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The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will receive new samples of weapons that have no analogues
At a meeting in the Kremlin with graduates of military universities, Vladimir Putin said that among the new weapons systems are the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile, the Zircon hypersonic ship missile, and the S-500 Prometheus anti-aircraft systems.
Virgin Galactic has received a license for commercial launches after a successful test
After a thorough analysis of the data obtained during the test flight on May 22, the company will be able to continue preparing for the remaining three test flights
TASS, June 25. The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has updated the license of Virgin Galactic, which allows sending passengers into space. Information about this appeared on the Virgin Galactic website on Friday.
The Ingenuity helicopter has been flying on Mars for almost a kilometer
The eighth flight took place on June 21, the helicopter covered a distance of 160 meters in 77.4 seconds
The Ingenuity helicopter located on Mars flew a total of almost a kilometer during eight flights, which began on April 19. This was reported on Thursday by the American specialized portal SpaceNews, citing a representative of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Teddy Tzanetos.
Roscosmos has developed a way to dock satellites for their repair in orbit
The passive vehicle will be in orbit, the movement of the active one must be synchronized with it
Roscosmos has patented a method for approaching spacecraft in orbit for servicing satellites. This is stated in the materials distributed by the Federal Institute of Industrial Property (available to TASS).
The new generation satellite of the Russian Defense Ministry is included in the catalog of space objects
A new-generation Russian military satellite launched on Friday from the Plesetsk cosmodrome has been included in the Main Catalog of Space Objects of the Russian Space Control System, the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
The US Air Force satellite the size of a football field has completed its work
The experimental satellite Demonstration and Science Experiments (DSX)of the Research Laboratory of the US Air Force (Air Force), which is comparable in size to a football field, has completed its work, reports C4ISRNet.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation presented a video of the launch of the Soyuz-2 launch vehicle"
The Russian Defense Ministry has presented a video of the launch of a Soyuz-2 class launch vehicle with a spacecraft. The launch took place from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk region.
Dust on solar panels will force InSight to shut down in a year
The team of the InSight automatic Mars station decided to complete the operation of the device ahead of time, if effective methods for cleaning solar panels from dust are not found. Currently, the batteries are heavily dusted, and electricity generation has fallen by almost eight times compared to the initial level, according to the website Space.com.
China has published four new videos of the Tianwen-1 mission on Mars
One of them shows the moment when the parachute of the lander opens
The Chinese National Space Agency (CNSA) has published four new videos of the Tianwen-1 mission on Mars. The videos were posted on Sunday on the official website of the Central Television of China.
NASA commented on the data on booking another place on the Soyuz for an astronaut
We are talking about a place on a Russian manned spacecraft for a flight to the ISS
NASA is working with partners from Russia and other countries to ensure the availability of a crew for the safe operation of the International Space Station (ISS). This was announced on Wednesday by the official representative of the US space Agency Stephanie Schirholz.
The Sentinel-2 satellite captured the violation of the Russian border by the British Defender
The violation of the Russian border by the British destroyer Defender near the Crimean Peninsula was shown from space. The corresponding image obtained by the European Sentinel-2 remote sensing satellite was demonstrated on Twitter by the user Gerjon_.
Elon Musk's company will cover the entire planet with the Internet by the fall
The Starlink company intends to provide the entire Earth with satellite Internet by the fall. This is reported by Reuters.
The launch of the American commercial module to the moon was postponed for almost a year
Masten Space Systems is forced to postpone the launch of its lunar lander from 2022 to 2023. One of the reasons was the pandemic.
The Americans have tested a solid-fuel engine for a hypersonic glider carrier
The American company Aerojet Rocketdyne conducted static fire tests of a solid-fuel engine for a rocket complex with OpFires hypersonic gliders. The engine can be turned off before all the fuel burns out, which will allow the missiles to reach any targets in the middle radius. According to the US Defense Advanced Development Agency, the tests were recognized as successful.
Scientists from Russia will create devices for studying the plasma shells of asteroids and comets
The instruments are intended for the Chinese mission to study the asteroid Kamoaleva
TASS, June 23. Specialists of the Institute of Space Research (IKI RAS) plan to develop three instruments for studying the plasma shells of asteroids and comets. They can be used in the Chinese space mission starting in 2024 to study the asteroid Kamoalev and comet 133P/Elst-Pizarro. This was told by the director of the ICI RAS Anatoly Petrukovich at an online meeting of the Council of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) on space.
Novosibirsk State University satellites will be launched to monitor " space weather"
NSU signed a long-term partnership agreement with the State Corporation Roscosmos and the Russian Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring
Novosibirsk State University (NSU), Roscosmos and Roshydromet will launch satellites created at the university to monitor "space weather" - phenomena in near-Earth space. This was reported by the press service of the NSU.
SpaceX plans to provide wireless Internet around the world by the fall
Elon Musk's company plans to deploy a total of 12 thousand satellites with a total cost of about $10 billion, according to Reuters]
Elon Musk's company SpaceX (Space Exploration Technologies) plans to provide wireless Internet around the world by September using the Starlink satellite system. This was reported on Tuesday by Reuters with reference to the president of the American aerospace corporation Gwynne Shotwell.
The crew of the Chinese space station plans to make two spacewalks
According to China Central Television, the duration of each output will be about six hours, this is necessary for installation work outside the base module "Tianhe"
The Shenzhou-12 crew members plan to make two spacewalks during their three-month stay on the Chinese Space Station. This was reported on Tuesday by China Central Television.
Astronauts on the ISS have completed the installation of a new solar battery
American and French astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Tom Pesquet on Sunday, June 20, finished installing a new solar panel on the International Space Station. The broadcast was conducted on the NASA website.
South Korea says it will strengthen defense capabilities in space
Minister of National Defense Soe Uk promised to work closely with the private sector to modernize the space industry
The Republic of Korea will strengthen its defense capabilities in the space sector and create a system to combat threats in space. This was stated on Monday by the Minister of National Defense So Uk, according to the KBS TV channel.
