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Sergey Kuznetsov, General Designer of the Salyut Design Bureau (part of the Khrunichev Center), told RIA Novosti on Wednesday, August 25, that the first oxygen-hydrogen upper stage (KVTK) will be launched in 2027. It will significantly increase the payload capacity of the Angara launch vehicle.

Russian cosmonauts on the International Space Station (ISS) will go into outer space about 10 times by the end of 2022 to integrate and retrofit the Russian Nauka and Prichal modules. Cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky told about this on August 25 in the Twitter microblogging network.

The device will consist of several modules that will be launched into orbit separately and assembled in space

The National Foundation of Natural Sciences of China is considering a project to create an "ultra-large spacecraft extending for kilometers". This was reported by the South China Morning Post newspaper.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said that the United States expects to continue its partnership with Russia regarding the operation of the International Space Station (ISS). This is reported by RIA Novosti.

China has proposed to build a multi-kilometer space station in a long-term orbit around the Earth. It is planned to spend 15 million yuan ($2.3 million) to study the feasibility of such a project. This is reported by the South China Morning Post.

The official representative of the country's Foreign Ministry, Wang Wenbin, noted that Beijing, together with Moscow, promotes the non-proliferation of weapons in near-Earth space

The Chinese authorities are concerned about the US strategy for the militarization of outer space and, together with Russia, are promoting the non-proliferation of weapons in near-Earth space. This was announced on Wednesday by the official representative of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Wang Wenbin.

This launch was the 386th launch for the Changzheng series launch vehicles

China has launched an experimental communications satellite using the Changzheng-3-bi launch vehicle (CZ-3B, Long March-3B). This was reported on Wednesday by the Central Television of China.

Previously, it was assumed that the device would be launched on a Soyuz-2.1 b carrier rocket

The launch vehicle for the launch of the biological satellite "Bion-M" number 2 can be changed to "Soyuz-5". This was announced in an interview with TASS by the general director of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin at the International military-Technical Forum "Army-2021".

The launch took place from the Jiuquan Cosmodrome

The Chinese carrier rocket CZ-2C ("Changzheng-2-xi") successfully launched two experimental satellites into orbit on Tuesday. This was reported by the Central Television of China.

Russia, in case of withdrawal from the ISS project, will not abandon its obligations to organize the flooding of the station when its resource is exhausted, said the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.

The journalist Ivan Safronov, who is under arrest in the Lefortovo pre-trial detention center on charges of high treason, remains an adviser to the general director of the Roscosmos Corporation Dmitry Rogozin.

The issue of Russia's continued participation in the International Space Station (ISS) project should be decided in the coming months. This was announced on the air of the Echo of Moscow radio station on Tuesday, August 24, by Dmitry Rogozin, Director General of the Roscosmos state Corporation.

For the construction of the launch pad, a site was identified in the Mudan village of Pingtong County

The administration of the island of Taiwan plans to build a launch pad for launching rockets into space. This was reported on Tuesday by the island's Central News Agency, citing the head of the space department, Wu Zongxin.

Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin said that the launch of the satellite is planned at the turn of 2023-2024

The orbit to which the biological satellite "Bion-M" No. 2 will be launched may be changed. This was announced in an interview with TASS by the general director of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin at the International military-Technical Forum "Army-2021".

Roscosmos has formed proposals for the creation of a group of satellites for environmental monitoring in Russia. They have already been sent to the government, the general director of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin said in an interview with TASS at the International military-Technical Forum "Army-2021".

According to the head of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin, in fact, the Sphere program has already begun, the Ministry of Finance began financing it formally before the adoption of the program

The first funds for the creation of a scientific and technical reserve under the Sphere program will be sent to Roscosmos in the coming days.

According to the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin, some satellites of remote sensing of the Earth's resource ends in 2023-2024

By the end of the month, Roscosmos will again send the Sphere program to the Russian government to create a multi-satellite grouping. This was announced in an interview with TASS by the general director of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin at the International military-Technical Forum "Army-2021".

The launch is scheduled for May

The Luna-25 automatic station is scheduled to be sent to the Vostochny Cosmodrome in early-mid-spring 2022. This was announced by the first Deputy General Director - General Designer of JSC "NPO Lavochkina" Alexander Shirshakov.

The stock of Russian RD-180 engines delivered to the United States is enough to complete the tests of the Starliner manned spacecraft, the head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, told Interfax.

Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky opened the porthole of the multi-purpose laboratory module of the International Space Station "Nauka"on Sunday, August 22. Roscosmos published the video on Tuesday, August 24.