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More than 500 units of military equipment have been transferred to the Space and Air Defense forces over the past five years, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on a conference call at the Russian Defense Ministry on Tuesday.

Glavkosmos plans to order two manned Soyuz spacecraft for future space tourists, they will be ready by the end of 2023, the head of the company Dmitry Loskutov told Interfax.

This is also important for improving relations between the two countries, Alexander Sergeev believes

TASS, June 1. Cooperation between Russian and American scientists in the field of space research is important to continue, including to improve relations between the two countries. This was stated by the President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander Sergeev on the air of the TV channel "Russia-24".

Deliveries will begin later on the order of Roscosmos

A prototype parachute system for the Eagle spacecraft will be ready in 2023. This was announced by Igor Nasenkov, head of the Technodinamika holding company of the Rostec State Corporation, on the sidelines of the congress of the Union of Machine Builders of Russia.

The launch of the first radar Earth observation satellite "Obzor-R" is planned for next year. This, as reported by "RIA Novosti", said the deputy director of the Department of navigation space systems of Roscosmos Valery Zaichko.

The new Russian manned spacecraft "Eagle" will be able to fly around the Earth for about a year and around the Moon for up to six months, according to the materials of Roscosmos, posted on the state procurement website.

A promising Russian spacecraft, which is being created to replace the Soyuz ,will be able to fly around the Moon for up to six months. The total service life of the device should be at least five years.

According to the IRNA agency, first of all, we are talking about launching satellites into low-Earth orbit of the Earth - from 160 to 2 thousand km

The Iranian authorities are working on several satellites of domestic production, five of which are planned to be launched in the near future. This was reported on Friday by the IRNA news agency.

Glavkosmos plans to offer flight seats on the Soyuz spacecraft for space tourists by the end of 2023, the head of the company Dmitry Loskutov said.

The head of NASA, Bill Nelson, announced on Friday, May 28, about participation in the virtual format in the international space conference GLEX-2021, which will be held in June in St. Petersburg.

The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, previously announced plans to launch one Soyuz rocket from Vostochny in May, June and July.]

The Soyuz launch vehicle will next be launched from the Vostochny cosmodrome on July 1. This was announced on Saturday by the General Director of the Rocket and Space Center (RCC) "Progress" Dmitry Baranov.

NASA's budget for 2022 does not provide for the purchase of additional seats on Russian Soyuz spacecraft for flights to the International Space Station (ISS), but the United States hopes to continue flights on mutual exchange. This was announced on May 28 by a representative of NASA.

This is the seventh launch of OneWeb satellites and the fourth fully commercial launch from the Eastern

All British OneWeb communications satellites launched from the Vostochny cosmodrome on a Soyuz-2.1 b carrier rocket have successfully separated from the Fregat upper stage. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Saturday.

The re-equipment is carried out in order to organize workplaces for conducting electrical tests of all modifications of the units

Technical re-equipment of the Fregat upper stage test base (RBF) will be completed by the end of 2022. This was reported to TASS in the press service of the NGO named after S. A. Lavochkin.

The successful launch of the Soyuz launch vehicle with 36 British OneWeb communications satellites from the Vostochny cosmodrome on May 29 was the 59th consecutive accident-free Russian space launch, according to calculations by RIA Novosti.

The new head of NASA, Bill Nelson, called Russia a vital partner in the International Space Station, he said at a briefing on May 28, his words are quoted by RIA Novosti.

On June 16, a session of the Global Interaction Forum will be held, which will be dedicated to the International Space Station

The prospects for manned space flights and the future of the International Space Station (ISS) will be discussed at the Global Space Exploration Conference GLEX in St. Petersburg. This was reported by TASS Deputy Director of Roscosmos for International Cooperation Sergey Savelyev.

Two Resurs-P Earth remote sensing satellites will be launched next year, said Valery Zaichko, deputy director of the Department of Navigation Space Systems of the state Corporation Roscosmos.

Three launch vehicles were launched from Russia's new Vostochny cosmodrome in 2021, which is a record. Previously, a maximum of two launches per year were carried out from the cosmodrome.

The company said that it had established communication with all 36 satellites put into orbit on the night of May 29

The British company OneWeb will be able to start providing communication services after the next launch of its satellites into low-Earth orbit.