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The Russian orbital grouping includes more than 160 satellites - Chief of Staff of the Titov GICC
The orbital grouping of the Russian Federation currently consists of more than 160 spacecraft (spacecraft), said Colonel Roman Vinokurov, Chief of Staff of the Main Test Space Center (GICC) named after G.S. Titov.
In 2021, the Russian military controlled the launch of almost 1.5 thousand spacecraft into orbit
More than 1,450 spacecraft were launched into orbit in 2021 under the control of the Space Forces of the Russian Aerospace Forces, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported.
The Russian Defense Ministry launched four missiles with military satellites and one ICBM from Plesetsk this year
In 2021, four launches of sOyuz-2 rockets with military satellites and the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile were carried out at the Plesetsk cosmodrome, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported.
Space forces have detected more than 110 rocket launches around the world since the beginning of the year
The Russian space forces have detected more than 110 launches of foreign and domestic ballistic missiles and space rockets since the beginning of 2021, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters.
Russia will have 12 new complexes for detecting space objects by 2025
A dozen new complexes operating on various principles will appear in Russia until 2025 to control space objects, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters.
About 50 scientific developments of new generation systems for space forces are conducted in Russia
Promising weapons samples will be used in the re-equipment of formations and military units of the space forces
About 50 research and development works on the creation of a new generation of systems and complexes for space forces in the near future are being carried out in Russia. This was reported to journalists on Monday in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
The USA decided to create a prototype of the Space Intelligence Center
The U.S. Space Force has established an intelligence analysis team at the National Air and Space Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. This was reported on October 4 by the SpaceNews portal with reference to the documents.
The flight director reported technical problems on the ISS
A number of technical problems have been identified on the International Space Station (ISS) that interfere with the normal operation of its Russian segment. This was announced on October 4 at the conference "Scientific Space of the XXI century: challenges, solutions, breakthroughs" by the head of the flight segment of the station, Deputy general designer of the rocket and space corporation ENERGIA Vladimir Solovyov.
RSC Energia said that the cost of the ISS is estimated at $150 billion
Only 10% of this amount of real money was spent, the corporation noted
The cost of the International Space Station (ISS), according to independent estimates, currently amounts to about $ 150 billion. This was stated on Monday by Vladimir Solovyov, General Designer of the Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) ENERGIA, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, at the conference "Scientific Space of the XXI Century: Challenges, Solutions, Breakthroughs" at the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
RSC Energia reported that the ERA manipulator has problems
General designer of the corporation Vladimir Solovyov suggested that in a year the manipulator will work brilliantly
A number of problems are now observed in the operation of the ERA manipulator, which is installed on the multipurpose laboratory module "Science" of the International Space Station. This was announced on Monday by twice Hero of the Soviet Union, General Designer of the Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) ENERGIA, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Vladimir Solovyov.
The Russian segment of the ISS lost one docking node due to cracks in the ZVEZDA module
According to Vladimir Solovyov, the general designer of RSC Energia, now 80% of the equipment in the Russian segment is beyond resources
Russia cannot fully use one of the docking nodes of the ISS due to leaks in the transition chamber of the ZVEZDA module.
The American drone spent a record eight days in the air
The Vanilla Unmanned drone of the American company of the same name spent eight days, 50 minutes and 47 seconds in the air. The developers say that he broke the world record for the duration of the flight of an unmanned aerial vehicle with an internal combustion engine without refueling.
The American segment of the ISS received 250 serious technical comments
The modules of the American segment of the International Space Station (ISS) have about 250 serious technical comments. This was announced on October 4 by Vladimir Solovyov, General Designer of the Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, at a conference at the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Roscosmos has not received a response from Musk to an invitation to attend the launch from Baikonur
The launch of the sOyuz MS-19 spacecraft is scheduled for October 5
Roscosmos has not received an official response to the invitation to attend the launch of the sOyuz-2.1a launch vehicle with the sOyuz MS-19 manned spacecraft, which is scheduled for October 5, from entrepreneurs Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson. This was reported to TASS in the state corporation.
Japan postponed the launch of the Epsilon rocket with the Vietnamese NanoDragon satellite
The reasons for this decision are not reported
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) postponed the launch of the Epsilon-5 launch vehicle with nine satellites, including the Vietnamese NanoDragon spacecraft, scheduled for Friday. This is stated in the JAXA message.
Cargo ship Dragon landed in the Atlantic Ocean
He delivered about 2.9 tons of cargo to Earth from the ISS
The Dragon cargo ship of the American company SpaceX landed on water in the Atlantic Ocean near the coast of Florida on Thursday evening. This was reported on Twitter by SpaceX.
In the US, Blue Origin missiles are being tested for safety
The US authorities are checking Blue Origin for safety. The US Federal Aviation Administration received complaints about the quality of the missiles produced by the company. Some Blue Origin employees said that the management paid more attention to flight safety to the speed of development and assembly of missiles, the Izvestia TV channel reports.
The date of Crew Dragon's departure to the ISS has been named
NASA and SpaceX have announced the date of sending the Crew Dragon spacecraft with several astronauts on board to the International Space Station (ISS), according to the website of the European Space Research Administration (ESA).
NASA failed to create new spacesuits
After many years of attempts to create new spacesuits to go beyond the International Space Station (ISS) and work on the lunar surface as part of the Artemis program, NASA has started looking for developers of space equipment among private companies, writes ArsTechnica.
Amphibious aircraft offered to produce in Ulyanovsk
In Ulyanovsk, they want to establish the production of seaplanes. Executive Director for manned programs of the state Corporation "Roscosmos" Sergey Krikalev discussed the development of small aircraft with the acting governor of the region Alexey Russian.