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Earlier, the General Director of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, said that private space companies in the next 10 years will begin a powerful integration with the companies of the state corporation

Russian private companies are not yet able to perform major tasks of Roscosmos, said the General Director of Glavkosmos (part of Roscosmos) Dmitry Loskutov on Monday in an interview with the RBC TV channel.

In honor of the 60th anniversary of the first human flight into space, the Russian Defense Ministry published a short video from the Academy of the Strategic Missile Forces, where more than 30 samples of space technology are collected in a special audience.

The number of launches of Angara missiles in 2021 may increase from two to three, the head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, told reporters.

The first stage of testing of the ramjet pulsing detonation engine demonstrator has been completed in Russia. In the future, it will be used in rocket and space systems, orbital aircraft and hypersonic aircraft.

Thanks to this algorithm, satellites, in particular, will be able to determine the strength of the magnetic field at any point in the orbit

Russian scientists have developed algorithms for the interaction of nanosatellites, which are designed for scientific measurements. The article describing the work was published by the scientific journal Advances in Space Research, the press service of the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology writes briefly about it.

[b]The head of the Ballistics Department of the Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, Raphael Murtazin, clarified that it is already a regular one for the Progress cargo ships.]

The three-hour flight plan of the Soyuz MS manned spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) is still a test flight, and it will become standard after three such flights. This was reported to TASS by the head of the ballistics department of the Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) "Energia" Rafail Murtazin.

This year, China plans to carry out at least 40 launches and set a new national record

China on Friday successfully launched the third satellite of the Shiyan-6 series to explore near-Earth space and test space equipment. This was reported by China Central Television.

At the same time, Josef Aschbacher considers it necessary to achieve greater commercial returns from the exploration of outer space

The project to build a space station in Earth's orbit, which will function as a hotel, is still reminiscent of science fiction and is unlikely to be implemented in the near future. This opinion was expressed by the Director General of the European Space Agency (ESA), Josef Aschbacher, to a TASS correspondent.

The Russian crew will be able to fly twice a year on American ships, said the deputy administrator of the department

NASA expects that American astronauts will fly twice a year on the Russian "Soyuz", and the astronauts of Roscosmos-twice a year on American ships. This was reported to reporters on Friday by NASA Deputy Administrator Ken Bowersox.

As previously reported by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a hard landing on the Moon should be carried out by the 100th anniversary of the republic, which will be celebrated at the end of 2023

Turkey has successfully tested a hybrid engine for a rocket that will be used in a mission to the moon. This was announced on Sunday by the Minister of Industry and Technology of Turkey Mustafa Varank.

It is expected that the launch will be carried out from the spaceport in Wenchang

Chinese authorities plan to launch four Hainan-1 remote sensing satellites into orbit by the end of this year. This was reported by the Hainan Daily newspaper.

The United Engine Corporation of Rostec has completed the first stage of testing a demonstrator of a ramjet pulsating detonation engine, which in the future will be able to be used in advanced rocket and space systems, hypersonic aircraft and orbital aircraft. The power plant in certain operating modes demonstrated an increase in specific thrust of up to 50% in comparison with the engines of traditional schemes.

The superheavy launch vehicle developed in the Russian Federation was named "Yenisei". It is planned to be used, among other things, for the lunar program, its first launch should be performed in 2028

The Progress Rocket and Space Center (RCC) is ready for any development of events on the creation of a superheavy launch vehicle, the company's general director Dmitry Baranov told reporters.

The Center for the Operation of Ground-based Space Infrastructure (CENKI) has previously worked out the appearance of the ground-based infrastructure necessary for the operation of the Sea Launch cosmodrome.

The International Center for Commercial Space Launches will include the launch pad of the cosmodrome and an industrial complex

China plans to begin construction of another spaceport in the mainland, which will be located in the Xiangshan County of the city of Ningbo in the eastern province of Zhejiang. This was reported on Thursday by the newspaper "Zhongguo Hantianbao" with reference to the provincial government.

Igor Arbuzov, General Director of the Research and Production Association (NPO) Energomash, spoke about the head of SpaceX, Elon Musk, in an interview with RIA Novosti.

Russia will send the latest RD-180 rocket engines to the United States, Igor Arbuzov, Director General of the Energomash Research and Production Association (NPO), told RIA Novosti.

The American company Aurora showed a multicopter to fight other drones. The MIDAS device is paired with a ground-based portable radar and is able to shoot down small multicopters using a grid without operator intervention. The information is available on the company's website.

[b]It was launched from the Cape Canaveral spaceport.]

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 launch vehicle with 60 Starlink microsatellites on Wednesday. The broadcast is conducted on the company's website.

The State Corporation "Roscosmos" supported the scientific project of OmSTU to create new samples of electrothermal engines for nanosatellites weighing 4 kg or more. The scientists plan to develop and manufacture new samples of fuel automation elements of the corrective propulsion system and new samples of micro-motors based on the NTC "Cryogenic Technology".