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[b]The Chinese National Space Administration reported that it is located at a distance of about 1.1 million km from this planet and 184 million km from Earth.]

The unmanned spacecraft of the People's Republic of China "Tianwen-1" successfully made the fourth correction of movement on the way to Mars. As reported on Friday by the Chinese National Space Administration, it is located at a distance of about 1.1 million km from this planet and 184 million km from Earth.

The Indonesian telecommunications satellite Telkom-3, launched into a non-calculated orbit by the Russian carrier rocket "Proton-M", collapsed. This is evidenced by the data of the US Air Force, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the portal space-track.org.

Earlier, the general director of the Khrunichev Center, Alexey Borochko, said that the third test launch of the heavy launch vehicle "Angara-A5" is scheduled for the second quarter of 2021

The Khrunichev Center has received several orders for the launch of the Angara-A5 heavy launch vehicle, in particular for 2022. This was stated by the chief designer of NPO Energomash (part of Roscosmos), Pyotr Lovochkin, on Saturday in an interview with the program " Big Space "on the channel" Roscosmos TV " on YouTube.

For the first time, Russian specialists have designed a rocket engine without using paper drawings. In the future, it is intended to be used on the new Irtysh rocket, also known as the Soyuz-5.

[b]Russia plans to launch more than 600 communication and remote sensing satellites, President Vladimir Putin said earlier.]

FSUE "Space Communications" and JSC "Gazprom Space Systems" plan to invest more than 140 billion rubles in the "Sphere" program. This was announced by the Deputy General Director for Development and operation of communication Systems of FSUE "Space Communications" Evgeny Buidinov and Deputy General Director for Business Development of JSC "Gazprom Space Systems" Igor Kot.

At the same time, John Raymond found it difficult to clarify whether military space will become one of the areas of regular negotiations between the countries in the field of strategic stability

The commander of the US Space Forces, Air Force General John Raymond, supports a professional dialogue with Russia and China on military activities in near-Earth space. He said this while answering questions from a TASS correspondent at an online briefing for journalists on Wednesday.

The Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched in the US state of Florida with another group of Starlink Internet satellites. SpaceX is broadcasting live on its Twitter page on Thursday, February 4.

NASA specialists have begun the assembly stage of the automatic interplanetary station Psyche, which will go into space next summer, according to the website of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The spacecraft will study the unusual metallic asteroid Psyche, which scientists believe may be the core of a protoplanet.

The launch of Soyuz-2.1 b with a military satellite took place from the Plesetsk cosmodrome

A Russian military satellite launched on Tuesday on a Soyuz-2.1 b rocket from the Plesetsk cosmodrome has been included in the Main Catalog of Space Objects of the Russian Space Control System, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

A possible defender of future NASA bases on the moon could be the Pentagon. The agencies are increasing cooperation between civil and military projects against the background of external threats, The Wall Street Journal reports, citing sources.

Iran has conducted a test launch of a new carrier rocket "Zuljanah" (Zol-Jannah). This is reported by the local news agency Irib News.

Roscosmos noted that there is no body in the republic with the relevant government powers to implement the provisions of the intergovernmental agreement on outer space.

According to the Deputy Director General of Roscosmos, the placement of the station and its commissioning can be discussed as soon as the intergovernmental agreement with Mexico is signed and ratified.

[b]The Director General of Roscosmos added that Russia will not participate in any race to the Moon until it understands "the meaning of the prize fund".]

The Russian lunar program is several times cheaper than the American one, but it will bring no less results to science, Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Rogozin is convinced.

They also created a mock-up of an automatic landing system for an unmanned aerial vehicle on an unprepared surface in the conditions of electronic counteraction

The protocol for transmitting data from high-security satellites was developed in the Era Technopolis. This was announced by the head of the Military Innovation Technopolis "ERA" Lieutenant General Vladimir Ivanovsky in an interview with the newspaper "Red Star".

[b]The expansion of cooperation between the US Department of Defense and NASA is connected with the need to counteract "the challenges that Russia and China are throwing at the United States," the newspaper notes.]

In the future, the US Department of Defense may protect NASA bases on the Moon, as well as the operations of private mining companies on its surface. This was reported on Monday by The Wall Street Journal, citing knowledgeable sources in the government and in the space industry.

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".

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.

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.

[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.