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The launch of the Russian automatic station to the Moon was postponed to May 2022
The postponement of the launch is associated with the need for additional confirmation of the declared characteristics of its devices, aggregates and propulsion system
The launch of the Russian automatic station "Luna-25" on a natural satellite of the Earth has been postponed to May 2022. This was reported to TASS in the press service of Roscosmos on Friday.
About 30 thousand large objects of space debris are in orbit-expert
The number of space debris objects with a diameter of more than 10 cm in near-Earth orbit is about 30 thousand, said Georgy Medovnikov, General Director of the Vympel IAC.
At the Army-2021 forum, they talked about high-precision high-speed missiles
Russian anti-ship missiles X-31AD and X-35UE can hit enemy warships and vessels in any weather conditions and when the sea is rough from five to six points. High-precision weapons were demonstrated at the Army-2021 forum.
"Kronstadt" at the "Army-2021" presented mini-drones for the inspection of space rockets
The company noted that the UAVs are designed primarily for the examination of complex, hard-to-reach and dangerous places for human life
The Kronshtadt company presented at the Army-2021 forum a new line of mini-unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that will allow exploring dangerous and hard-to-reach places for humans, in particular, conducting a pre-launch inspection of space rockets. This was reported to TASS on Sunday in the company's press service.
Rogozin called Russian specialists capable of challenging Elon Musk
The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, called Russian specialists capable of challenging the SpaceX team of American inventor and billionaire Elon Musk. According to him, these are new personnel of the Samara University, the press service of the Samara region quotes RIA Novosti.
There are no plans to resume launches of Strela launch vehicles from Baikonur
General Director - General Designer of the enterprise Alexander Leonov said that the launchers for this type of missiles were transferred to JSC "CENKI"
Reutov NPO of Mechanical Engineering (part of the Tactical Missile Armament Corporation) It does not plan to resume launches of carrier rockets "Strela" from the Baikonur cosmodrome. This was announced by the general director-General designer of the enterprise Alexander Leonov in an interview with TASS at the International Military-Technical Forum "Army - 2021".
Rogozin explained the lawsuit of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and the RCC "Progress" by the situation caused by sanctions
The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, during a working trip to Progress Rocket and Space Center JSC (Samara), noted the need to improve the regulatory framework and Russian legislation in the face of sanctions, the press service of the government of the Samara region reported on Friday.
The Soyuz was launched from Baikonur on the third attempt
The Soyuz-2.1 b carrier rocket with 34 OneWeb communication satellites launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on the third attempt. This is reported on the website of the state corporation "Roscosmos".
Flight trajectories for OneWeb satellite launches from Baikonur will be finalized
Research is being conducted to launch 36 OneWeb spacecraft from the cosmodrome, not 34, Roscosmos noted
The flight trajectories from the Baikonur cosmodrome during the launches of the British OneWeb communication satellites will be finalized to increase the number of devices being launched at a time. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Sunday.
Video: the US-Ukrainian Firefly Alpha rocket has successfully passed fire tests
The company Firefly Aerospace conducted a static burn of the first stage of the promising Alpha launch vehicle. Its start may take place soon.
The ISS orbit was raised to prepare for the launch of the Soyuz with an actress and a director on board
The orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) was raised to prepare for the launch of the Soyuz MS-19 transport manned spacecraft. On board are actress Yulia Peresild and director Klim Shipenko, they will shoot the first feature film in space under the working title "Challenge". This was reported on Saturday, August 21, by the press service of Roscosmos.
The US saw the "Russian threat" in space
The US Congressional Research Service presented a report on the militarization of space, in which the authors saw a threat in Russian and Chinese research. This is reported by RT.
NASA has suspended the execution of the contract for the landing of a man on the Moon with SpaceX
The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has suspended until November 2021 the execution of a contract for the development of a human landing system on the lunar surface, the main contractor of which is the American private aerospace company SpaceX, the specialized website SpaceNews reports.
The rotating detonation engine was tested in space
The Japanese Space Agency announced the first successful activation of a new design engine using ring detonation waves in space.
The Chinese are mastering their ISS
Chinese taikonauts went into outer space from the Tianhe module at the Chinese Tiangong space station under construction to perform work, the broadcast is conducted by the Chinese Global Television Network.
China will deploy a solar power plant with a capacity of 1 GW in orbit
In China, three years ago, they began designing a solar power plant for transmitting energy to the Earth. The construction of the station was frozen for a while, but it was resumed a couple of months ago. Now the authorities plan to receive energy from 1 MW of the orbital station by 2030, and from 2049 — from 1 GW.
The cosmonaut complained about the creaking hinges of the Russian "Science"
The loops of the multifunctional laboratory module (MLM) "Nauka", docked to the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS), creak and drown out other sounds, RIA Novosti reports, referring to the NASA-organized broadcast of the crew members ' negotiations with Earth, organized by NASA.
China has successfully launched the second group of scientific and experimental satellites Tianhui-2
In 2021, the PRC should carry out at least 40 launches and set a new national record
China successfully launched the second group of Tianhui-2 scientific and experimental satellites into orbit on Thursday. This was announced by the Chinese Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.
Correction of the ISS orbit was postponed at the request of the Americans-Roscosmos
The correction of the orbit height of the International Space Station was postponed to a reserve date at the request of the American side, Roscosmos reported.
Indian Foreign Ministry: the agreement on BRICS satellites was the beginning of cooperation of the "five" in space
The document will help accelerate cooperation in various sectors, including global climate change, agriculture, the ministry noted
The agreement on the exchange of remote sensing data of the BRICS, signed on Wednesday by the member countries of the association (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa), was the first step in the cooperation of the "five" in space. This was stated by the representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of India, which this year chairs the "five", the BRICS Sherpa Sanjay Bhattacharya.
