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This launch was the 12th in a row for the Kuaizhou-1A series launch vehicles

China on Wednesday launched the Earth remote sensing satellite Jilin-1 Gaofen 02F into orbit. This was reported by China Central Television.

Roscosmos reported that the docking of the Progress M-UM spacecraft with this module to the multipurpose laboratory module Nauka is scheduled for November 26

The launch of the Progress M-UM spacecraft with the Berth node module on the Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket from the Baikonur cosmodrome is scheduled for the afternoon of November 24. This was reported to TASS by the press service of Roscosmos.

According to the head of Roscosmos, it is easier to solve large space projects together

The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, believes that it is useful for countries to share technologies with each other.

The Deputy General Director of the company noted that the uniqueness of this spacecraft is that it is possible to make intercontinental traffic transfers from the European zone to South America and vice versa

The state operator "Space Communications" is ready to offer Argentina the services of the Express-AM8 communication satellite. This was announced on Wednesday by the deputy general director of the company Evgeny Buidinov.

On Wednesday, October 27, Glavkosmos signed an agreement with four space tourists who will fly on Soyuz spacecraft in 2024. This was announced by the company's CEO Dmitry Loskutov at the International Astronautical Congress IAC-2021 in Dubai.

Russian specialists should create a prototype of the Kryl-SV at the end of next year. This was announced by the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.

The Hubble Space Telescope has been put into safe mode due to problems with internal communication, NASA announced on Twitter on Tuesday.

Representative of the Russian Mission to the UN Gloria Agaronova supported "a comprehensive discussion of the topic of exploration and use of space resources within the framework of the General Assembly"

Russia proceeds from the fact that the principles and norms of the 1967 Outer Space Treaty are fully applicable to the resources of the Moon and other celestial bodies.

At the moment, a new multifunctional laboratory module "Science" has not been drawn in the simulator, but its model will appear in the near future, said Dmitry Akhmedov, a leading engineer at RSC Energia.

The Odyssey Virtual Reality System Developed by the Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia (part of Roscosmos), it will be used for spacewalk training from November. This was reported on October 26 by TASS with reference to the leading engineer of Energia Dmitry Akhmedov.

The Michibiki spacecraft should replace the very first satellite from a similar series, launched into orbit back in 2010

The Japanese company Mitsubishi Heavy Industries on Tuesday launched the H-2A launch vehicle with a new satellite for the global positioning system. A live broadcast of the launch from the Tanegashima cosmodrome in southwestern Kagoshima Prefecture was conducted on the corporation's website.

The company of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Blue Origin, together with Sierra Space, will build their commercial space station in low Earth orbit by 2025-2030, according to the project's website.

Roscosmos and NASA will discuss the issue of cross-flights of their cosmonauts and astronauts on Soyuz MS and Crew Dragon spacecraft, TASS reports, referring to the statement of the CEO of the Russian state corporation Dmitry Rogozin.

The state corporation previously reported that in 2019-2020, in particular, the economy was affected by trouble-free launches

Roscosmos was able to save 800 million rubles of the federal budget thanks to the revision of the insurance activity processes. This was announced on Tuesday by Maxim Ovchinnikov, First Deputy Director General of Roscosmos for Economics and Finance, during the plenary session of the Marathon of Innovators.

Representatives of the United States at a meeting with the head of the state corporation "Roscosmos" Dmitry Rogozin talked about the possibility of extending the operation of the International Space Station (ISS) for a period up to 2030. This was told by Rogozin himself on Tuesday, October 26.

The head of Roscosmos stressed that the Russian and Chinese sides have full mutual understanding regarding the deployment stages of the lunar scientific station

The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, plans to meet with the head of the Chinese National Space Administration, Zhang Kejiang, by the end of the year. The head of Roscosmos said this at a briefing on Tuesday.

The platform is a set of on-board service systems and structural elements designed for the development of small satellites in CubeSat 6U formats

Sputnix presented a new nanosatellite platform at the 72nd International Astronautical Congress in Dubai. This was reported to TASS in the press service of the organization.

According to the CEO of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin, Russian and American cosmonauts will be able to swap ships

Roscosmos and NASA have started a substantive discussion on the composition of crews for cross-flights of Russian cosmonauts on American ships and US astronauts on Soyuz. This was announced on Tuesday at a briefing by the general director of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin.

The parties held talks within the framework of the 72nd International Astronautical Congress in Dubai

Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin discussed with a NASA representative during the 72nd International Astronautical Congress in Dubai the possibility of docking the Russian ship "Eagle" to the promising American lunar station.

According to the head of Roscosmos, the finish line is ahead from the point of view of the station's operation

The head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin does not believe that the International Space Station (ISS) will last until 2030.