere of the Red Planet, which became the first full-fledged flight at very high propeller speeds. The drone flew 406 meters in a little over two minutes and received a number of color images of the surrounding area, according to NASA Twitter.
The Roscosmos Institute will develop technical tasks for the lunar rover-builder
The relevant contract also implies the execution of work on the development of technical requirements for the Russian Orbital Station and its modules, including the centrifuge
Roscosmos has signed a contract with its parent scientific institute TsNIIMash to develop proposals, recommendations, requirements for promising technologies, elements and systems of rocket and space technology products that ensure the reliable implementation of manned flights to the Moon, according to the public procurement portal.
The ISS has adjusted its orbit to evade the wreckage of a Chinese satellite
The International Space Station on Wednesday conducted a maneuver to avoid a collision with a fragment of a Chinese weather satellite, Roscosmos reported.
Experiment on wireless transmission of electricity in space will take place on the ISS
An experiment on wireless transmission of electricity in space using a laser beam on the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS) has been included in the research program. This is reported in the report of specialists of the Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, presented at the XXII Scientific and Technical Conference of the corporation. Such an experiment will take place for the first time.
The Falcon 9 reusable stage made a successful landing on a platform in the Atlantic
The reusable first stage of the American Falcon 9 launch vehicle, launched on Thursday Moscow time into orbit with the Crew Dragon-3 manned spacecraft, made a successful controlled landing on a floating platform in the Atlantic, the developer company SpaceX reported.
The Parliament of Kazakhstan has ratified the protocol to the agreement on the creation of the Baiterek complex
As a result of the conversion procedure, the share of participation of the Kazakh side in the joint venture of Kazakhstan and Russia will increase to 99%
The Senate (upper house of Parliament) of Kazakhstan on Thursday ratified the protocol on amendments and additions to the intergovernmental agreement between Kazakhstan and Russia on the creation of the Baikonur space rocket complex "Baiterek" dated December 22, 2004. The meeting was broadcast on the parliament's website.