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NPO Energomash has conducted a successful test firing of the rocket engine RD-171МВ. This was announced on Friday, December 18, the head of the state corporation "Roscosmos" Dmitry Rogozin.

This year, four launches were also planned, but they were postponed due to the pandemic, the head of the state corporation noted.]

Roscosmos plans to launch approximately six British OneWeb communications satellites from the Vostochny cosmodrome in 2021. This was stated on Friday by the General Director of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin.

The patent for such a simulator was received by the company "Center for training and training of personnel"

The company "Center for Simulator Construction and Personnel Training" has received a patent for a simulator for astronauts, which will use an exoskeleton and augmented reality to simulate weightlessness to prepare for in-ship activities. This is stated in the patent distributed by the Federal Institute of Industrial Property.

In 2021, a new Space Systems Command will start working in the United States

In the United States, preparations for the formation of the Space Systems Command have been completed. In general, the tasks that will face the new structure have already been defined, and the command is expected to begin its work in early 2021. "Newspaper.Ru " - about the next step of the United States to militarize space.

Omsk plant "Polet" will be able to produce 4-6 launch vehicles of the "Angara" family per year after the modernization of the production site, said the head of the Khrunichev Center Alexey Varochko.

China rejoices – the country's lunar program has taken a new height. Chinese President Xi Jinping congratulated the entire Chinese people on the successful return of the lunar soil capsule to Earth. However, this huge success is only the first step towards the implementation of China's much more ambitious plans in space. When and with what missiles will China be able to send a man to the moon and even to Mars?

Fuel is also planned to be used on other planets

the united states intends to process uranium for the use of this fuel on the surface of the moon and planets, as well as for space energy. this is stated in the strategy approved on wednesday by us president donald trump in the field of space nuclear energy.

The US claims that Russia has tested an anti-satellite missile]

Washington expressed concern that Moscow allegedly continues to work on testing anti-satellite weapons. Its use, we are sure in the United States, will lead to numerous debris, which, in turn, will pose a threat to commercial satellites. The Russian Foreign Ministry called such statements propaganda stuffing.

The US Space Command (US Space Command - USSPACECOM) reported on the next test of an anti-satellite interception missile (Direct-ascent anti - satellite-DA-ASAT) made by Russia on December 16, 2020 from the Plesetsk missile range. The Ministry of defense of Russia on the start-up was not reported.

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.