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The devices were delivered to the airport by the AN-124 aircraft

The AN-124 aircraft delivered two communication satellites to the airport of Krayniy (Kazakhstan) in preparation for the December launch from the Baikonur cosmodrome. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Tuesday.

The information mentioned in the media about China's testing of hypersonic weapons in August of this year does not correspond to reality.

This was stated at a regular briefing by Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian, TASS reports.

Docking with the ISS of the Progress MS-18 spacecraft, which will launch the launch vehicle, is expected on October 30

The launch of the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle, which will launch the Progress MS-18 cargo ship into orbit, is scheduled for 03:00 Moscow Time on October 28. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Monday.

One of the solar panels of the Lucy probe, launched to study Trojan asteroids near Jupiter, could not be fixed in a state of full disclosure, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) reported.

After leaving the Earth's atmosphere, space objects remain without any technical support, but this situation may change in the coming years. After a successful experiment in space towing, the United States intends to create full-fledged refueling satellites that prolong the life of objects in orbit.

Roscosmos will place special emphasis on preventing threats related to unmanned aerial vehicles

The robotic security platform "Marker" has been tested at the Vostochny cosmodrome in the Amur region. This is a step towards the introduction of automated security control at a secure facility that does not depend on the human factor, Dmitry Rogozin, Director General of Roscosmos, told reporters on Thursday.

Details have emerged of China's tests of a hypersonic glider, a combat gliding unit for ballistic missiles. Before hitting the target, the device flew around the planet, which was a very unpleasant surprise for the US military.

Next, the taikonauts will perform work on the movement of goods and other related tasks

The crew of the Chinese Shenzhou-13 manned spacecraft on Sunday began unloading the Tianzhou-3 spacecraft, which contains food, equipment and other cargo necessary for the astronauts to stay in orbit. This is stated in the message of the Manned Flight Program of the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA), published on the official account on the social network WeChat.

Dmitry Rogozin, head of the Roscosmos State Corporation, considered the work of the Fregat upper stage of the Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle and the launch complex of the Vostochny cosmodrome in the Amur Region to be excellent. He expressed this opinion in an interview with journalists on Thursday, October 14, at the Vostochny cosmodrome.

The Skif spacecraft are designed to provide broadband Internet access

The launch of the Skif spacecraft and the Marathon satellite constellation as part of the Sphere program, which allows creating a full-fledged broadband Internet system in Russia, will contribute to the prevention of man-made and environmental disasters, Dmitry Rogozin, Director General of Roscosmos, told reporters on Thursday.

The Changzheng-2F carrier rocket with the Shenzhou-13 manned spacecraft launched to the Chinese orbital station with three cosmonauts. This is on Friday, October 15, follows from the broadcast of the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA), carried out by China Central Television.

The restoration of control over the orientation of the station took about 30 minutes, the department noted

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is cooperating with Roscosmos to establish the root causes of the incident that led to a change in the orientation of the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday. This was reported to TASS by a NASA representative.

China launched a hypersonic glider capable of carrying nuclear weapons in August. This was reported on Sunday, October 17, by the British newspaper Financial Times, citing sources in the US government and a number of Asian countries.

NASA has delivered the James Webb telescope to the Kourou Cosmodrome in French Guiana. The cost of the equipment is estimated at $10 billion, the Izvestia TV channel reports.

China, with the help of a launch vehicle, launched a hypersonic glider capable of carrying nuclear weapons in August.

The Chinese spacecraft Shenzhou-13 with three cosmonauts docked with the main compartment of the PRC orbital station. This was reported on Saturday, October 16, by CGTN TV channel.

Finnish woodworking company UPM announced the postponement of the launch into space of the world's first satellite made of wood WISA Woodsat for the first half of 2022. This was reported on Friday, October 15, on the company's website.

The Taikonauts entered the Tianhe module about three hours after the successful docking

Three Chinese cosmonauts from the Shenzhou-13 manned spacecraft entered the main module of the PRC orbital station on Saturday and began the first operations for its maintenance and operation. This was reported by the Administration of the Manned Space Flight Program of China.

The crew of the International Space Station (ISS) was woken up by a siren on the night of October 16. The sound signal was given due to a malfunction in the control system of the Russian Zvezda module. This follows from the data of the negotiations broadcast by NASA on YouTube.

The rocket will be launched from the Kourou cosmodrome in French Guiana

The launch of the Soyuz-ST-B carrier rocket with Galileo spacecraft from the Kourou cosmodrome in French Guiana is scheduled for December 1, 2021. This was reported on Friday in Roscosmos.