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From "Zircon" to "Messenger": the army reported on the supply of weapons
State tests of "Zircons" will be completed in 2021
On Friday, the Ministry of Defense held a Single day of acceptance of military equipment. About what weapons, military and special equipment entered the troops in 2020 and what weapons the army and navy expect in the near future, says "Газета.Ru".
Elon Musk said that according to the current rules, " humanity will never get to Mars»
According to the entrepreneur, the existing rules of the US Federal Aviation Administration can become a serious obstacle to the development of the Red Planet by humans. Recall that the next tests of the prototype of the Starship space system are due to take place soon.
ESA has signed a contract for the development of an orbital transport worth €4.5 billion
It is assumed that the transport will be able to be used to refuel the sealed modules of the future Lunar Gateway space station and transport cargo in low Earth orbit
The European Space Agency (ESA) and Thales Alenia Space have signed a contract to develop a transport to deliver cargo from low Earth orbit to the Moon. According to a statement released by Thales on Friday, the contract value will be €4.5 billion.
NASA has planned for February fire tests of rocket engines for the flight to the Moon
[b]The previous tests of the engines took place on January 16, when they worked simultaneously for about a minute, although it was expected that this would last about eight minutes.]
Specialists of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) intend to conduct new fire tests of the Space Launch System (SLS) launch vehicle engines at the end of February, the previous ones were completed ahead of schedule. This is stated in a statement published on Friday on the website of the space agency.
The RD-171MV engine will be tested as part of the rocket stage in 2021
Igor Arbuzov, General Director of NPO Energomash, noted that the volume of work in 2021 is 20-25% higher than in the previous year
NPO Energomash (part of Roscosmos) will deliver the RD-171MV engine to Samara in 2021 for testing as part of the rocket stage. This was announced by the general director of the company Igor Arbuzov.
Chinese space gamma-ray monitor Sees its first gamma-ray burst
One of the satellites of the Chinese gamma-ray monitor of the whole sky GECAM registered its first gamma-ray burst. It is assumed that it may be associated with a magnetar in our galaxy or be the result of the merger of two compact objects. A circular about the discovery of the burst is published on the website of the Gamma-ray Burst Coordinate Network.
Roscosmos plans to launch 10 Soyuz rockets for foreign partners in 2021
According to Sergey Savelyev, the company's deputy director for international cooperation, four of them will be held from the Baikonur cosmodrome and three each from Vostochny and Kourou
Roscosmos plans to launch 10 Soyuz-2 and Soyuz-ST launch vehicles this year in the interests of foreign partners. This was reported to TASS by the Deputy Director General of Roscosmos for international Cooperation Sergey Savelyev.
Roscosmos has planned eight launches under the OneWeb program in 2021
In total, the British company intends to deploy about 600 satellites in low-Earth orbit
Roscosmos plans to carry out eight launches under the OneWeb program from the Baikonur, Vostochny and Kourou cosmodromes. This was reported to TASS by the Deputy Director General of Roscosmos for international Cooperation Sergey Savelyev.
Engines for rockets "Soyuz-5" and "Angara" has successfully passed the fire tests
The research and testing complex of NPO Energomash reported that the tests that took place in January were completed in full and passed in the normal mode
The RD-171MV and RD-191 rocket engines for the Soyuz and Angara carriers have successfully passed fire tests. This was reported on Thursday in the press service of the NGO "Energomash".
In Russia, the production of a robot for outer space has begun
It is conducted by the NGO "Android Technology" - the developer of the robot "Fedora" that flew into space
The NGO " Android Technology "(the developer of the robot "Fedor" that flew into space) has started manufacturing a robot of the project "Teledroid" to perform work in outer space. This was reported to TASS in the press service of the organization.
SpaceX plans to launch the 18th Starlink microsatellite constellation on January 30
The company will launch about 60 microsatellites
SpaceX plans to launch the 18th constellation of Starlink microsatellites, designed to provide Internet access, into orbit on January 30. This was reported on Wednesday by the profile Internet portal Space.com.
NASA astronauts are unable to run in the European research platform on the ISS
During a spacewalk from the International Space Station (ISS), American astronauts Michael Hopkins and Victor Glover encountered problems when launching the Bartolomeo science platform on the Columbus module of the European Space Agency (ESA). The broadcast on Wednesday, January 27, is conducted by NASA on its website.
Russia will explore the Moon alone
Roscosmos, according to various reports, either excluded, or he himself left the expert group to discuss the prospects for creating an international circumlunar station Gateway. The United States, Canada, Japan and the European Space Agency (ESA) remain in the project. What really happened and what are Russia's interests in terms of expansion to the moon?
Hydrogen technology will help integrate the Tomsk and the city of science — Dubna and Chernogolovka
Acting Rector of Tomsk Polytechnic University Andrey Yakovlev and Head of the NTI Competence Center "New and Mobile Energy Sources" at the Institute of Chemical Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Chernogolovka) Yuri Dobrovolsky paid a working visit to the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) in Dubna last Friday.
Northrop Grumman to create hypersonic weapons detection satellite
The US Missile Defense Agency has signed a contract with the US company Northrop Grumman to develop a prototype satellite capable of detecting hypersonic targets. According to C4ISRNET, the transaction amount was $ 155 million. Under the terms of the agreement, the company will have to assemble a prototype of the satellite and conduct its demonstration tests.
SpaceX launches record-breaking group of satellites into orbit
The Falcon 9 heavy launch vehicle on Sunday successfully launched a record batch of 143 mini-satellites, including 10 spacecraft, to continue the deployment of the global Internet coverage of the Starlink system, the developer company SpaceX said.
Flight tests of the Express-80 satellite payload have been completed
A decision on the readiness of the communication satellite payload for operation will be made in the near future
The decision on the readiness of the payload of the Express-80 communication satellite for operation will be made in the near future, experts have already conducted its flight tests. This is stated in a video posted on Wednesday on the official channel of JSC "Information Satellite Systems named after M. F. Reshetnev" (ISS) on YouTube.
"Excluded from mailing lists": the lunar station is discussed without Russia
Mass media: Russia was removed from the discussion of the lunar station
Russian experts no longer participate in the discussion of the project of the American lunar station Gateway. It became known that they were excluded from the mailing list of letters and deprived of access to the materials.
A crack was found on the ISS
A new crack has been discovered on the International Space Station (ISS). This was stated on the air of the TV channel "Russia-24" by the head of the flight of the Russian segment of the ISS, Vladimir Solovyov, TASS reports.
Mishustin instructed to check the contract for the construction of the second stage of the Vostochny cosmodrome
The Russian government has instructed the Treasury to check the contract for the construction of the launch complex for the Angara rockets at the Vostochny cosmodrome. The corresponding decree, signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, is published on the official Internet portal of legal information.