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According to the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin, construction work at the facilities will be completed in 2022, after that, technologists will start working

Russian President Vladimir Putin got acquainted with the construction of the second stage of the Vostochny cosmodrome. The Head of State arrived in the Amur Region on Friday evening (Saturday night local time) after participating in the Eastern Economic Forum in Primorye.

The launch of OneWeb satellites from the Vostochny Cosmodrome is scheduled for October 14. This was announced on Saturday, September 4, by the general director of the state corporation "Roscosmos" Dmitry Rogozin.

The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, spoke about the operational life of the Russian upgraded Soyuz-2 rocket. His words are quoted by RIA Novosti.

Roscosmos and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have signed an agreement on the creation of the Spektr-UV ultraviolet space observatory. Mikhail Sachkov, Deputy Director of the Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, told RIA Novosti about this in an interview.

Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitsky and Pyotr Dubrov were unable to connect an Ethernet cable to the Nauka module, NASA reported on Saturday, September 4, in a broadcast.

This was announced by the general director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin during the marathon "New Knowledge"

The next launch of the Soyuz-2 launch vehicle from the Vostochny cosmodrome is scheduled for mid-October. This was announced by the general Director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin on Thursday during the marathon "New Knowledge".

The deployment of the new Russian orbital station is planned to begin in five to six years, the head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, said.

Speaking at the marathon "New Knowledge", the head of Roscosmos noted that his age no longer allows him and "life has turned out differently"

The general director of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, said that he could not fly into space because of his age and how his life turned out.

The Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China (MOST) has allocated funds for the development of promising projects in the field of space exploration. One of them is the creation of a gigantic ship with a length of about several kilometers. And although such initiatives look like outright adventures, they may make sense.

Russian 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 is seeking to continue the work of the International Space Station (ISS). This was stated on Thursday by the head of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Bill Nelson during a communication session with the crew of the station.

China is working on a helicopter similar to the American Ingenuity. It may become part of one of the Chinese missions to explore the Red Planet.

The decision on the future of the rocket will be made by Roscosmos

The Progress Rocket and Space Center (RCC) sent a report on the Soyuz-6 launch vehicle to the Energia Rocket and Space Corporation in the summer. This was reported to TASS in the press service of the RCC.

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) The United States is investigating an incident with a deviation from the course of the Virgin Galactic Unity-22 spacecraft, which threatened it with an emergency landing, The New Yorker magazine reported on Wednesday, September 1.

The Chinese company Space Transportation conducted the first successful test flight of the Tianxing-2 rocket, which became the third flight test of the Tianxing series of missiles, according to the company's official WeChat channel. Space Transportation plans to create inexpensive reusable carriers with a horizontal landing, as well as a tourist spaceplane.

The Rocket Factory Augsburg company conducted strength tests of the promising RFA One rocket. The first flight of the carrier is scheduled for the end of the year.

Its activities will reduce the" entry threshold " of private players to the space activity market

The Commercial Space Center began operating on the basis of the Samara National Research University. Academician S. P. Korolev from September 1. This was reported in the press service of the university.

Thanks to the accident-free operation in 2019-2020, the state corporation for Space Activities Roscosmos saved over 450 million rubles. This was reported to TASS by a representative of the organization.

The US department reported that the parties, among other things, discussed a common interest in space research

The head of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Bill Nelson, discussed cooperation between Washington and Kiev in the space sphere, including a common interest in space research, with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky in Washington on Tuesday.

The document provides for providing Ukraine with the opportunity to receive information and services on "space situational awareness" from the US Space Command

Ukraine and the United States signed a Memorandum in the field of space flight safety, information and services on space situational awareness.

The situation around the planned frequency of launches of the Soyuz-5 medium rocket created by the Progress Rocket and Space Center (RCC) and the Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia remains uncertain, Progress CEO Dmitry Baranov told Russian Space.