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All Starlink satellite Internet system spacecraft launched since September of this year will be equipped with laser terminals, SpaceNews reports a statement by SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell.

Russia may launch the Luna-25 spacecraft on May 25 next year. Previously, they wanted to hold the launch in October 2021.

The American aerospace company Astra postponed its first commercial rocket launch at the last second of the countdown. This is reported by Investors Business Daily.

Inspections as part of the missile system are planned later

Autonomous throwing tests of the emergency rescue rocket unit (RBAS) will start in late 2023-early 20024. This was reported to TASS in the corporation "Moscow Institute of Thermal Engineering" (MIT, part of Roscosmos).

The technical solutions being worked out during the creation of the ROSS orbital station will find their application in modules that will be sent to other planets.

The US Navy has approved the production of the long-range anti-radar missile AARGM-ER. The military plans to order the first two pilot batches in the next few months.

The technology can also be used to inform the population

The Russian company Avant Space has patented a laser communication method that will be able to transmit information from space to Earth on the principle of a QR code. This was reported to TASS in the organization on Thursday.

Astronauts will fly to ROSS on a shift basis

The Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia is working on the launch of the first in the history of the domestic orbital station with the functions of a space port. This was reported on Thursday on the YouTube channel of RSC Energia in a program dedicated to the activities of the corporation.

It will exercise full control not only of what is under the station, but also of outer space

The Russian Orbital Service Station (ROSS) will be the prototype of modules that will go to other planets with a large number of specialists in decades. This was announced by the general director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.

Today, the Blue Origin Corporation conducted another successful launch and landing of its new ship New Shepard. The launch took place in unmanned mode. Blue Origin has once again proved the reliability of the new spacecraft by conducting another successful launch and landing. Start

Only a nuclear space tug can become a transport space system for the movement of large scientific stations, said the general director of the corporation

The testing of a drip refrigerator-emitter for the Zeus nuclear tug on board the International Space Station (ISS) is an important topic for Roscosmos, in which there may be breakthrough results. This opinion was expressed by the Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.

Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov said earlier that the state of the ISS leaves much to be desired, so Russia can focus on creating its own orbital station

The United States expects to continue cooperation with Russia on the International Space Station at least until 2030.

The first photos of the prototype tank of the upper stage of the promising New Glenn rocket from Blue Origin were posted on the Network. It is assumed that the heavy carrier will allow Jeff Bezos ' company to compete with SpaceX.

The United States is in a state of a space race with China, while Russian-Chinese cooperation in space can be cited as an example of a more exemplary relationship. This statement was made on Wednesday, August 25, by the head of the American National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Bill Nelson.

As reported in the center of them. Keldysh, the project documentation has already been developed

The Keldysh Research Center (part of Roscosmos) plans to test a drip refrigerator-emitter for the Zeus nuclear tug on board the International Space Station (ISS)in 2024-2025. This was announced to TASS by the general director of the enterprise Vladimir Koshlakov at the International military-Technical Forum "Army-2021".

The launch of the Soyuz-2.1 b carrier rocket with satellites on board is scheduled for September 2021

The An-124 aircraft delivered 34 OneWeb communication satellites to the Baikonur Cosmodrome. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Wednesday.

The American company Blue Origin, within the framework of the Jarvis project, is developing a reusable upper stage of the New Glenn heavy rocket, the prototype component of which was delivered for testing to launch complex 36, located at Cape Canaveral (Florida). The corresponding photos are published by ArsTechnica.

The head of Roscosmos intends to send invitations on August 25

Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin said that he intends to invite entrepreneurs Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson to launch the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, which is scheduled for October 5.

The construction of the Chinese hypersonic wind tunnel JF22 is scheduled to be completed next year. According to China Central Television, it will be able to simulate a maximum speed of up to 10 kilometers per second — 30 times the speed of sound — and an altitude of 40 to 100 kilometers.

Candidates for significant positions in Roscosmos and at enterprises belonging to the state corporation have been undergoing a polygraph test since the summer of 2020

The polygraph test introduced in Roscosmos when applying for a top manager position filters out many candidates, said Dmitry Rogozin, General Director of the state corporation.