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The American company Astra Space launched the Rocket 3.2 rocket for the third time, but again faced failure. The rocket went into space for the first time and reached a maximum altitude of 390 kilometers, but it did not have enough speed to enter a stable orbit due to incorrect selection of the fuel mixture. During the next launch, the company will not modify the rocket itself (only the fuel composition), and will install a payload on it for the first time.

Russia and China have extended an intergovernmental agreement for another 10 years, which provides for mutual notification of launches of ballistic missiles and space launch vehicles. Their signatures under the relevant Protocol was signed by the Ministers of defence of Russia Sergey Shoigu and his Chinese counterpart Wei Fanha. The talks between the heads of the military departments of the two countries were held on Tuesday in a video link.

The Russian Space Systems Holding Company (RKS, part of the State Corporation ROSCOSMOS) is developing a data transmission technology using radiophotonics for use in the equipment of promising relay satellites. the innovations solve the problems of flexible and broadband frequency conversion within the satellite repeater, as well as reduce the weight and size of the equipment of new satellites.

Renesas Electronics has expanded the RA4 series of microcontrollers with a new group of 32-bit microcontrollers, which has been designated RA4M3. These microcontrollers use the Arm Cortex-M33 core, which operates at a frequency of up to 100 MHz.

The second launch of the Angara-A5 heavy rocket in six years, which took place from the Plesetsk cosmodrome (Arkhangelsk region), was shown on video. The corresponding video was published by Zvezda TV channel.

The head of Roscosmos said that he offered NASA to finance the creation of such a docking gateway.]

The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, suggested that NASA Finance the creation of a docking gateway compatible with the Russian ship at the American lunar station, so that if necessary, the Russians could save the US crew.

The Delta IV heavy launch vehicle launched into orbit on Friday Moscow time with the secret nrol-44 satellite of the National office of military space intelligence (NRO), the operator of the United Launch Alliance (ULA) said.

Tests involving the capture of unmanned X-61A spacecraft in the air ended in failure. In the end, they all landed using parachutes.

the British appreciated the training of Russian nuclear forces

The British media dubbed the" preparation for nuclear war " held in Russia earlier exercises, which involved the strategic missile forces, strategic aviation and a nuclear submarine. As a result of the past maneuvers, the Russian military Department released a number of videos showing cruise missile launches.

Russia has started developing a nuclear tug " Nucleon "for flights to deep space," Roscosmos "and KB" Arsenal " signed a contract, according to the public procurement website on December 11.

Musk noted that in January 2021, experts will arrive in Jakarta to discuss all the details

Indonesian President Joko Widodo suggested that the us company SpaceX build a launch pad for launching rockets on the territory of the country. The head of state discussed this possibility with the head of the company, Elon Musk, during a telephone conversation, Bloomberg reported on Saturday.

The Electron-VM oxygen production system on the International space station (ISS) has once again failed due to pressure problems, the station's crew said during talks with Earth.

This task will be primarily handled by the US Space forces

Outer space is becoming a potential battleground between the Americans and their adversaries, and Washington should be ready to "repel aggression and protect the national interests of the United States in space"if necessary. This is stated in the new national space strategy adopted on Wednesday by the current US President Donald trump.

In the Voronezh center for rocket propulsion (part of the integrated structure rocket propulsion, headed by JSC "NPO Energomash" state Corporation "Roscosmos") made the first model rocket engine РД0124МС developed for use in promising domestic carrier rocket of space appointment "Soyuz-5".

Scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences successfully tested a prototype of a new generation engine in a wind tunnel, which was immediately accelerated to nine speeds of sound.

"Bereshit-2", according to the developers ' plans, should land in 2024

Israel plans to launch its second lunar station, Bereshit-2, in 2024. SpaceIL writes about This on Twitter.

Spektra-RG Data allow scientists to conclude that black holes can directly affect the rate of star birth in galaxies

TASS, December 9. The Spektr-RG orbiting Observatory has found giant globular clusters of gas above and below the milky Way's core that emit x-rays.

the US is preparing, Russia is fantasizing, China is flying

On the first day of December, the Chinese Chang'e-5 spacecraft made a soft landing on the surface of the moon. After the lunar landing, he began collecting samples of lunar soil. At the moment, the samples have already been collected and the take-off module has successfully put them into lunar orbit.

The United States, following China, plans to launch a mission to collect lunar soil. NASA has announced that four companies have won contracts to mine lunar rocks, according to Guancha. Attention is drawn to the amounts of these contracts. For example, one of the companies is ready to implement a mission for just one dollar.

Dmitry Rogozin, CEO of Roscosmos, said that all three Gonets-M communications satellites launched on Thursday were put into their calculated orbits and taken over.

The Soyuz-2.1 b rocket with Gonets-M communications satellites and a device in the interests of the Ministry of defense launched from the launch pad N 3 of the Plesetsk State test cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk region. The launch was carried out by a combat crew of the VKS Space forces.