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the Outcome of combat operations in modern warfare is determined by missiles and drones

The Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh seems to have subsided, but the experience of this conflict will be studied by military experts from all countries.

the State space administration of China reported that the flight was successful

The Chinese probe for studying Mars "Tianwen-1" for 116 days of flight overcame about 300 million km on the way to this planet, the flight is successful. This was announced on Tuesday by the state space administration of the people's Republic of China.

The Latin American and Caribbean Space Agency (ALCE) has four new members. This was announced on Monday evening, November 16, on Twitter, Mexican foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard.

Roscosmos has already started developing an engine for the flight demonstrator of the rocket

A test launch of a demonstrator of the Krylo-SV reusable cruise missile being developed in Russia is planned in early 2023, the Ministry of investment, industry and science of the Moscow region reported.

Low gravity and the lack of an atmosphere on the moon will facilitate the construction of such a telescope and allow it to work with absolute efficiency, the researchers say.

According to a source in the rocket and space industry, the failed launch of The VEGA carrier is associated with the failure of the Ukrainian engine installed on the fourth stage.

Experts commented on declassified documents about the lunar Rover

To mark the 50th anniversary of the landing of the first Soviet lunar Rover, Roscosmos published previously unknown documents and drawings of the legendary mission. I have read some of the documents "Газета.Ru".

The al Amal interplanetary station successfully completed the third and final trajectory correction maneuver on its way to Mars. This means that the device should arrive to the red planet in the estimated time, which is scheduled for the evening of February 9, 2021, according to the mission's Twitter.

the System is recommended for its intended use

The state Commission decided to complete flight tests of the Electro-L satellite number 3. the System is recommended to be used for its intended purpose, the press service of Roscosmos told TASS.

Specialists of the Russian space systems holding company (RKS, part of the Roscosmos state Corporation») we have completed work on creating radiation-resistant solid-state relays. Their use will significantly increase the reliability and service life of on-Board equipment while reducing its weight and size indicators, the press service of the holding said.

According to these documents, problems with the proton-K rocket could disrupt the USSR's lunar program

Roscosmos published on its website declassified materials about the development and launch of the Luna-17 heavy automatic station, which landed on the surface of The earth's natural satellite 50 years ago, on November 17, 1970.

Six leading educational and scientific organizations in Russia with leading competencies in the field of hydrogen energy have signed an agreement to create a consortium for the development of hydrogen technologies.

By the end of 2020, the Russian global navigation satellite system (GLONASS) did not reach the accuracy indicators declared in the Federal target program (FTP), RIA Novosti writes, referring to the materials of Roscosmos.

Another spy scandal has affected an employee of a leading Russian airline. An Aeroflot representative in the UK has been arrested on suspicion of high treason. How could this treason have been committed, what information did the accused allegedly have access to – and who should be held accountable along with him?

The US Senate appropriations Committee published a bill on the NASA budget for 2021. The Agency will be able to receive only a part of the requested amount for the implementation of the Artemis program to return people to the moon, but scientific programs and the development of new automatic devices and telescopes will be fully funded, according to the website SpaceNews.com.

Satellite Internet of the Starlink system of the American company SpaceX may be restricted in order to protect national security, Vladimir Korovkin, head of the Innovation and digital technologies Department at the Moscow school of management SKOLKOVO, told Nezavisimaya Gazeta.

Vladimir Putin said that Russia is completing the creation of a nuclear forces control center, which is almost completely protected from nuclear attacks and equipped with the most advanced equipment and communications facilities. Moscow has already seriously modernized its nuclear triad in recent years. Now it's time to update its management system, which Russia inherited from the USSR and was developed on the territory of Ukraine.

The aerospace agencies of Germany and Japan (DLR and JAXA) agreed in 2024 to send a joint mission to the asteroid Phaethon DESTINY+, the main task of which will be to study space dust — both along the flight path and in the vicinity of the destination, the DLR said. The device is designed to help scientists answer the question: whether cosmic dust particles can serve as carriers of organic molecules and what role they could play in the origin of life on Earth, as well as what part of this dust is of galactic origin.

Engineers have developed an underwater navigation beacon that does not require power supply. It is based on a transponder that responds to sonar signals, and at the same time is powered by the energy of its sound waves.

The organization "Spaceport Japan" (Spaceport Japan) presented the concept of the future grandiose multifunctional center for space tourism. A structure the size of a small city is planned to be placed in Tokyo Bay. The idea is extremely ambitious – by 2050, the turnover in this industry will be more than a trillion dollars, and the Japanese intend to dominate it.